Rentals in May inched up just 0.2 per cent for both private and HDB homes from the previous month, as volumes continued their decline, according to flash estimates released by real estate portal SRX Property on Wednesday. Year-on-year, rents from non-landed private rentals increased 0.8 per cent, and the May showing was 18.9 per cent lower compared to its peak in January 2013. Compared to April,...
Prices of private condominiums and apartments continued their climb in May to hit a new high, although volumes slightly dipped according to flash data from real estate portal SRX Property released on Tuesday. This comes as the monthly price change for April 2018 was revised sharply upwards to 1.2 per cent, from the earlier estimate of 0.6 per cent. Resale prices of non-landed private properties rose...
The collective sale frenzy sweeping the property market is expected to continue into next year, resulting in an upswing in home prices and transactions as displaced owners look for a new place to live. At least 44 condominiums are expected to go en bloc next year, creating more than 9,000 potential househunters, according to data from property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield. Most of the condominiums...
The residential collective sales market is poised to pick up this year, with analysts citing the limited supply of private housing sites at state tenders and strong demand for land by developers as key factors. A collective sale, also known as an en bloc sale, refers to a combined sale by the owners of property units to a shared purchaser with sale proceeds divided amongst the unit owners. In 2016,...
Private home prices in Singapore continued their decline in the first quarter of this year – the 14th straight quarter of contraction, according to flash estimates released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday (Apr 3). The private residential property index fell to 136.5 points in the first quarter, down 0.7 point from the previous quarter. This represents a decline of 0.5 per cent,...
Demand for new private homes more than doubled in February, with 977 units sold by developers compared with the 382 units sold in January, according to figures by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Wednesday (Mar 15). Compared to figures a year earlier, the 977 units sold is more than triple that of the 303 units sold last February. Including executive condominiums (ECs), a total of 1,306...
The Government’s tweaks to some residential property cooling measures on Friday (Mar 10) are a timely move, but observers said these adjustments are unlikely to have a significant impact on the local property market. Even as the announcements marked the Singapore Government’s first relaxation of the property cooling measures rolled out since 2009, market participants should not expect further...
Home owners will only have to wait three years before selling their properties to avoid paying seller’s stamp duties (SSD), down from four years currently, under several adjustments made to property cooling measures. With effect from Saturday (Mar 11), those who sell their properties within three years will also pay less in SSD, according to a joint press release by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry...
SINGAPORE's property market remains high on the agenda of Asia's ultra-rich, notwithstanding the cooling measures still in place. Its commercial properties are a top consideration for Asian ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) keen on this asset class, moderately ahead of the UK and the US. Singapore's residential market is the second most likely place for Asian UHNWIs to own an overseas home,...
DEVELOPERS got off to a good start in housing sales this year, based on the latest government numbers, and industry players are sanguine this will set the tone for the rest of the year as well. Urban Redevelopment Authority data shows that developers moved 381 private homes (excluding executive condominiums or ECs) in January - up 3.8 per cent from December's 367 and 17.6 per cent higher than the 324 in...
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