Singapore Homes Seriously Unaffordable: Report

Singapore’s market cooling measures have been effective in reducing the prices of HDB flats and private homes over the past few years, but housing costs here are still seen as too high, revealed findings published by a global report last month. According to the 12th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, Singapore has a “seriously … Read more

Instagram Rolls Out 60-Second Video Option for Advertisers

While most social-media platforms emphasize their commitment to brevity — Vine’s six-second videos, Twitter’s 140-character per tweet limit and Snapchat’s vanishing messages — one company is hoping to extend attention spans. Instagram is rolling out a new feature for advertisers today: an option for minute-long ads. Previously, advertisers had a maximum time limit of 30 … Read more

Why Expensive Singapore Property Is Driving Investors Overseas

With Singapore property experts fearing falls in the Singapore stock market will have an effect on the real estate sector, it could be another tough year for the domestic market. Instead, Singaporean property investors are turning to foreign property and preliminary data from analytics company Real Capital Analytics (RCA) shows they invested a record US$26.31billion … Read more