23 January 2021

• Central-region condos drive Singapore's private home prices to all-time high
  PRICES of new private homes in Singapore rose 2.1 per cent in Q4 2020 from Q3, marking their steepest quarterly increase in over two years.
• Property consultants upbeat about Singapore office market in second half
  PROPERTY consultants are cautiously optimistic about prospects for the Singapore office market, at least in the second half of this year.
• Retail rents fell 14.7% in 2020; market will remain challenging, say analysts
  THE decline in retail rents gathered pace in the fourth quarter, taking the full-year drop in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's rental index of retail space in the central region to 14.7 per cent - in contrast with the increase of 2.9 per cent in 2019.
• Analysts raise target price on CICT on recovery expectations
  FOUR brokerages have raised their target price on CapitaLand Commercial Integrated Trust (CICT), as most are expecting the recently-merged entity's earnings to recover in the following financial year.
• Sabana's manager wants to leave failed merger behind; will work on improving portfolio and performance
  THE chief executive officer (CEO) of Sabana Shari'ah Compliant Industrial Reit's manager Donald Han has made it clear that he wants to leave behind the failed merger with ESR-Reit and work on improving the real estate investment trust's (Reit) portfolio and performance.
• 199-year Boat Quay shophouse up for sale for S$27m
  A 199-YEAR leasehold conservation shophouse located at 31 South Bridge Road and 88 Circular Road in Boat Quay is up for sale via private treaty at S$27 million, exclusive marketing agent ERA Realty said on Friday.
• Retail rents fell 14.7% in 2020; market will remain challenging, say analysts
  THE decline in retail rents gathered pace in the fourth quarter, taking the full-year drop in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's rental index of retail space in the central region to 14.7 per cent.