Property Prices

Dive in property launches

Developers have lowered asking price to bring in buyers Singapore’s much-anticipated property market slowdown is here. April saw a 58-per-cent dive in new property launches by developers as buyer sentiments soured. According to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday, developers put 271 new private homes on sale last month, down from 642 in March. Sales dropped by another...

Sales in private residential market dip in April

Sales in the private residential market have dipped in April after a mild recovery in March. According to the numbers of private home sales released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), only 274 units were sold last month – down from 301 units in March. Developers were also holding back, with only 271 units launched in April – the lowest number of units since market weakness surfaced in...

Property market sentiment softens

Supply of homes, vacancy rates up, but buyers discouraged by high prices THE lacklustre property market seen in the first quarter of this year is likely to persist, with developers expected to launch more projects in the months ahead, increasing the supply of new homes even as buyers stay away. The prices of homes in both the private and public sectors rose at a much slower pace in the first quarter...

Private property prices up 3.7% in first quarter

Prices of private residential properties increased by 3.7% in the first quarter of this year from the last quarter of 2007. Analysts said this could be due to the price discounts offered by developers for some units in the suburban areas. Dr Chua Yang Liang, Head of Research & Consultancy, Jones Lang LaSalle, said: "Here and there there are some anecdotal evidence of them giving some kind of rebates....

Sharp drop in Q1 new home sales

But don't expect prices to fall, say analysts IN another sign of a lull in the private residential property market, developers managed to sell only 795 new homes in the first three months of this year — a hefty 46 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of last year. "This was the second lowest quarter of developer sales since the Sars-stricken quarter" in the first three months of 2003, said DTZ...

Private home sales leapt 80% in March from February

There are signs the property market in Singapore might be making an about-turn following its muted start to the year. Figures released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) show that the number of private homes sold in March leapt 80 per cent from the month before, signalling improved buyer sentiment. And developers were even more positive. They launched more than 600 units for sale in March - about...

Singapore home prices rise at slower pace in first quarter

Prices of HDB resale flats rose 3.4 percent in the January to March period over the previous three months, according to flash estimates released by the HDB. The increase was lower than the 5.7 percent pace in the fourth quarter. The slower rise in resale flat prices comes as no surprise to industry watchers who attribute it to the cautious sentiment in the overall property market. They say buyers are not...

First signs of housing market slowdown

AFTER property fever hit euphoric levels last year, flash estimates from the Housing and Development Board and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) show the growth in real estate is slowing down significantly. The index for the private home market showed prices rose 4.2 per cent in the first three month, down from the last quarter’s 6.8 per cent growth. And looking ahead, some property watchers are...

HDB and private property prices up in Q1 flash estimates

Private residential property prices in Singapore rose 4.2 percent in the first quarter this year, according to the latest preliminary estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The pace was slower than the 6.8 percent clip recorded in the fourth quarter of last year. On a quarter on quarter basis, the biggest rise in property prices for non-landed properties came from the central districts just...

Sales of private residential homes fell by 46% in February

Sales of new private residential homes in February fell 46 per cent compared with the previous months. This is according to figures released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. And industry watchers said this is the slowest sales since last August when the URA first released the data. About 170 new private apartments were sold in February, compared with 316 units in January. Donald Han, Managing...

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