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Singapore property curbs may bit into banks' growth

MarketWatch 03.09.2010

The Merlion statue and Singapore's business district.

The biting restrictions that Singapore introduced earlier this week to cool the city's property prices will likely affect credit growth at the city's lenders and restrict their share gains.

Singapore’s latest pre-emptive measures are not unfamiliar Property Report 03.09.2010	CapitaLand, City Developments Drop as Singapore Imposes Curbs on Mortgages Jonathan Burgos Bloomberg 31.08.2010
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.	CapitaLand Ltd. and City Developments Ltd. led declines among Singapore’s homebuilders amid concern the government’s latest effort to curb speculation in the housing market will hurt genuine demand.
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Singapore announces policies to cool bullish housing market Staff Reporter 31.08.2010	Singapore to Restrict Housing, Foreign Workers COSTAS PARIS And GAURAV RAGHUVANSHI The Wall Street Journal 30.08.2010
Following price rises of 34% in the 12 months to June (according to Global property Guide), the Singapore government has imposed restrictions on second-home buyers in an attempt to cool the market. Much of the demand in Singapore has been driven by wealthy mainland Chinese investors looking to diversify as both China and Hong Kong have already acted to slow-down burgeoning domestic property markets.	SINGAPORE—Singapore announced Monday measures to cool the property market as the island state's rapid economic recovery fuels growth in property prices.
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Expats snap up ‘landed properties’ in Singapore Leah Hyslop Telegraph 30.08.2010	Singapore hailed as world’s best performing property market Andrew Batt Property Report 27.08.2010
Land is scarce in the city-state of Singapore, but foreigners this year have been eagerly buying so-called “landed properties”.	Singapore has the best performing property market in the world, according to a survey conducted by Global Property Guide.
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CoreNet Gobal’s Singapore Summit in end Mar Staff Writer Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) 09.03.2010	1 Finlayson Green sold, say sources Kalapana Rashiwala The Business Times 09.03.2010
More than 400 senior-level executives from the corporate and commercial real estate (CRE) industry around Asia will gather in Singapore on March 23 - 25, 2010 to examine various trends and contradictions that impacted the global economy in 2009.	(SINGAPORE) The office block that is 1 Finlayson Green has been sold, BT understands.
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HDB rules change Joyce Yeo The Straits Times

Asia acts over fears of property bubble Martin Abbugao AFP

Asia acts over fears of property bubble MARTIN ABBUGAO AFP

Lavish Leap Priya de Langen Property Report

Fresh curbs not stopping property buyers Leonard Lim The Straits Times

Housing in S'pore still affordable Tu Yong and Yu Shi Ming The Straits Times

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New rules to curb property speculation Joyce Teo The Straits Times

More gentle therapy to cool the property fever Kalpana Rashiwala The Business Times

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