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Condominium resale prices edge up in March

Prices of condominiums sold on the resale market edged up 0.3 per cent in March, while the number of units sold spiked 47.6 per cent, according to a local property index. Non-landed private residential units in the Outside Central Region led the rise, with a 1.3 per cent in resale prices, SRX Property said. Resale prices of units in the Rest of Central Region edged up 0.1 per cent in resale prices,...

HDB, private apartment rents dip further in March: Property index

Rental prices for Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats and non-landed private properties continued their downward trend in March, led by private apartments in the city fringes. Rental prices for private apartments fell by 1 per cent in March compared to the previous month. Year-on-year, rents were down 5.3 per cent, according to flash estimates by SRX Property. Private apartments in the city...

‘Too early’ to unwind property cooling measures: Lawrence Wong

It is “too early to declare victory” and unwind the property cooling measures currently in place, said Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong in the Committtee of Supply debate in Parliament on Monday (Apr 11). Responding to MPs who had called for the cooling measures to be lifted, Mr Wong explained that while the measures “have been effective in stabilising the property market”,...

Resale prices of non-landed private homes up 0.3% in March: SRX

PRICES of non-landed private homes in the resale market inched up 0.3 per cent last month, compared with February, SRX Property estimates. This was buoyed by the Rest of Central Region (RCR) and Outside Central Region (OCR), which posted 0.1 per cent and 1.3 per cent price increases respectively. Resale prices in the Core Central Region (CCR) however slipped 1.7 per cent last month. For the overall...

Too early to declare victory and unwind property cooling measures: Minister

SINGAPORE'S Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong on Monday maintained that the property cooling measures have been effective in stabilising the property market and it remains "too early to declare victory and unwind the measures". A week ago, Member of Parliament Christopher de Souza (Holland-Bukit Timah) had reiterated his call for the government to take a gradual approach in easing the...

Private home prices continue to slide, down 0.7% in Q1

Private home prices in Singapore continued their decline in the first quarter of this year, according to flash estimates released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Friday (Apr 1). The private residential property index fell to 140.6 points in the first quarter, down 1 point from the previous quarter. This represents a decline of 0.7 per cent, compared with the 0.5 per cent decline in the...

Resale prices of private homes up 0.4% in February: Property index

Resale prices of private homes rose marginally in February, according to Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) flash estimates released on Monday (Mar 28). The SRPI, compiled by the National University of Singapore's Institute of Real Estate Studies, showed overall prices rose 0.4 per cent in February from the previous month. In January, prices rose 0.2 per cent from a month earlier. Prices of...

Private home sales down 6.8% in February

Sales of private homes last month fell 6.8 per cent from the previous month despite more new launches during the Chinese New Year holiday period. Excluding executive condominiums (ECs), developers sold 301 new units in February, down from the 323 units sold the previous month, data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed on Tuesday (Mar 15). Including ECs, 430 new units were sold last month, down...

Developers sold 301 private homes excluding ECs in February

According to figures released on Tuesday by the Urban Redevelopment Authority based on its surveys of developers' housing sales, developers in Singapore sold 301 private homes excluding executive condominiums (ECs) in February 2016 This is down from 323 units in January 2016 and 390 units in February 2015. Inclusive of ECs, developers moved 430 units last month, again lower than the 479 units in the...

Unwinding property cooling measures now ‘could do more harm than good’

Any move made by the Government to tamper with the property cooling measures now could fuel speculation that further easing is on the way, and threatens to undo any price moderation the market has achieved so far by bringing back ­potential buyers who have been fishing for the bottom. In addition, increasing debt levels during today’s slower growth environment may have harmful consequences on the...