Seascape Sentosa, Singapore

August 06, 2010 - Singapore

Located on Sentosa Island, this waterfront project from Ho Bee group takes its cue from Sentosa Cove's nautical theme and features a sleek, rounded building façade with large balconies inspired by the shape of ship hulls.

Boulevard Vue – Singapore Luxury Condo in Orchard

July 27, 2010 - Singapore

Located just next to Orchard Road, this sculptural, glasssheathed building will soon house a collection of 26 apartments, with just one unit per floor, and two luxurious penthouses.

Apartments start at 418 sq m, each served by two private lifts, while penthouses encompass over 1,000 sq m and feature private swimming pools.

All units come with three designated garage spaces - each large enough to accommodate a Rolls Royce.

The Tangga House by Guz Architects

July 26, 2010 - Singapore

The tropical nature of Singapore is one that should be embraced in architecture, with structures that make outdoor living central to their experience.

The Tangga House Singapore by Guz Architects executed brilliantly upon this philosophy, creating a large home with a tiered courtyard as its centerpiece.

The L-shaped plan creates open spaces which encourage natural ventilation and offer resident's views over the courtyard to the verandah, roof gardens and beyond.

Belle Vue Residences

July 15, 2010 - Singapore

Designed by Japan's Toyo Ito, this freehold development features the architect's signature interpretation of nature through organic geometries.

Living spaces are designed to parallel a branching pattern, seamlessly integrating interior and exterior spaces and using wall surfaces that face outwards for more natural light and better ventilation.

A total of 176 spacious apartments, each with a private lift lobby, comprise the low-rise development, which is located a short walk from Orchard Road.

Reflections at Keppel Bay

July 14, 2010 - Singapore

Situated in the waterfront precinct of Keppel Bay on Singapore's southern shoreline, this project is comprised of six undulating glass towers and 11 villa apartment blocks designed by Daniel Libeskind, the American architect renowned for the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Denver Art Museum and for master-planning the Freedom Tower project.

Since the 2007 launch, 70 per cent of the project's 1,129 apartments units have been sold. The most exclusive units are the project's 34 penthouses, which range from 334 to 760 sq m.

The project also includes a "super penthouse" - the largest built in Singapore to date, which spans 1,200 sq m over three floors.

The Fish House - Guz Architects

July 07, 2010 - Singapore

This home's main concept is to get its owner into a cool environment and the home is located in Sentosa, Singapore.

Singapore is a very hot humid place, but the Fish House by Guz Architects has an open concept that allows for natural ventilation to pass through the space.

Other cool features of this house includes a media room in the basement and the u-shaped window that will give you a spectacular view of the pool.

Singapore expects 5 to 8% growth

July 02, 2010 - Singapore

Singapore’s strong economic fundamentals are expected to help raise the prices of luxury residential units by 5 to 8% in 2010, according to recent analysis by UBS Wealth Management Singapore.

Whilst low to mid-range properties are expected to remain stable, the growth in high-end property prices may yet be another sign of Singapore’s re-ascendance as one of South East Asia’s investment hubs following the global recession that saw 325,000 financial services jobs cut worldwide.

Singaporean property prices set to fall

June 18, 2010 - Singapore

The residential property market in Singapore is too hot and set for a correction in coming months, according to analysts.

Industry experts say prices are already reaching a plateau and transaction volumes are slowing. Some districts have seen transactions drop by up to 88%.

Figures from the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) show that there were only 899 caveats lodged for condominiums in the first three weeks of May compared with 3,060 in April.

Singapore's Most Expensive Bungalow

June 17, 2010 - Singapore

A Chinese national is believed to have set the record price for a bungalow here, forking out a handsome $36 million for a luxury home in Sentosa Cove.

The property in Paradise Island was sold last month in the resale market at $2,403 per sq ft (psf), based on latest Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) caveat records.

Property prices keep rising in Singapore

April 27, 2010 - Singapore

Private residential property prices in Singapore are continuing to rise despite recent real estate cooling measures, the latest figures show.

Residential properties prices increased to 175 points for the first quarter of this year, around 5.6% higher than the previous quarter, according to the statistics released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).

This comes on top of a 7.4% increase in the final quarter of 2009 which was judged by analysts to be too high and unsustainable and resulted in a number of measures to try to cool the market amid fears of overheating.