THEY are located more than 15,000km away from New York, the world’s financial centre, and have not set foot on United States soil since 2008. But from the comfort of their Sentosa Cove home, Grace Cheng and Pedro Pla have been dishing out financial information to US residents every single day. “In this age of […]

  Courtesy of Stewart Wade.   Real estate agent Stewart Wade rises at 5:30 or 6 most mornings, swims 500-600 strokes in the Pacific, and then heads to work by 8 a.m. It’s pretty impressive for anyone, but especially for a 99-year-old. Wade, an employee of real estate firm Coldwell Banker since 1999, says he […]

The proliferation of services that help homebuyers and sellers complete their own real-estate transactions is relatively recent, and it may have you wondering whether using a real-estate agent is becoming a relic of a bygone era. While doing the work yourself can save you the significant commissions that many real-estate agents command, for many, flying […]