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10 questions about new property rules
Ms Tan wanted to buy a resale three-room flat for her twilight years, but the new property regulations have put a spanner in the works.
Global REIT Activity in H1 2010 Property Report 03.09.2010 | What’s the point of research when it’s just plain wrong? Property Report 03.09.2010 |
 Globally, sales of significant commercial properties, excluding land sales, totaled just under $65B in Q2, a slight decrease from the $67B in the first quarter. On a year-over-year basis, the first half of 2010 is up almost 50% over the same time period in 2009. |  The Global Property Guide has one again come in for some criticism following its latest report last week which hailed Singapore as the best performing property market in the world. |
Singapore’s latest pre-emptive measures are not unfamiliar Property Report 03.09.2010 | Property hand-over procedures after construction – What needs to be considered? Property Report 03.09.2010 |
 The latest round of anti-speculative measures that Singapore’s Ministry of National Development released today are largely aimed at curbing potential speculation rather than affecting first time buyers and genuine home occupiers. |  Upon completion of construction works, a seller or contractor usually wishes to swiftly hand-over the completed property to its buyer and thereby trigger further payment obligations of the buyer. |
Why Real Estate Needs To Have An Internet RenaissanceDoug Perlson Real Direct 02.09.2010 | Home owners face four years of negative equityMyra Butterworth The Telegraph 31.08.2010 |
 It’s a cliché to note that the internet has completely changed business. For big companies and small, the web has allowed businesses to be more efficient, advertise better, and scale faster. |  Home owners who bought at the height of the property boom face another four years of negative equity before they recover what they paid, new figures reveal today. |
Investors fear housing bubble will popERIC JOHNSTON The Sydney Morning Herald 10.03.2010 | Analysts say there will be no property price increase in the US for several years Property Wire 03.03.2010 |
 WHEN the chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank, Ralph Norris, recently caught up with investors in New York, talks soon turned to the topic of the heady Australian housing market. |  The rate at which residential property prices are dropping in the US may be slowly coming to a halt across the country but are unlikely to rise in the near future, according to analysts. |
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