Snippet from Yahoo! Mon, Oct 3, 2011 After three built-to-order launches, the government is making good progress to ease the housing shortage, said Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan. In his blog post on Monday, Khaw said Housing Development Board's (HDB) efforts in ramping up HDB flat supply will help stabilise the market. Putting [...]

With effect from September 1, 2011, all importers and manufacturers who supply registrable household air-conditioners and refrigerators in Singapore must register with the National Environment Agency (NEA). With this requirement, all registrable air-conditioners and refrigerators supplied in Singapore must meet minimum energy efficiency standards that are prescribed in the Environment Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) [...]

Snippet from Yahoo! By Ion Danker The Housing and Development Board (HDB) says it will launch 5,500 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats next month and 4,000 flats in November. The two launches will bring HDB's total BTO supply this year to 25,000 flats. HDB said it will complement the September BTO launch with the launch of at [...]

Quick analysis for Management Councils – the tightening of supply at the mid level will impact the Condominium Manager/Property Manager level. It would be harder to hire and also result in higher wages for the Singaporean staff. While this is good for the staff, the Management Councils have to be prepared to pay more for [...]