2012-09-04 09:00:19 - Recently published research from Business Monitor International, "Singapore Real Estate Report Q4 2012", is now available at Fast Market Research

The Singapore Real Estate report examines the commercial office, retail, industrial and construction segments in the context of an increasingly volatile macroeconomic landscape, which is underscoring the increasingly cautious sentiment in Singapore's historically stable commercial real estate market.

With a focus on the commercial side of the real estate market, the report covers the city-state's rental market performance in terms of rates and yields, and examines how best to maximise returns in the commercial real estate market while minimising investment risk and exploring the impact of the government-led cooling on a market particularly susceptible to global dynamics. The key potential growth areas driven by increasing activity on the part of international investors and the potential of the domestic market are also

explored, with corporate growth strategies looking to geographical diversification for expansionary opportunities.

Having allayed fears of a sharp slowdown in Q112, posting above-consensus 9.4% quarter-on-quarter growth, the 1.1% contraction reported for Q212 undermines any return tide which may have quelled market fears. While reports of a decrease in volume and activity characterise the news flow of 2012, the underlying attractiveness of the real estate market persists with sound fundamentals and investor demand anchoring performance. Our newly collected data covering the first six months of 2012 did not reveal any unpredictable, tangible effects of increasing market pessimism.


Full Report Details at
- www.fastmr.com/prod/451384_singapore_real_estate_report_q4_2012. ..


Key Points

* We continue to envisage further rounds of cooling measures, which may manifest through either direct or indirect channels, such as investor schemes.
* It appears that construction activity in 2011 surprised on the upside due to an unexpected surge in public residential building activities. We believe that public, rather than private, housing could continue to drive construction activity. This, along with the implementation of other projects in the commercial construction and urban railways sub-sectors, should lead to a recovery in Singapore's construction sector. Accordingly, we have revised up our growth forecasts for the construction sector to 3.8% (previously 3.1%) for 2012.

Report Table of Contents:

SWOT Analysis
- Singapore Real Estate/Construction SWOT
- Singapore Political SWOT
- Singapore Economic SWOT
- Singapore Business Environment SWOT
- Market Overview
Market Analysis - Office
- Supply And Demand
- Rents And Yields
- Table: Historic Rents - 2011-2012 (SGD per m2/month)
- Table: Net Yield, 2011-2013 (%)
- Table: Terms Of Rental Contract/Lease - H112
- Industry Forecast Scenario
- Table: Forecast Rents (SGD per m2/month)
- Table: Forecast Net Yield, 2008-2016 (%)
Market Analysis - Retail
- Supply And Demand
- Rents And Yields
- Table: Historic Rents - 2011-2012 (SGD per m2/month)
- Table: Net Yield, 2011-2013 (%)
- Table: Terms Of Rental Contract/Lease - H112
- Industry Forecast Scenario
- Table: Forecast Rents (SGD per m2/month)
- Table: Forecast Net Yield, 2008-2016 (%)
Market Analysis - Industrial
- Supply And Demand
- Rents And Yields
- Table: Historic Rents - 2011-2012 (SGD per m2/month)
- Table: Net Yield, 2011-2013 (%)
- Table: Terms Of Rental Contract/Lease - H112
Industry Forecast Scenario
- Table: Forecast Rents (SGD per m2/month)
- Table: Forecast Net Yield, 2008-2016 (%)
- Forecast Scenarios
- Construction And Infrastructure Outlook
- Table: Singapore Construction And Infrastructure Industry Data, 2008-2016
- Table: Singapore Construction And Infrastructure Long Term Forecasts, 2013-2021
- Table: Key Projects Awarded For 21km Downtown Line Stage 3 (Dtl3) Project
- Macroeconomic Outlook
- Table: Singapore - Economic Activity, 2011-2016
Real Estate Risk Reward Ratings
- Real Estate/Construction Risk/Reward Ratings
- Table: Asia Pacific Real Estate Risk/Reward Ratings
- Singapore's Business Environment
- Table: BMI Business And Operation Risk Ratings
- Institutions
- Table: BMI Legal Framework Rating
- Infrastructure
- Table: Labour Force Quality
- Market Orientation
- Table: Asia, Annual FDI Inflows
- Table: Trade And Investment Ratings
- Table: Top Export Destinations, 2002-2009
- Operational Risk
Competitive Landscape
Company Monitor
- CapitaLand
- City Developments Limited (CDL)
- Dragages Singapore
- Keppel Land
- Singapore Land (SingLand)
- UOL Group
Demographic Data
- Table: Singapore's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 ('000)
- Table: Singapore's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 (% of total)
- Table: Singapore's Key Population Ratios, 1990-2020
- Table: Singapore's Rural And Urban Population, 1990-2020
BMI Methodology
- How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts
- Construction Industry
- Bank Lending
- Real Estate/Construction Business Environment Rating
- Table: Weighting Of Indicators
- Sources

About Business Monitor International

Business Monitor International (BMI) offers a comprehensive range of products and services designed to help senior executives, analysts and researchers assess and better manage operating risks, and exploit business opportunities, across 175 markets. BMI offers three main areas of expertise: Country Risk BMI's country risk and macroeconomic forecast portfolio includes weekly financial market reports, monthly regional Monitors, and in-depth quarterly Business Forecast Reports. Industry Analysis BMI covers a total of 17 industry verticals through a portfolio of services, including in-depth quarterly Country Forecast Reports. View more research from Business Monitor International at www.fastmr.com/catalog/publishers.aspx?pubid=1010

About Fast Market Research

Fast Market Research is an online aggregator and distributor of market research and business information. We represent the world's top research publishers and analysts and provide quick and easy access to the best competitive intelligence available.

For more information about these or related research reports, please visit our website at www.fastmr.com or call us at 1.800.844.8156.