by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Real Estate & Urban Development, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRSingapore has applied property cooling measures repeatedly since 2009, including additional buyer’s stamp duties reaching sixty per cent for foreigners, total debt servicing ratio limits, loan-to-value caps and seller’s stamp duties. The...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Real Estate & Urban Development, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRCity Developments Limited is the listed property arm of the Kwek family’s Hong Leong group, one of Singapore’s largest private business families. Its recent history includes a costly Chinese investment written down almost entirely and a public...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Real Estate & Urban Development, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRSingapore’s real estate investment trust market began in 2002 and grew into Asia’s most internationally diversified REIT sector, with dozens of listed trusts holding assets across the region and beyond. Tax transparency, sponsor-backed...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Real Estate & Urban Development, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRThe Housing and Development Board has housed the large majority of Singapore’s population since 1960, using compulsory land acquisition, ninety-nine year leases, subsidised pricing and mandatory retirement savings to deliver homeownership rates...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Real Estate & Urban Development, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRCapitaLand was formed in 2000 by merging two Singapore property companies and grew into one of Asia’s largest real estate groups. In 2021 it split itself in two, listing an asset-light investment management business while taking the...
