Prominent housing experts have claimed that Britain’s property market will be turned upside down as the aftermath of Friday’s Brexit vote becomes clearer. With 51.9% of Britain’s eligible voters versus 48.1% opting to leave the EU, the argument is that this will lead to a faltering economy and therefore hit prices, this in turn hinders ability […]
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A report released by Colliers International Group Inc. reveals how changing requirements for real estate among regional tech companies is altering the demand dynamics for office space across Asia Pacific. Mr Sam Harvey-Jones, Managing Director of Occupier Services | Asia, Colliers International, says, “Finance and insurance companies have traditionally been the major tenants of CBD […]
BlackRock’s $2.5 billion sale: a sign of life for Singapore’s office market
BlackRock Inc said it would sell a 43-storey Singapore office tower for $2.5 billion – one of at least three office building deals in the last two months for a market gripped by worries about oversupply and rising vacancies. The sale to Qatar Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund, is Singapore’s largest office transaction. It […]
Shunfu Ville sold for $638 million in largest En Bloc deal in nine years
Shunfu Ville, a 358-unit residential development in the popular Bishan/ Thomson area, has been successfully sold to a unit of Qingjian Realty (South Pacific) Group Pte Ltd, a conglomerate with a wide range of business operations such as contracting, investments, real estate development, capital management and logistics. The massive exercise, which has managed and brokered […]
Big Apple is world’s hottest luxury property market
New York’s luxury property market was on fire in 2014, with high-end home prices registering the biggest gains globally, according to Knight Frank. The value of high-end residential property in the U.S. financial center soared 18.8 percent between December 2013 and December 2014, far outpacing the global average price growth of 2 percent, the real […]
eMoov – moving away from expensive estate agents, a digital revolution in the UK property industry
It will come as a relief to all those looking to buy or sell a home. Sharp practices such as gazumping could be a thing of the past, according to the founder of the first low-cost online estate agent, which is undercutting its bricks-and-mortar competitors. Russell Quirk’s digital business eMoov charges a flat fee of […]
V360Property, Virtual Tour Provider in Singapore Releases Botanic Gardens Virtual Tour to Generate More Local Interest to Visit Attraction
V360Property, a virtual tour provider based in Singapore, today released a Botanic Gardens Virtual Tour on their portal. The interactive virtual tour, playable on smartphone devices, transports users to the wonderful attraction that few locals actually think about visiting. Interactive virtual tours are basically walkthroughs that users can actually pan or zoom in on their […]