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Singapore condo, HDB rents slip in September: SRX

Rental prices in Singapore fell in September for both non-landed private homes and HDB flats as compared to August, though the rents increased on a year-on-year basis. This is according to SRX flash data released on Wednesday. Meanwhile, rental volumes fell for private condominiums, but rose for HDB flats on a month-on-month basis. Overall rents for condos declined 0.4 per cent from August, but...

Singapore condo resale prices edge up in September; units sold drop again: SRX

Resale prices of Singapore non-landed private residential properties picked up slightly in September after a previous tepid month, while volume of sales inched down further from August, according to monthly figures from real estate portal SRX Property released on Tuesday. Overall condominium resale prices rose 0.8 per cent in September from a year ago. All regions also saw higher prices year on year....

Two quarters of rises in private home prices raise question of cooling measures

Two straight quarters of increases in the overall private home price index of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) have sparked a debate on whether this might prompt the authorities to respond with more measures to cool down the property market. Barclays' regional economist Brian Tan thinks the risk of more cooling measures has risen to "a relatively high level", and that the government could act...

Singapore private home prices climb 0.9% in Q3

Private home prices in Singapore rose for the second consecutive quarter, with apartments in the central region proving most popular with buyers. The private residential property index increased 0.9 per cent to 152.2 points in the third quarter, data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) showed on Tuesday (Oct 1). Private home prices had fallen 0.7 per cent in the first quarter and 0.1 per...

Singapore luxury apartment sales hit 11-year high, driven by Chinese demand

Sales of Singapore apartments worth at least S$10 million have hit an 11-year high, fuelled by increased demand from Chinese millionaires seeking safe-haven assets, say property consultants OrangeTee & Tie on Friday (Sept 20). Investors have long viewed Singapore as an island of stability that attracts the super-rich from its less developed Southeast Asian neighbours, as well as multimillionaires from...

August private home sales up 81.9% from year earlier

Sales of private homes by developers in Singapore rose 81.9 per cent in August from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday (Sep 16). Data compiled by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) showed developers sold 1,122 units last month, compared with 617 units in the same month a year earlier. However, sales fell from the 1,179 units sold in the previous month. Analysts said sales momentum...

Sales of new private homes holding up in August

While market activity typically tends to slow during the Hungry Ghost month, sales volumes for private homes in August seemed to hold strong as developers sold over 1,000 new homes. The 1,468-unit Parc Clematis is the top selling private residential project, with 316 units snapped up in August (as at Sept 12). Other projects launched earlier that continued to bring in a steady stream of buyers during...

SC Global Developments and New World Development to debut Cuscaden Reserve

Singapore’s leading developer of luxury residences SC Global Developments Pte Ltd and two Hong Kong-listed developers and hotel operators, New World Development and Far East Consortium, today unveiled the name and concept of its soon-to-debut Cuscaden Reserve, a prestigious project in the heart of Orchard Road. The 192-unit Cuscaden Reserve at 8 Cuscaden Road is a rare collaboration between developers...

Singapore condo rents recover slightly in July; HDB rents stable: SRX

Rent of condominiums in Singapore inched up in July after two straight months of decline, while those of HDB flats held largely steady from June, according to monthly flash data from real estate portal SRX Property released on Thursday. The number of units leased also saw a month-on-month increase for both condos and HDBs. For non-landed private homes, overall rents last month improved 0.8 per cent...

Developers sell 1,556 private homes including EC units in July, up 89% from 822 units in June: URA

Developers sold 1,178 private homes in July 2019, up 43.5 per cent from the 821 units they moved in the previous month, but down 31.7 per cent from the 1,724 units they found buyers for, in July 2018. The figures - which exclude executive condominium (EC) units - were released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Thursday based on its survey of licensed housing developers. Including ECs,...