#cooling measure

[sgpropertykaki-blog]

MAS puts more scrutiny on bank loans for property development. Is the party ending soon?

Just a week ago, SPK mentioned 2 possible ‘Black Swan’ events that might hinder or derail the property market recovery – 1) Tightening measures from the government and 2) More stringent loan approval criteria from banks.

Extract from blog post – “Thumbs up or down for property market in 2018?”

Coincidentally, it was reported in The Business Times this week that the Monetary Authority of…

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[carsonhuttons]

Cooling measure tweaks could inject some optimism

Cooling measure tweaks could inject some optimism

The tweaking of property cooling measures last week, a first since they were rolled out in 2009, has surprised the real estate industry which had expected the curbs to remain unchanged for some time.

The Government unexpectedly announced last Friday that it will shorten the seller’s stamp duty (SSD) holding period for homes bought from March 11 to three years instead of four years. It will also…

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