UK home sales seen taking short-term hit as war damps sentiment

Agents still see house prices increasing over the next 12 months

CDL has just launched its rejuvenated City Square Mall, which underwent a S$50 million phased AEI that began in September 2023.

CDL eyes chances to unlock value from commercial portfolio, keeps options open for mature assets

Its revamped City Square Mall has about 26,000 sq ft more in gross floor area and new leases at higher rental rate

Weeks of lower rates alongside fears of a further rise in home-financing costs may have encouraged some prospective buyers to step off the sidelines last week.

US mortgage rates climb to 6.19% in biggest gain since September

The increase in borrowing costs coincides with a sharp rise in the 10-year US Treasury yield

OG says there is “no legal basis” for the claimants’ claims and has called the commencement of legal action “an abuse of process”.

OG denies conspiracy claims to injure Hao Mart and owner in lawsuit involving GCB mortgage

This is one of four lawsuits involving OG and Hao Mart relating to the lease of the Taste Orchard premises

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Home sales rose 1.7% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million units.

US existing home sales unexpectedly increase as mortgage rates decline

Housing inventory increases 4.9% to 1.29 million units from year ago

78 Shenton Way's Tower 1 (right) is a 34-storey granite-clad building completed in 1988. The 11-storey glass-clad Tower 2 beside it was completed in 2009.
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Allgreen Properties, Kuok Singapore complete purchase of 78 Shenton Way

The new owners are not expected to redevelop the asset in the near term; they will hold it as landbank

Aims Apac Reit is looking to sell its industrial property in Senoko South Road for S$15 million, in line with its capital-recycling strategy.

Credit-friendly climate could spur debt-funded growth for S-Reits: NUS

Several S-Reits have already offloaded properties in line with their capital-recycling strategy

Gulf sovereign investors are pressing ahead with global dealmaking, despite heightened geopolitical tensions following the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Abu Dhabi’s ADIA teams up with private investment firm on real estate secondaries push

It will focus on opportunities characterised by a reset in valuations and increased demand for liquidity

Some analysts do not expect Singapore's housing demand to be dampened by the ongoing war in the Middle East for now.

Residential launches and robust order books to hold up earnings for property, construction stocks

Property agencies also did well in 2025, but their outlook could be tempered by there being fewer property launches

Some 71.5 billion euros of European commercial real estate transactions were completed in the final quarter of 2025, down 9 per cent from the same period a year earlier.

Iran shock upends real estate’s long-anticipated recovery

Institutional investors have reduced their target allocations to the sector for the first time since 2012