Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Saturday, December 1, 2007

Bank lending to the property sector continued to accelerate

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Bank lending to the property sector continued to accelerate in October, growing at the fastest annual pace in eight years, according to new ...
Monday, November 26, 2007

Raffles City law firm of missing lawyer Zulkifli Amin to report missing monies and stalled deals.

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MORE clients have shown up at the Raffles City law firm of missing lawyer Zulkifli Amin to report missing monies and stalled deals. Mail com...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

What should I consider about buying a house and financing it?

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KEVIN LAM discusses five key areas that your home loan banker would be looking very closely at THIS has been a special year for the property...
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Even high net worth individuals (HNWI) go to financial institutions for loans, which might seem strange since they are presumably cash-rich.

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They make sense to short-term investors and individuals who are high income earners and in high tax brackets, says BEN FOK CONSUMERS are con...
Saturday, November 10, 2007

The introduction of ‘landlord insurance’ in Singapore, which is something that is being offered in Australia.

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With the growing property rental market in Singapore, it may be time to look at more ways to protect the interests of both landlords and ten...
Friday, November 2, 2007

Indonesian Investor Disappointed With Local Banks in Malaysia

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Indonesian Investor Disappointed With Local Banks By Mohd Haikal Isa JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 2 (Bernama) -- An Indonesian investor who has in...

How to be a buy-to-let survivor

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The future of buy-to-let Amateur landlords refuse to panic in the face of higher mortgage repayments and a cooling property market Image :1 ...
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“Look at what has happened to pensions over my working lifetime – the Robert Maxwell affair and Equitable Life, in which I had my own fingers burnt

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How to use your home as a pension fund With planning - and luck - a home can become your investment for retirement, says Fred Redwood SINCE ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

THE Government is watching the property market ‘carefully’ and taking steps to ensure it does not overheat.

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THE Government is watching the property market ‘carefully’ and taking steps to ensure it does not overheat. It will inject more prime office...

THE property sector is agog at the Government’s withdrawal of the deferred payment option for buyers. Should the industry be surprised? Dismayed?

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THE property sector is agog at the Government’s withdrawal of the deferred payment option for buyers. Should the industry be surprised? Dism...

THE axing of the deferred payment scheme for homebuyers hit home with a vengeance yesterday when property shares dived while the rest of the market

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THE axing of the deferred payment scheme for homebuyers hit home with a vengeance yesterday when property shares dived while the rest of the...

Units are in projects that had approval; developers may opt not to do so though.

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Units are in projects that had approval; developers may opt not to do so though. UP TO 7,750 unsold homes could still be available for purch...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

The property tax bills for many hotels here will go up by at least 33 per cent starting next year as the taxman tweaks his calculations.

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The property tax bills for many hotels here will go up by at least 33 per cent starting next year as the taxman tweaks his calculations. The...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

'Tags' to protect content

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SINGAPORE: Even before the recent Michael Moore-directed documentary, Sicko, was released in American cinemas in June, thousands of people a...

Get your CPF Savings out of the OA/SA

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Get your CPF Savings out of the OA/SA AccountsOctober 16, 2007 at 10:20 pm · Filed under Investments Real money down the drain. Lots of Sing...

Singapore companies keep firm eye on competitiveness as US dollar slides

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Singapore companies keep firm eye on competitiveness as US dollar slides (SINGAPORE) Some are thinking of shifting their operations to cheap...
Monday, October 15, 2007

What CPF changes mean for us?

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Will I lose money from the new old-age annuity? Mr Mohamed Said Ali, 47, grassroots leader at Changi Simei, raised this point at a dialogue ...

Are they Reit buys?

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WHAT'S the best way to invest in property? Should you buy a bigger home? Or maybe buy a flat to rent out? Here's an idea that involv...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

CapitaLand’s service apartment arm Ascott Group yesterday launched a China-focused private equity investment fund with a target size of US$300-500 mil

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CapitaLand’s service apartment arm Ascott Group yesterday launched a China-focused private equity investment fund with a target size of US$3...

Government okays building of $12b Downtown Line

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Singapore has approved the expansion of its existing MRT network for $12 billion (US$7.9 billion), the government said on Friday. The 40-km ...