Singapore Property Market Overview - 2Q 2008
Market Conditions as of June 2008

Singapore Property Market Overview - 1Q 2008
Market Conditions as of March 2008

Singapore Property Market Overview - 4Q2007
Market Conditions as at December 2007

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Ramp-Up Warehouses and their Relevance in Land-Scarce Singapore
Land-scarce countries such as Singapore are constantly exploring and embracing innovative real estate products which provide land optimisation advantage. One such product is the ramp-up warehouse which has been introduced in recent years as an alternative to conventional multi-storey warehouses.

Asia Pacific Industrial Market Overview - May 2008
The industrial property markets across most Asia-Pacific cities continued to see growth amidst the turmoil in the global financial markets and slowdown in the US economy.

Global Industrial Real Estate Highlights
With the global economy anticipated to decelerate in 2008, trade and the movement of goods are also expected to show a corresponding downshift. Despite a more subdued back drop, most markets are forecasting stable if not rising rents in the coming 12 months.

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Global Office Real Estate Review Mid Year2008
Despite the year long volatility shown in financial markets around the world, many office markets continue to post solid fundamentals. While demand for office space was below the record pace witnessed for much of 2005-2007, the first half of 2008 was back to trend in many markets.

Asia Pacific Office Market Overview - July 2008
Office rentals might potentially edge up further over the next 12 months but the overall growth pace is expected to be limited by the expected slowdown on the demand side.

Asia Pacific Office Market Overview - April 2008
The lingering effect attributed to the sub-prime mortgage problem in the US continued to be the key challenge in the global environment, but the performance of the office market in the region remained positive.

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Shops/Shophouses - The Star Sector at Auctions in The Year of The Rat?
With the current lacklustre residential market as a result of the onset of the US sub-prime mortgage debacle and the spike in development charge rates, savvy investors could consider turning their attention to strata title shops, private shophouses or HDB shops/shophouses.

Strata Office/Industrial Properties as Alternative Investmestment Choice?
Judging from the caveats lodged for office and industrial properties, signs of interest in office and industrial porperties started showing as early as 2006 when their capital values were at or close to rock bottom.

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Are Sentosa Cove Resort Homes Proving to be a Good Investment Choice?
Once non-existent, the leasing market in Sentosa Cove is slowly but surely taking form with the completion of an estimated 300 homes, including the 200-unit The Berth by the Cove condominium.

Topical Paper - October 2007
Mass Market on the Rebound

Topical Paper - April 2007
Mid-tier Non-landed Homes - The Next Segment To Watch Out For

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Global Retail Highlights - Spring 2008
Although the global economy is anticipated to decelerate in 2008, demand for premier streetfront retail space remains in high demand in almost every region of the world.

Topical Paper - May 2006
Great Expectations

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