Desperate S'pore property agents plug income gap as Uber drivers
As sales volumes plunge in slow housing market, many agents are turning to private driving services
Singapore
WHEN Billy Loh started in 2008 as a property agent, his profession was seen as a route to wealth in Singapore. Now, he has to know his way around the city to pay the bills.
Mr Loh, 50, is driving for Uber Technologies Inc in the city-state, where government curbs to cool the market have mired property prices in the longest losing streak in 17 years and transaction volumes have plunged by as much as two-thirds since 2012.
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