singapore property market

Completed condo, private apartment prices fall 0.4% in November from October: NUS index

Prices of completed private apartments and condominiums in Singapore fell again by 0.4 per cent in November from the previous month, after a 0.6 per cent month-on-month decline in October. This is according to the National University of Singapore's (NUS) flash estimates released on Friday for its Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI), which tracks prices of completed non-landed private homes. The...

Completed condo, private apartment prices fall 0.4% in November from October: NUS index

Prices of completed private apartments and condominiums in Singapore fell again by 0.4 per cent in November from the previous month, after a 0.6 per cent month-on-month decline in October. This is according to the National University of Singapore's (NUS) flash estimates released on Friday for its Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI), which tracks prices of completed non-landed private homes. The...

Private rental market may be held up by en bloc sellers, lower supply

The outlook for the private residential leasing market looks promising in 2019, with rent and occupancy rates likely to improve as supply eases and demand continues to be supported by displaced owners. According to data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), a total of 10,119 private residential units are slated for completion in 2019, higher than the 7,898 units that could be completed this...

Singapore’s private home sales soar 52% in November

Sales of private homes by developers in Singapore surged 52 per cent in November from a year earlier after asharp increase in the number of new projects launched, official data showed on Monday (Dec 17). The robust sales come - which follow government measures in July to cool the property market - at a time of the year when demand usually begins to wind down due to the start of the year-end holidays, an...

More than 30 en bloc bids fail to find buyers since cooling measures

More than 30 collective sales sites have failed to find successful bidders at the close of tender, following the latest round of cooling measures introduced in July. In a bid to entice developers, around 15 en bloc projects have sought to lower their asking prices, according to Huttons Asia. One of them is Park View Mansions in Jurong, which relaunched its tender for a second time on Wednesday (Dec...

Singapore property ‘standstill’ expected next year

Just when Singapore's residential property market was reviving after a four-year slump, government moves to curb the exuberance might play spoiler going into the new year. Home prices that are forecast to climb as much as 10 per cent this year could remain flat in 2019 and may decline as much as 3 per cent, estimates from property brokers compiled by Bloomberg News show. Home sales that lagged behind...

Singapore’s real estate investment market is No 2 in Asia-Pac

Singapore's real estate investment market has been ranked second in the Asia Pacific region in a real estate forecast jointly published by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). This is due to a large number of major office deals in the last 12 months, with domestic investors being the biggest buyers, ULI and PwC said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The forecast report...

Singapore completed private residential property prices decline 0.6% in October: NUS index

Prices of completed private apartments and condominiums in Singapore fell further by 0.6 per cent in October from the previous month, accelerating from a 0.2 per cent month-on-month drop in September. This is according to the National University of Singapore's (NUS) flash estimates released on Wednesday for its Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI), which tracks prices of completed non-landed private...

Property prices would have increased by up to 15% in 2018 without cooling measures: Lawrence Wong

If the Government had not stepped in with measures in July to cool the property market such that there are now signs of moderation, property prices would have surged ahead, possibly going up by 10 to 15 per cent, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said. Explaining the rationale behind the cooling measures on Thursday (Nov 15) at an industry anniversary dinner organised by the Real Estate...

New private home sales down 36% year-on-year in October

Sales of new private homes in Singapore fell 36 per cent in October from a year earlier, as there were barely any new launches in the month. Developers sold 487 units last month - excluding executive condominiums (ECs) - compared with 761 units in October 2017, according to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Thursday (Nov 15). On a month-on-month basis, sales fell by about...

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