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Resale prices of private homes up 1.9% in April

Resale prices of private homes in Singapore rose at a faster rate of 1.9 per cent in April, compared to the previous month's 1.1 per cent price increase. The Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) flash estimates were published by the Institute of Real Estate Studies at the National University of Singapore on Tuesday. The price increase was led by private homes outside the central region, which...

Number of returned condos highest in a year: Square Foot Research

The number of returned condominiums is at its highest in about a year, according to property research firm Square Foot Research. Data shows there were 152 units returned in April. This slightly pips the previous high of 150 units returned in May 2012. It also brings the total number of units returned for the first four months of this year to 415, about 10 per cent higher than the same period in 2012...

Resale prices of private homes down 0.4% in April: SRX

Resale prices of private homes declined marginally by 0.4 per cent in April compared to March. Resale volumes also remained low, with 572 non-landed units transacted compared to 614 in the previous month. On a year-on-year basis, the resale volume recorded in April represented a more than 50 per cent drop from the same period last year. This is according to data from major property agencies compiled...

S’pore resale property market continues to slow

Singapore's resale property market continues to slow as buyers remained on the sidelines after the government's latest round of property cooling measures. Flash figures from the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX) revealed that transaction volumes in both private and HDB resale markets fell last month. Prices stayed fairly resilient as the overall median price of resale HDB flats inched up, while...

Sales of new private homes fall by half on-month in April

Sales of new private homes, excluding executive condominiums, halved to 1,375 units in April, compared to March. This was down from the record 2,793 units sold by developers in March, the highest monthly sale volume since June 2007. According to the latest figures released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the April 2013 figure was also lower than the 2,497 new home sales recorded a year...

URA, HDB to release 5 residential sites for sale

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Housing & Development Board (HDB) will be releasing five residential sites for sale this month under the Government Land Sales Programme for the first half of 2013. The government said this is to provide developers and home buyers with more choices for private housing. The five sites are located at Tampines Avenue 10, Toa Payoh Lorong 6, Prince Charles...

Luxury home prices fall in Q1: JLL

Singapore's luxury home prices have fallen, according to property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle. Prices in the first quarter fell 0.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter, and 4.3 per cent year-on-year. Jones Lang LaSalle said the price decline was partly due to government measures to cool the property market. Latest measures introduced in January this year are the seventh round of property cooling...

More foreign developers taking on red-hot S’pore market

Packed showflats and brisk sales -- Japanese developer Sekisui House said the hot demand for property in Singapore has helped to boost its revenue. It hopes to increase the revenue contribution from its overseas markets to 10 per cent in the short-term. It is currently developing projects in Singapore, China, the United States and Australia. Kenta Konishi, managing director of Sekisui House...

Foreigners adjust budgets to buy Singapore properties

Foreign buyers of Singapore properties have not totally fled the market, despite the higher taxes that they have to pay following tough cooling measures. More are finding it worthwhile to adjust their budgets, just to get their hands on their dream homes. A market flushed with cash and low borrowing rates has made investors all over the world to seek safe havens in Singapore properties in the last...

8 bids received for Sengkang residential site

The tender for a residential site at Sengkang West Way has attracted a total of eight bids. The highest bid of S$262.1 million was submitted by Secure Development, a unit of UOL Group, said the Housing and Development Board (HDB). This translates into about S$489 per square foot per plot ratio. The second highest bid was placed by developer Bayfront Land at S$253.6 million. HDB said the other...