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Commentary: After first quarterly dip in nearly seven years, where are HDB resale prices headed?

Commentary: After first quarterly dip in nearly seven years, where are HDB resale prices headed?

Published by Sam Flores

But uncertainty could also push more private home owners to right size, particularly as they approach retirement. This would add to the demand for larger HDB flats, particularly those in more desirable locations. This was what we observed with the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, which saw a very small but growing number of HDB resale flats fetching at least S$1 million (US$787,340) and strong price growth for larger flats in non-mature towns such as Sembawang and Woodlands. That same year also saw the introduction of a 15-month wait-out period for former and current owners of private homes seeking to buy public housing flats. The restriction was aimed at cooling the HDB resale market for higher-priced flats, which was heating up partly due to demand from private property downgraders flush with capital. This underscored how periods of uncertainty can have implications for housing demand, especially as HDB flats are often seen as a more affordable option. WHAT IT MEANS FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS Despite heightened uncertainty and expectations of higher inflation, the HDB resale market is …

.5 M. Sale of Triceratops on Pharrell’s Joopiter Indicates Where Market Is Headed

$5.5 M. Sale of Triceratops on Pharrell’s Joopiter Indicates Where Market Is Headed

Published by Jenni Sidey

A triceratops sold online for $5.5 million on Tuesday on musician and designer Pharrell Williams’s auction platform Joopiter. The result set a record for a dinosaur sold in an online-only sale, the Art Newspaper reported Wednesday. The sale of the 66-million-year-old skeleton known as “Trey” is further evidence of a larger trend in the auction market: fossils and dinosaur skeletons are increasingly moving out of the siloed category of natural history and being traded like any other high-end collectible. At Joopiter, that also meant an accompanying merch drop, including a $695 fiberglass replica of the skull and a $100 tote bag. Related Articles Excavated in Wyoming in 1993 during the so-called “Bone Rush,” Trey is a sub-adult triceratops measuring more than five meters long and composed of over 70 percent original material. It spent nearly three decades on public view at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center before coming to market, complete with documentation tracing its excavation and ownership. The estimate, $4.5 million to $5.5 million, was well calibrated. The sale hit the top of its range …

Apple’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations Headed to Australia

Apple’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations Headed to Australia

Published by skeptic

Apple and the Sydney Opera House in Australia recently announced a collaboration, and it turns out this will tie into Apple’s 50th-anniversary celebrations. On his Instagram page earlier this week, Australian composer Bailey Pickles said Apple asked him to compose and perform music for its upcoming 50th-anniversary celebration at the Opera House, where Apple will soon be illuminating artwork. From March 25 to March 27, the Opera House’s eastern sails will be illuminated with artwork created in the Procreate app on the iPad by a group of 10 emerging Australian artists. Through free Today at Apple sessions earlier this month, the public also had the opportunity to create and submit artwork for potential illumination. Apple said selected artworks from both commissioned artists and public submissions will be curated and projected onto the Opera House’s eastern sails on March 25 at 8:30 p.m. local time, and on March 26 and March 27 at 8 p.m. local time. Pickles did not say exactly when he will be performing at the world-famous venue, but it is clear that …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Headed To Australia

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Headed To Australia

Published by Sam Flores

The first signs of that discomfort had already been made public in 2019, during TV special Harry & Meghan: An African Journey. In the show, journalist Tom Bradby asked her directly about her emotional state. “Thank you for asking, because not many people have asked me if I’m well,” the duchess replied then, visibly moved. In that same conversation she added: “Any woman, especially when she’s pregnant, is really vulnerable.” For his part, Prince Harry has explained on several occasions that that trip made him aware of the impact that public pressure was having on his wife, an experience that would end up weighing on the decision of both to abandon their roles within the British royal family. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit South Melbourne Beach October 18, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. Pool The Pacific tour has been noted by the couple as a turning point in their interactions with other royals. In his interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Prince Harry claimed that that trip marked a before …

NATO intercepts Iranian missile headed toward Turkey – POLITICO

NATO intercepts Iranian missile headed toward Turkey – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

