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The Metropolis Where Rents Rise 60%, 75%, Even 100%

Increases in Singapore surpass those in New York and London; ‘every time we’d counter, he’d just keep going up and up’

By Feliz Solomon
Soaring residential rents are weighing on Singapore’s bid to overtake Hong Kong as Asia’s premier financial hub. Photo: how hwee young/Shutterstock

SINGAPORE—In February, five months before the lease was up on her Singapore condo, Sally Shoult asked her real-estate agent to delicately sound out the landlord about renewing. Then she braced for impact. 

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