2008 saw a drastic fall in sales of luxury apartments in Singapore. Property consultancy CB Richard Ellis said 1,096 caveats were lodged in 2008 – a fifth of the sales volume in 2007. In 2007, the average launch price of luxury projects ranged from S$2,000 to S$4,000 per square foot. But by the end of 2008, the average launch price of such homes had fallen to a range of between S$2,000 and S$2,600 per...
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Shares of CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT) rallied to a two-month high on Wednesday following an announcement that it would refinance as much as S$580 million of mortgage-backed securities. The counter was up 7 per cent to S$1.00. Analysts are also cheering the company's decision to scrap a billion-dollar redevelopment plan in Singapore's business district as more developers are expected to hold back...
Singapore's public housing market is expected to do well this year, compared to the slumping real estate markets across Asia. The economic slowdown means homebuyers are likely to opt for cheaper units from the Housing and Development Board (HDB) over more expensive housing like condominiums. On the private housing front, transaction volumes and prices have fallen at an increasing pace in recent months...
PROPERTY hunters put aside the gloomy economic outlook last weekend and turned out in force to check out - and even buy - new flats. At Nova 88 in Balestier - likely to be the only new official launch so far this year - about 500 visitors thronged the showflat, said developer Roxy Homes. About 20 per cent of Nova 88's units were sold, with prices ranging from $900 to $990 per sq ft. Some 20 per cent...
A 30-per-cent fall in rental market expected this year TENANTS for office space are beginning to enjoy more bargaining power as increased supply for such commercial property and a weakening economy drive rents lower. This is good news for business owners such as Mr Hu Yinghan. Mr Hu, who runs an events company Apesnap in Chinatown, will be asking for much lower rent when his lease runs out at the end of...
Office occupancy in Singapore is down in the last quarter of 2008 due to deteriorating global financial situation. According to real estate adviser DTZ Research, office occupancy islandwide dropped by two percentage points to 95.6 per cent, compared to the same period last year. This is because of weaker demand as companies shelved expansion plans or relocated to more cost-effective premises. DTZ said...
THE comparison rings with foreboding the last time private home prices took a bigger dive than this, it was exactly a decade ago, in the midst of the Asian financial crisis. In the last three months of 2008, the private resident property price index dropped 5.7 per cent, more than double the rate of decrease a quarter ago, according to flash estimates. The final tally due for unveiling in four weeks’...
Prices of private, non-landed residential properties in Singapore fell 5.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2008. The quarter-on-quarter drop in private home prices is more than double the 2.4 per cent decrease in the July-September quarter. Experts said the steep fall is fuelled by deteriorating sentiment. Market players are also matching prices to falling valuations. Nicholas Mak, consultancy and...
Singapore's commercial and residential property sectors will remain attractive to investors in the medium to long term. Property watchers told Channel NewsAsia that is because of Singapore's status as an international financial hub. 2009 looks set to be a difficult year by all accounts, but market watchers said property investment fundamentals here remain strong. As global financial institutions cut...
Non-landed prime districtproperties to bear the brunt: DTZ THE fallout from the financial crisis is hitting the private home market hard, with one estimate putting the drop in private home prices at 21.6 per cent this year, a plunge not seen since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. DTZ's dramatic estimate is based on caveats lodged on Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) REALIS portal. However, other...