After a tumultuous final quarter last year, Singapore’s housing market continued to weaken in the first three months this year as prices in both the private and public sectors fell and analysts warned that there will not be any reversal in fortunes as long as the Government’s cooling measures stayed in place. Private home prices slid 1.3 per cent in the January-to-March period from the previous...
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Singapore home prices fell in the first quarter of this year from the last three months of 2013. This is according to flash estimates released Tuesday by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It is the third straight quarter of decline for HDB resale prices. The numbers show a 1.5-per cent decline from the last quarter of 2013. There was also a...
Resale prices of completed non-landed private homes continued to fall last month, showed Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) flash estimates released yesterday, dragged down by an acceleration in the decline in prices of shoebox apartments. The SRPI, compiled by the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Institute of Real Estate Studies, showed overall prices falling by 0.4 per cent last month...
Sales of new private homes may remain in the doldrums, but bargain hunters hoping that developers will slash prices to breathe life into the market are likely to be disappointed, analysts told TODAY. Despite the slow market, several recent launches have sold well, showing that underlying demand can be realised into sales with the right marketing and pricing strategy. So, as long as holding costs remain...
Property developer CapitaLand says it is unlikely to take an aggressive position in Singapore's residential property sector in this current market cycle. Group CEO Lim Ming Yan expects home prices to continue to moderating this year. Speaking to Channel NewsAsia at an earnings briefing on Wednesday, Mr Lim says the market consensus is for home prices to fall by five per cent to slightly over 10 per...
Prices of resale private homes climbed 2.3 per cent in January, even as transaction volumes dropped 9.1 per cent over the same period. According to the latest data from the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX), which compiles data from property agencies in Singapore, 310 non-landed private homes were resold in January 2014. Compared to a year ago, January's resale volume plunged 70.2 per cent. 1,039...
Prices of resale non-landed private homes declined 0.7 per cent in December after falling by 0.5 per cent in November, according to the flash estimate of the NUS Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI). The drop was led by resale homes outside the central area where prices dipped 0.9 per cent last month, after a 0.1 percent decline in November. Resale prices for private homes in the central area...
Private home prices fell in the last three months of last year in the first drop since the beginning of 2012, figures released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) today (Jan 24) showed. Prices of private residential properties dipped by 0.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, greater than the 0.8 per cent drip that the URA forecast earlier this month. The last time overall prices fell...
Singapore's fourth quarter private home prices fell 0.9 per cent -- the first time in almost two years as the government's mortgage curbs took effect. The dip in prices was slightly more than the 0.8 per cent drop based on preliminary data announced on January 2. According to final data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), prices of private homes for the full year rose 1.1 per cent, lower...
rices of resale private homes fell for a fourth month in December as prices weakened by a further 0.2 per cent, according to the latest data from the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX) which compiles data from property agencies in Singapore. The city area saw the steepest decline at 2.3 per cent, followed by the suburban region, which dipped 1.0 per cent. Resale prices of private homes in the city...