The Interim Rental Housing (IRH) scheme will be revised to better assist Singaporean families that fall hardships and need urgent housing, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced.

Making the announcement via a blog post, Mr. Khaw said that the National Development Ministry and the Housing & Development Board (HDB) would enhance the scheme in several ways.

Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust (Fortune REIT) has announced its plans to buy Hong Kong-based two retail properties, viz. Belvedere Garden Property and Provident Centre Property, for HK$1.9 billion.

A total of 650 Housing & Development Board (HDB) flats owners in Boon Lay Drive will get new homes, thanks to the government's Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS).

The Housing Development Board (HDB) will construct 1,600 new car park lots during 2012, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has announced.

The new parking lots to be constructed next year will be in addition to the 3,400 parking lots constructed during the past two years.The construction of parking lots will cost to the tune of $66 million.

The Council for Estate Agencies (CEA), the real estate industry regulatory, recently launched its first educational brochure on estate agency work.

The educational brochure, titled Consumer Tips for Engaging a Real Estate Salesperson, aims to provide consumers with essential practical information when dealing with property agents.

Singapore home prices seen to dip on cooling measures to cool the property market could drag prices of private residential properties down by as much as 30 per cent over the next year, analysts warned.

Singapore’s Housing & Development Board (HDB) on Thursday announced seven build-to-order (BTO) projects that will offer a total of 4,200 new flats.

The projects have been announced for Bedok, Bukit Panjang, Hougang, Punggol and Yishun. New projects include Golden Cassia in Bedok town, Acacia Breeze in Yishun, and Fajar Spring in Bukit Panjang town.