Office rental decline accelerates
Analysts see vacancy rates soaring with more office completions soon
Kalpana Rashiwala
Singapore
THE Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) index for office rentals in Singapore eased 2.1 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of this year - a steeper drop compared with the 1.8 per cent decline in Q4 last year.
From its recent peak in Q1 2015, the index has corrected 9 per cent.
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