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Private home prices slip 0.2% in Q2, less than 0.4% slide in URA’s flash estimate
PRICES of private homes in Singapore eased 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of this year over the preceding quarter, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Friday (Jul 28).
SEVEN banks in Singapore – DBS, OCBC, UOB, Citibank, Maybank, Standard Chartered and HSBC – will start charging for the use of Sing dollar-denominated cheques by Nov 1.
Costs of studying abroad are soaring, so is Singaporeans’ quest for an overseas degree
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AS AN undergraduate at Japan’s Waseda University, Ng Kay Chyn was acutely aware of how much it cost her parents to give her the overseas education she wanted.
Resale condo prices flat in June, volume down 19.7%: SRX, 99.co
SINGAPORE condominium resale prices were muted in June as sales activity slowed because of the school holidays. There were fewer home viewings, leading to a drop in deals closed.
Merger-related provisions, expenses drag Seatrium deeper into the red with S$264.4 million H1 loss
SEATRIUM’S net loss widened to S$264.4 million for its first half ended Jun 30, from S$142.9 million in the same period a year earlier.
Less than half of Apac’s H1 losses from natural disasters were insured: Munich Re
OUT of US$7 billion in overall losses incurred by natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific (Apac) region in the first half of 2023, only US$3 billion was insured.
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