Bloomberg Singapore developers sold 12 percent less homes in April, as tighter mortgage curbs cooled demand in Asia’s second-most expensive housing market. Developers sold 745 units last month, compared with 843 in March, according to data released Monday by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Singapore home prices have dropped for 10 quarters, posting the longest losing streak in almost two ...

  Bloomberg Hotels in sun-drenched Miami are getting burned by a pullback in Brazilian travel and a building boom that has added thousands of rooms to the market. Nightly room costs are dropping. Greater Miami’s revenue per available room — a key measure of rates and occupancies known as revpar — has fallen each month this year, and in April ...

  Singapore / Bloomberg & AFP The creation of the world’s biggest alliance of low-cost airlines may signal that some of Asia’s struggling budget carriers are headed for the altar. The Value Alliance, announced on Monday, stretches from Japan to Australia and includes Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s Scoot and Nok Airlines Pcl in Thailand. The aim is to sell tickets, or even ...