Tehran warned European countries on Tuesday that supporting the U.S. and Israel would be met with retaliation, after Iran fired weapons toward Cyprus earlier this week. “It has been determined that the fragment of munition that fell in the Dörtyol district of Hatay province belongs to the air defense munition used in the interception following the destruction of the threat in the air. There were no fatalities or injuries in the incident,” the ministry said in a statement. The statement added: “All necessary steps to defend our territory and airspace will be taken decisively and without hesitation. We reiterate that we reserve the right to respond to any hostile act directed against our country.” On Tuesday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Ankara would remain “cautious, prudent, and patient in order to ensure that not even a hair on the head of any one of our 86 million citizens is harmed.” He has also called for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. “We do not wish to witness conflict, war, tension, and massacre right next door. …

As Crash Deepens, Investors Say Bitcoin Is Headed for Zero Dollars

As Crash Deepens, Investors Say Bitcoin Is Headed for Zero Dollars

Published by José Betancourt

Mainstream cryptocurrency Bitcoin is being eviscerated this week. The token tanked to a historic low, coming eerily close to as little as $60,000 on Thursday evening. That’s well under 50 percent down from its all-time high a mere four months ago. While the crypto has since bounced back to around the $68,000 mark, it comes at a grim cost: it’s now wiped out all of its gains since president Donald Trump won the presidential election in late 2025. Analysts aren’t presumably hopeful about an imminent recovery, with some expecting the absolute worst. “Our BTC price target is 0.0,” Pivotus Partners chief market strategist and partner Richard Farr tweeted. “That’s not just for shock factor. It’s where the math takes us.” Farr said he concurred with Michael Burry, who famously shorted the US housing market before its collapse in 2008, and recently warned in a Substack post that further losses for Bitcoin could result in a “death spiral.” Farr pointed to Bitcoin following similar trends to a larger US stock downturn, suggesting it’s no longer the …

Asset Manager Warns That OpenAI Is Likely Headed for Financial Disaster

Asset Manager Warns That OpenAI Is Likely Headed for Financial Disaster

Published by José Betancourt

Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images Just over three years ago, OpenAI opened the floodgates with the launch of ChatGPT. The frantic industry-wide race that followed has resulted in soaring valuations for AI companies, tens of billions of dollars invested in data center infrastructure — and plenty of skepticism as well. For one, experts have pointed out that OpenAI’s business fundamentals are inherently different from those of its competitors like Google. These legacy businesses can tap existing revenue sources to bankroll their major AI capital expenditures. The Sam Altman-led OpenAI, however, has raised record amounts of cash and has vowed to spend well over $1 trillion before the end of the decade without the advantage of an existing business that generates ongoing revenue. (The company’s recent announcement that it’s stuffing ads into ChatGPT is likely a bid to shift that reality.) The gap between the AI industry’s promises of a human-level AI-driven future and reality, in other words, has never been wider much like the enormous gulf between AI company valuations and their lagging revenues. To many …

Is AI headed for a breaking point? | News

Is AI headed for a breaking point? | News

Published by Sam Flores

From surveillance, job losses and resistance movements, what the next phase of AI could mean in 2026. Artificial intelligence is moving fast: from chatbots to autonomous systems and physical machines. As investment surges, so do concerns about job losses, surveillance, warfare and whether the boom can last. We take a look at where AI is headed in 2026 and the growing resistance against unchecked technological power. Published On 7 Jan 20267 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Source link

Ship of Scientists Headed to Doomsday Glacier

Ship of Scientists Headed to Doomsday Glacier

Published by José Betancourt

A team of scientists are staring climate change in the eye, the New York Times reports, setting sail for the infamous “Doomsday Glacier” in Antarctica in an attempt to study it up close. The enormous Thwaites Glacier, at roughly the size of Florida, harbors enough water to raise sea levels across the globe by over two feet should it melt completely. Research has suggested that it’s already undergoing rapid melting — but its future, which holds the fate of our planet in the balance, is uncertain. On Saturday, a crew of nearly 40 researchers left on a ship from a port in New Zealand to get more answers. A number of intriguing experiments are slated, but everyone’s going in knowing that all won’t go according to plan. “There will be a Plan A through F,” Chris Pierce, a glaciologist at Montana State University whose team hopes to use airborne radar to effectively x-ray Thwaites’ ice, told the NYT. There’s no doubt that Thwaites is melting quickly. How quickly, and what its melting could cause, however, are …