The outlook for Singapore's residential property market remains subdued, although there still are opportunities for well-placed and well-priced developments, according to mainboard-listed Frasers Centrepoint. "Projects with good locations and pricing continue to have the ability to attract buyers. It is clearly demonstrated by North Park Residences,” said Group CEO Lim Ee Seng at Frasers...
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Prices of private non-landed residential properties edged up 0.2 per cent in March from the previous month, according to latest flash estimates of the Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) released by the National University of Singapore. This is the first such increase after four straight months of decline. In terms of region, the index for private residential property in the central region -...
Prices of private residential properties decreased 1 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2015, representing the sixth straight quarter of price decline, the Urban Redevelopment Authority said on Friday (Apr 24). The price index for Q1 dropped to 145.5, from the previous quarter's 147.0. The decline was seen across the whole private residential property market, with non-landed properties...
With the residential property market remaining sluggish, analysts have said more homeowners are choosing to rent out their homes first, hoping to fetch a better selling price when the market recovers. However, this is putting downward pressure on rentals. Industry watchers said tenants are now signing shorter leases, expecting rentals to dip. Prices of private homes have been on the downward trend...
Resale prices of non-landed private homes dipped by 0.2 per cent in March compared to the previous month, according to flash estimates from SRX Property on Tuesday (Apr 14). Year-on-year, resale prices dropped 3.9 per cent from March 2014. Compared with the recent peak in January 2014, prices have declined 6.2 per cent, SRX said. Resale prices of private homes in the Core Central Region and the...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has revised its Property Price Index (PPI) to better capture price trends in Singapore's private housing market. The revised index was first adopted for the year's first quarter flash estimates, which were also released on Wednesday (Apr 1). Using the revised methodology for the PPI, the overall private residential property index fell by 1.1 per cent - the sixth...
Sales of private homes last month rose from the previous month as developers scaled back new launches. Excluding executive condominiums (ECs), developers sold 382 new units in February, up from the 374 units sold the previous month, data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed on Monday (Mar 16). Including ECs, 447 new units were sold last month, down from 558 units the previous month. The rise in...
Competition is likely to get more intense in the private residential property market, with developers rolling out new projects. Based on new home sales data for January 2015 from the Urban Redevelopment Authority, there are 20 large developments with a total unsold stock of more than 200 units each - excluding executive condominiums. They include recent projects like Symphony Suites in Yishun, as well as...
Rental prices for Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats fell 0.3 per cent in February from the previous month, while rents for private homes also continued to fall, according to SRX Property. Three-room and four-room flats saw rental prices decline by 0.8 and 0.6 per cent, respectively, while five-room and executive flats, in contrast, saw a pick-up in rental prices by 0.7 and 0.5 per cent,...
Resale prices of non-landed private homes were flat in February from the previous month, while resale volume remained low, according to flash estimates from SRX Property on Tuesday (Mar 10). Year-on-year, resale prices dropped 3.2 per cent from February 2014. Compared with the recent peak in January 2014, prices have declined 5.8 per cent, SRX said. Resale prices of private homes in the Core Central...