A CONSORTIUM led by NCS has been selected by the Housing & Development Board (HDB) to deliver a Smart Urban Habitat Master Plan (SUHMP), which will help guide the development of HDB's future new towns in Singapore. The consortium also consists of AECOM, Arup Singapore and Samsung SDS Asia Pacific. The SUHMP is part of efforts to make Singapore a "Smart Nation", one that leverages technological...
hdb
Sim Lian Group Limited has priced its executive condominium (EC) project Treasure Crest at an average S$742 per square foot (psf), with prices starting from S$649,000 for a three-bedroom unit. The 504-unit project is more than 2.1 times subscribed, having garnered 1,077 e-applications, after a 10-day e-application period that ended on July 10. More than 4,000 people visited the sales gallery over the...
ONLY 20-odd units at Northwave have been sold on the first day of sales, despite the 358-unit executive condominium (EC) project collecting 240 e-applications. This is a figure that has raised eyebrows among market watchers BT spoke with, who compared it with The Criterion and Parc Life - two projects which also suffered weak sales recently. BT had earlier conducted a study of EC projects launched since...
Resale prices of flats is up 0.1 per cent in the second quarter of the year compared to the previous quarter, according to flash estimates from the Housing and Development Board (HDB) released on Friday (Jul 1). The decline comes after the Resale Price Index (RPI) for the first quarter dipped 0.1 per cent from the previous quarter. The RPI for the second quarter of 2016 came in at 134.8, down...
An Executive Condominium (EC) site in Sengkang which could yield about 653 homes has been released for public tender, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) said on Wednesday (Jun 29). The 21,014.6 sqm site in Anchorvale Lane is located beside Punggol Reservoir and can be accessed via Tongkang LRT station. The site is on the confirmed list of the Government Land Sales Programme for the first half of...
Sim Lian Group on Tuesday announced the launch of its executive condominium (EC) project, Treasure Crest, with units priced at S$735 to S$755 per square foot on average. E-applications for the 99-year leasehold development will open on July 1 and close on July 10, while balloting and booking will take place on July 16. Treasure Crest is a 504-unit EC located in Sengkang that is conveniently located...
The resale prices of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats inched up in May, but resale volume remained flat, according to estimates released by SRX Property on Thursday (Jun 9). On a month-on-month basis, HDB resale prices were up 0.2 per cent last month. Compared to a year ago, prices remained flat. Resale prices of three-room and five-room flats rose by 0.7 per cent, while prices of executive...
Thirty public housing projects have won 33 awards for their environmentally friendly and inclusive living environments, with the Yuhua estate receiving the top award for sustainable design. The Greenprint programme in Yuhua was awarded the Building and Construction Authority's (BCA) Green Mark Platinum Award, the highest accolade for the BCA-Green Mark scheme. Under the pilot programme, which was...
THE Housing & Development Board (HDB) of Singapore on Tuesday launched 8,940 flats for sale under the May 2016 Build-To-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercise. There will be 3,770 BTO units and 5,170 SBF units across 25 towns and estates. The BTO units will be across four projects in the non-mature towns of Bukit Panjang and Sembawang, and another two projects in the mature towns of Ang Mo...
SINGAPORE'S Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong on Tuesday sought to temper expectations for the Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in mature estates such as Ang Mo Kio and Bedok, launched in May's exercise. Of the 3,770 units launched, about 950 are in Ang Mo Kio and Bedok. The rest are in Sembawang and Bukit Panjang. In a blog post, Mr Wong said: "I know many buyers have been looking forward to...