The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Wednesday (May 8) that it will not proceed with proposed regulations for the use of private residential properties for short-term accommodation (STA). This means the three-month minimum stay duration will continue to apply. The agency made the decision after consultations with key stakeholders since 2015, including members of the public, management...
Some analysts say this might be a sign that potential buyers are resisting current price levels amid the mid the property cooling measures. According to the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) quarterly figures released on Friday, developers launched 2,989 units, compared to Q4's 1,657 units, but sold 1,838 units, similar to Q4's 1,836 units. Unsold units also rose in the quarter, to 36,839...
The private resale property market saw its biggest recovery in activity since being hit by the last bout of cooling measures, according to flash estimates from SRX Property on Tuesday. The flash data showed the number of resale non-landed private homes sold last month jump 59.3 per cent to 830 units after the Chinese New Year seasonal lull in February when 521 units were transacted. March resales...
The latest state land tender closing has yielded a mixed bag of results for the two 99-year leasehold sites offered. A land parcel along Middle Road in the buzzing Bugis locale, which is slated for residential with commercial at first storey use, drew 10 bids, with Wing Tai's highest bid of nearly S$492 million or S$1,458.33 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr) within expectation. Over in the Sims...
Developers in Singapore sold 455 private homes in February, up 4.4 per cent from the 436 units they moved in January, and 18.5 per cent higher than the 384 units they sold in February a year ago. The figures - which exclude executive condominium (EC) units - were released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Friday, based on its survey of licensed housing developers. This came as 596 private...
The rental market for non-landed private properties and HDB flats in Singapore remained stagnant in February, with volume in both markets recording a double-digit drop month on month, going by flash estimates from real estate portal SRX on Wednesday. OrangeTee & Tie head of research and consultancy Christine Sun noted that the fall in rental volume could be seasonal, as was similarly observed in 2018,...
Singapore condo resale prices increased for the first time in February, up 0.5 per cent from January, after two consecutive months of cooling in December and January, according to monthly figures from real estate portal SRX Property on Tuesday. It was the largest price increase since July 2018, with year-on-year prices up by 4.6 per cent compared to February 2018. Prices were up 0.2 per cent in the...
The Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore's (REDAS) new president Chia Ngiang Hong on Tuesday suggested ways property curbs on the private housing market could be more targeted, and called for more dialogue between the government and stakeholders in policymaking. Mr Chia, who is also the group general manager of City Developments Limited, was speaking at the industry association's spring...
Home prices in Singapore are unlikely to stage a rapid rebound after the government imposed further property curbs in mid-2018, the finance chief of the country's largest developer said. "If we see a 5 per cent increase in home prices, I think that will be a pretty good year for the Singapore residential market," CapitaLand chief financial officer Andrew Lim said in an interview with Bloomberg...
Sales of private homes by developers in Singapore got off to a slow start in 2019, in part due to fewer buyers over the festive period. Developers sold 433 units in January, down 17.8 per cent from the 527 homes sold the same time last year, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) data showed on Friday (Feb 15). January's sales were also 28 per cent lower than the 602 units sold in December, excluding...
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