While home prices in the northeast district are expected to be stable in the coming year, analysts say the area may potentially see an oversupply of homes in the future. In the next few years, Punggol, Sengkang and Pasir Ris will continue to see intense construction activity, with market watchers expecting some 17,000 residential units to come onstream in the area over the next five to six years. Later...
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Home buying demand for the second half of the year could slow, according to market watchers. They said that is mainly because a large portion of pent-up demand has already been satisfied. With six new land plots for executive condominium (EC) development up for tender later this year, analysts said prices for mass market homes may also fall. Lim Yong Hua and his family have been looking for a new home...
Sentosa Cove failed to deliver good home sales numbers on the back of a general slowdown in the luxury property sector. According to consultants, the changing trend is due to attractive deals being offered in other areas, a lack of new launches on Sentosa and foreign buyers being deterred by the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD). Alan Cheong, Research Head of Savills Singapore, noted that since the...
Private home sales in Singapore saw a big decline of 23 percent month-on-month in May. Excluding executive condominiums (ECs), the drop in sales was even more significant at 32 percent from the previous month. According to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, 1,702 new private residential units, excluding executive condominiums (ECs), were sold in May, down from April's record 2,487 units...
Preliminary price indices for completed non-landed properties released last week suggest that the resale market for private apartments has finally shaken off the dampening effects of the additional buyer's stamp duty (ABSD) imposed last December. The National University of Singapore's flash Singapore Residential Price Index for last month inched up 0.8 per cent, the second consecutive monthly rise...
Housing supply will likely hold firm in the second half of this year as developers continue to be active in the Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme. According to Chia Siew Chuin, Director of Research & Advisory at Colliers International, an additional 28 to 30 new residential sites will likely be added to the confirmed and reserve lists, which could yield up to 14,000 homes. “The government...
Following the announcement that construction works on Bidadari new town will begin by year-end, developers are eyeing new opportunities at other prime residential sites in strategic locations. According to analysts, thousands of homes are in the pipeline over the next few years, as prime sites not far from the city will be launched, including the Dempsey area and former Bukit Timah Turf Club, as well as...
Prices of small apartments measuring up to 506 sq ft dipped slightly by 1.2 percent in April, according to the Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) flash estimate published by the Institute of Real Estate Studies at NUS. This is in sharp contrast to March, when the SRPI sub-index for small apartments saw a notable 2.7 percent rise. April’s overall SRPI inched up 0.8 percent from the previous...
Private resale homes prices has risen for the second straight month in April. This is according to the Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) flash estimate published by the Institute of Real Estate Studies at the National University of Singapore. Resale home prices climbed 0.8 per cent in April, after increasing 0.4 per cent in March. Central area prices were up 1.6 per cent in April, compared to...
Buoyant property sales in recent months have sparked fresh concerns that another round of cooling measures may be on the cards despite the last round of measures introduced in December 2011. Experts said the appetite for home purchases in Singapore is still strong despite several rounds of cooling measures that were introduced by the government. In fact, property developers have been selling over 2,000...