Real Estate
A Guide to Luxury Real Estate in Singapore
What you need to know when house-hunting in the high-tech center of international finance.
A signature unit at the Marq on Paterson Hill in Singapore.
Source: SC Global
Although it’s only 278 square miles in size, Singapore has an outsized reputation in finance. The island city-state, which gained independence in 1965, has woven grand century-old architecture and modern high-rises together into an alluring high-tech business center.
“It ticks a lot of boxes,” says Alice Tan, Singapore-based head of consultancy and research at Knight Frank LLP. “Language, schooling, safety. And it’s a key financial business hub, with many companies having their Asian headquarters here.” (Google Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. both recently expanded operations on the island.)