<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Selina Xu - Former Journalist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Selina Xu - Former Journalist]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVRW4viFbzA/selina-xu</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Selina Xu - Former Journalist</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVRW4viFbzA/selina-xu</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 01:34:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVRW4viFbzA/selina-xu.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore’s $20 Million Shophouses Are Blazing-Hot Properties]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the island nation’s real estate market, the distinctive two- to three-story row buildings can fetch $4,000 a square foot.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-15/singapore-real-estate-why-shophouses-are-selling-for-millions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-15/singapore-real-estate-why-shophouses-are-selling-for-millions</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 23:00:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izPLiJn1zUDg/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izPLiJn1zUDg/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Shophouses along Upper Cross Street in Singapore’s Chinatown.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore Is Fighting Rising Seas to Save $50 Billion in Real Estate]]></title><description><![CDATA[The island nation won’t cede “an inch of land,” a government official pledges.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-09/singapore-is-saving-50-billion-in-real-estate-from-rising-seas-climate-change</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-09/singapore-is-saving-50-billion-in-real-estate-from-rising-seas-climate-change</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheryl Tian Tong Lee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:30:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ionZLMnEjVDA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ionZLMnEjVDA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Marina Barrage, a dam in Singapore.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s Ultra-Rich Gen Zs Flock Home as Global Tensions Rise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even billionaires’ scions are struggling to bridge the US-China rift.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-21/-china-is-rising-ultra-rich-gen-zs-flock-home-as-us-china-tensions-grow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-21/-china-is-rising-ultra-rich-gen-zs-flock-home-as-us-china-tensions-grow</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:00:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ieuTvrSY1lwY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ieuTvrSY1lwY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Rental Market Heats Up While Singapore Boom Cools]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-19/hong-kong-rental-market-heats-up-while-singapore-boom-cools</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-19/hong-kong-rental-market-heats-up-while-singapore-boom-cools</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 03:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore Home Sales Slump 72% to Seven-Month Low on Weak Demand]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-15/singapore-home-sales-hit-seven-month-low-as-demand-cools</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-15/singapore-home-sales-hit-seven-month-low-as-demand-cools</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 04:35:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hotel Firm of Tycoon in Singapore Graft Probe Approved to Revamp Shopping Belt]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-28/tycoon-ong-s-hotel-properties-wins-approval-to-redevelop-orchard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-28/tycoon-ong-s-hotel-properties-wins-approval-to-redevelop-orchard</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 08:16:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijIQIv_xXP8E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijIQIv_xXP8E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians at Orchard Road in Singapore, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Singapore will report the budget for the coming fiscal year on Tuesday, will probably reinforce longer-term investment priorities including digitalization, green energy transition, and health services for an ageing society.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Real Estate Agents Turn to Livestreaming for a Leg Up in a Downturn]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-25/china-livestream-real-estate-ads-give-agents-leg-up-in-downturn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-25/china-livestream-real-estate-ads-give-agents-leg-up-in-downturn</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3K4cBGr_JOE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3K4cBGr_JOE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Wang Shujuan on a livestream show. Source: Wang Shujuan</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore to Tackle Public Housing Worries After Surge in Prices]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-18/singapore-to-tackle-public-housing-worries-after-surging-prices</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-18/singapore-to-tackle-public-housing-worries-after-surging-prices</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:58:39 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ia89ryCYu0s4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ia89ryCYu0s4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Blocks of public housing in Singapore, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Singapore is scheduled to release its first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures on May 19.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore Home Sales Jump Fivefold to Highest Level This Year]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-15/singapore-home-sales-jump-fivefold-to-highest-level-this-year</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-15/singapore-home-sales-jump-fivefold-to-highest-level-this-year</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 04:40:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore Flags ‘Structural Decline’ Without Migrant Workers]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-14/singapore-flags-structural-decline-without-migrant-workers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-14/singapore-flags-structural-decline-without-migrant-workers</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Xiao]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:11:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1YS0qtzvVqI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1YS0qtzvVqI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Migrant workers work at a building construction site on May 3, 2023 in Singapore. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/NurPhoto via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore Warns of ‘Unpredictable’ Risks Amid US-China Tensions]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-14/singapore-warns-of-unpredictable-risks-amid-us-china-tensions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-14/singapore-warns-of-unpredictable-risks-amid-us-china-tensions</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:10:34 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ituuMTocmaJA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ituuMTocmaJA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Lawrence Wong on Aug. 14. Photographer: Lionel Ng/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[CapitaLand Investment Profit Drops on China, High Rates]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-10/capitaland-investment-profit-drops-on-china-slowdown-high-rates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-10/capitaland-investment-profit-drops-on-china-slowdown-high-rates</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 23:50:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[City Developments Profit Drops Despite Housing, Tourism Boom]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-10/city-developments-profit-drops-despite-jump-in-property-business</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-10/city-developments-profit-drops-despite-jump-in-property-business</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:54:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore’s Sky-High Rents Show First Signs of Cooling]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-02/singapore-s-sky-high-rents-show-first-signs-of-cooling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-02/singapore-s-sky-high-rents-show-first-signs-of-cooling</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore Home Prices Fell for the First Time in Three Years]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-28/singapore-home-prices-fall-to-three-year-low-as-boom-eases</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-28/singapore-home-prices-fall-to-three-year-low-as-boom-eases</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 01:11:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans Unseat Chinese as Top Foreign Homebuyers in Singapore]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-20/americans-unseat-chinese-as-top-foreign-homebuyers-in-singapore</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-20/americans-unseat-chinese-as-top-foreign-homebuyers-in-singapore</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 05:19:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich Chinese Eye Australia Homes as 700,000 to Leave by 2025]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-19/rich-chinese-eye-australia-homes-as-700-000-to-leave-by-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-19/rich-chinese-eye-australia-homes-as-700-000-to-leave-by-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 09:25:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iubu3gfMggP0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iubu3gfMggP0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Residential buildings in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, April 17, 2023. House prices in Sydney — a bellwether for the Australian real estate market — may have found a floor as a home shortage and the central bank&apos;s rate-hike pause stem declines, according to a report by Bloomberg Intelligence.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore Home Sales Hit Six-Month Low on Limited Supply, Curbs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-17/singapore-home-sales-hit-six-month-low-on-limited-supply-curbs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-17/singapore-home-sales-hit-six-month-low-on-limited-supply-curbs</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:30:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore’s Central Bank Sees Property Market in ‘Good Place’]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-05/singapore-s-central-bank-sees-property-market-in-good-place</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-05/singapore-s-central-bank-sees-property-market-in-good-place</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 03:45:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iL0a4gWZnQS4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iL0a4gWZnQS4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Buildings in Singapore, on Monday, June 5, 2023. Singapore is confident that a rebound in travel that’s boosting the services sector will help the island&apos;s economy avoid a recession this year despite a darkening global outlook.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore Home Prices Fall for First Time in Three Years]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-03/singapore-home-prices-fall-for-first-time-in-three-years</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-03/singapore-home-prices-fall-for-first-time-in-three-years</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Selina Xu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 01:10:50 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>