DAY 079
2022.07.04
Source: bloombergbusiness
來源：彭博社商業
Title: Singapore’s surging rents are shocking expats and encouraging scammers
標題：《新加坡暴漲的房租讓外國旅居者震驚，同時也在鼓勵詐騙犯》
新加坡房租飛漲程度令人咋舌，詐騙犯聞風而動
Rents are skyrocketing in Singapore, particularly in the prime locations favored by the expats that make up more than a third of its population. High-end prices are rising by 20% to 40% on average, according to 10 real estate agents interviewed by Bloomberg, though some landlords are even asking for double the previous rent.
新加坡的房租飛漲，尤其是外籍人士所青睐的黃金地段，而他們占了新加坡人口三分之一以上。彭博社采訪的10位房地産中介稱，高端房産的價格平均上漲了20% – 40%，一些房東甚至要求比之前的租金翻一番。
There’s “a lot of greed at the moment,” says one Canadian, whose landlord wanted to raise the rent on her home by almost 40%. It’s the latest headache for expats on the island, which is tightening visa requirements to ensure that more higher-paying jobs go to citizens.
一位加拿大人說，“現在貪婪肆行”，她的房東想把她的房子的租金提高近40%。這是最近令移居該島的外國人頭疼的事情，新加坡正在收緊簽證要求，以確保更多高薪工作流向本國公民。
The red-hot market is also giving rise to rental scams, where people posing as agents use fake online listings to lure deposits from unsuspecting home hunters. At least 547 people fell pry this year through May, with losses amounting to at least $1.6 million.
炙手可熱的房地産市場也催生了租房詐騙，人們假扮成中介，利用網上的虛假房源，騙取毫無防備的尋房者的存款。截至今年5月份，至少有547人受騙，損失至少160萬美元（約合人民幣1070萬元）。
Keywords: 關鍵字詞：
Surge 猛增；激增
Scammer 詐騙者
Skyrocketing 飛漲；飙升
Prime 優質的
Make up 組成；構成
Greed 貪婪
Red-hot 炙手可熱
Lure 引誘
Unsuspecting 無防備的
Pry 撬開
Amounting 達到