Prime retail rents dip to lowest since '06
DTZ attributes the fall in rents largely to weaker consumer sentiment and slower retail sales
Singapore
AVERAGE prime first-storey retail rents fell islandwide by 3.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 4.5 per cent year-on-year to about S$30.90 per square foot in the third quarter of this year, DTZ South-east Asia said on Wednesday.
The average monthly rent recorded in the July-September quarter is the lowest since the first quarter of 2006, said the real estate services firm.