Rental Market

Rental prices for private homes, HDB drop in November: SRX

Rental prices for both non-landed private units and Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats fell in the month of November, according to flash estimates released by the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX). In a report issued on Wednesday (Dec 10), rentals for private homes dipped 0.8 per cent month-on-month in November - representing the 10th consecutive month of falling prices.  Rents in all three...

Condo rentals rising more slowly

Rents for non-landed properties such as condominiums are rising at a slower pace. Latest data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) showed such rentals rose just 3.6 per cent in the third quarter, compared to 6 per cent in the preceding quarter and 4.8 per cent in the first quarter. Property analysts said the downward trend indicates that the market has reached a sustainable level and the growth is...

Rents get squeezed by credit crunch

THE leasing market has become the latest casualty of Singapore’s weakening property market, with both residential and office rents posting their first declines since 2004 in the third quarter of this year. According to Urban Redevelopment Authority figures released yesterday, rentals of private residential properties fell 0.9 per cent in the third quarter, compared to a 2.5 per cent rise in the second...