International

UK Tax Hike To Impact Overseas Buyers

The UK government’s plan to raise sales taxes on second homes in Britain will also cover buyers living abroad, reported Bloomberg. In November, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, said buyers of second homes as well as buy-to-let properties within the UK will have to pay stamp-duty sales tax that is three percentage points higher … Read more

Non-Landed Home Prices Down 0.6%

Prices of completed non-landed private homes dipped 0.6 percent in November 2015 compared to a 0.1 percent increase in the previous month, revealed flash estimates of the NUS Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI). Excluding small units, prices in the central region fell 0.8 percent last month after rising 0.5 percent in October. In the non-central … Read more