Singapore Curbs to Cut Industrial Property Sales

Bloomberg, 17 Jan 2013
Singapore’s industrial building sales may drop 10 percent this year after the city became the first in Asia to impose curbs on such properties, according to the world’s largest closely held commercial real estate broker.
The government on Jan. 11 imposed as much as 15 percent in stamp duties on sellers of properties such as warehouses and logistics buildings to curb speculation after prices doubled in the past three years and outpaced the increase in rents. Full story