Singapore home sales drop to five-month low

Global tariff tensions weighing on demand

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Today’s top stories

  • Singapore home sales drop to five-month low

  • Influencer marketing outpaces professional content for first time

  • Singapore announces six public holiday long weekends for 2026

  • Self-storage sector in Singapore facing space crunch

  • 7.6% increase in tourist arrivals

Singapore home sales drop to five-month low

  • Only 312 units bought last month

  • Private housing supply on Govt. Land Sales to fall to 4725 units (6.1% drop) in H2

  • Global tariff tensions weighing on demand

Influencer marketing outpaces professional content for first time

  • Global influencer marketing to reach $33 billion in 2025 (up 36% YoY)

  • Unilever to allocate 50% of ad budget to social media 

  • Consumers are “suspicious” of corporate branding

Singapore announces six public holiday long weekends for 2026

  • List of long-weekend holidays

    • Apr 3 - Good Friday

    • May 1 - Labour day

    • May 31 - Vesak day

    • Aug 9 - National day

    • Nov 8 - Deepavali

    • Dec 25 - Christmas

Self-storage sector in Singapore facing space crunch

  • 40% clientele is businesses (26% increase YoY)

  • High occupancy of 85%

  • Only 40,000 storage rooms for 6 million population (1 in 150)

  • Rising costs major stumbling block to expansion plans

7.6% increase in tourist arrivals 

  • 1.37 million visitors in May (7.6% YoY in May)

  • Top countries: China, Indonesia and India

  • Between Jan-May 2025: 7.09 million visitors (2.3% increase)

  • Singapore Airlines: 5.1% more passengers in May, Scoot saw 8.6% rise

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