There has been a series of transactions for apartments in the prime Draycott Drive-Draycott Park district from Oct 23 to 30. Five apartments in the exclusive neighbourhood located in the vicinity of the American and Tanglin Clubs were sold for prices ranging from $1,762 to $2,303 psf. The most prestigious development in the Draycott area is the 136-unit Draycott Eight, developed by Wing Tai Holdings and...
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The median resale prices of executive condominiums (ECs) have increased 63 per cent in the last two years, riding on the bull-run in the private residential market. Property consultancy CB Richard Ellis said caveats lodged for ECs in the resale market in October this year showed prices at S$519 per square foot. This is 63 per cent higher from the bottom of the market in the third quarter of 2006 when ECs...
The Serangoon Avenue 3 area came into focus last month when Hong Leong Holdings won a land parcel there in a government tender with a bid of $221 million, which works out to $529 psf per plot ratio. Property consultants expect the breakeven price for the future condominium project to be between $900 and $950 psf. Hong Leong says it intends to develop the site into a 400- unit condo, which is targeted for...
The luxury residential segment is starting to see prices inch back to peak levels recorded in late 2007 and 1Q2008. The bellwether of luxury condos, Wheelock Properties’ Ardmore Park recently saw two units change hands in the resale market at above $3,000 psf, according to caveats lodged with URA Realis from Oct 9 to 16. Some property consultants attribute it to owners re-setting their prices to more...
Even as demand for private homes tapers off, there continues to be a strong take-up for condominium units in the Flora Road area off Loyang Avenue, with 11 transactions of between $550 and $715 psf between Oct 2 and 9, according to caveats lodged by URA Realis. Though it may be about a 20-minute drive from the CBD, this area is being transformed by the growing number of companies moving to Changi and...
There was a flurry of activity in the Newton Road area, with five transactions of between $1,100 and $1,676 psf carried out from Sept 25 to Oct 2, according to caveats lodged with URA Realis. The highest psf transacted price for that week was seen at a 1,216 sq ft, 10th-floor apartment at Newton One — it was sold for $2.038 million or $1,676 psf. Another transaction that took place in the same tower was...
Singapore’s private home prices rose 15.8% in the third quarter, the most in 28 years, as cheap money and improving economic conditions lured buyers. The price index of private residential property jumped to 154.3 from 133.3 the previous quarter, the Urban Redevelopment Authority said on its Web site today. The increase was the first in more than a year and the biggest quarter-on-quarter gain since...
Private home prices rose 15.8 per cent in the third quarter compared to the second quarter - slightly lower than the initial forecast of a 15.9-per-cent rise made by the Urban and Redevelopment Authority (URA) in early October. The rise in prices between July and September is a sharp turnaround from the 4.7-per-cent fall seen in the second quarter, and snaps four straight quarters of decline. According...
There was a flurry of transactions at the 25-year-old Regent Court recently. The 49-unit freehold condominium failed to sell en bloc for $34 million, or $528 psf, after it surfaced last December that the stamp duty for the en-bloc sale agreement in 2007 had not been paid by Regent Development, a nominee of Landquest Pte Ltd. Earlier, some owners also opposed the deal as they claimed that the sales proceeds...
Apartments at Casa Merah changed hands at above $800 psf in the secondary market between Sept 11 and 18. The surge in price was probably because of the successful launch of neighbouring Optima @ Tanah Merah in August. The new development, which will sit next to Casa Merah along Tanah Merah Kechil Avenue, saw apartments sold at above the $800 psf level. As at end-August, all the units at The Optima were...