Analysts expect the private landed residential property market to remain fairly muted in 2014, following a 0.1 per cent fall in overall prices last year. Property agency PropNex said the landed homes segment is not likely to see any strong price growth anytime soon. Prices of landed homes have started to correct since 2012, rising 3.4 per cent after two years of double-digit growth. The Total Debt...
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Singapore's bid to tame the red-hot property market is showing signs of cooling. Private home prices fell in the fourth quarter of 2013 from the previous three months, its first decline in nearly two years. Preliminary data by the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed the private residential property price index fell 0.8 per cent in the October-December period to 214.5 points. This ended six...
The private home rental market is expected to face headwinds in the year ahead, given the large supply of new homes and slower demand due to tighter foreign worker policies. Analysts say rentals, as measured by the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s (URA) Private Residential Rental Index, may plateau and even fall in 2014 - potentially the first drop in four years. The URA’s Private Residential...
Cooling measures, loan curbs and changes to public housing policies. Property analysts said 2013 has plenty of them and the measures are likely to ensure a more stable real estate market next year. They added that private home prices and demand could continue to moderate in 2014. Over 14,600 units of new private homes, excluding executive condominiums (ECs), were sold in the first 11 months of...
Singapore's property sector, which has benefited from rising home prices and loose monetary policy in recent years, could face stronger headwinds in 2014, say analysts. 2013 has turned out to be a challenging year for property stocks. Apart from concerns about household leverage and effects of the pullback in US stimulus measures, the property market has been hit by further cooling measures,...
National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has said that while the property cycle cannot be completely eliminated, the government can try to keep housing bubbles "less bubbly" by intervening. Writing on his Facebook page on Monday, Mr Khaw said that is the right thing to do, even if it may make some developers and home sellers unhappy. Ireland's property prices peaked in 2007 in tandem with a...
Now that the United States Federal Reserve has announced its long-awaited tapering of its stimulus, the 800-pound gorilla is removed and investors will likely re-enter the housing market here. Singapore’s private residential market has been lethargic for the past six months after the US central bank in May flagged its intention to unwind its extraordinary stimulus efforts. Investors who have been...
The government will be releasing eight confirmed list sites and 15 reserve list sites under the Government Land Sales (GLS) programme for the first half of next year. The sites can yield up to 11,600 private residential units, including 2,800 executive condominium (EC) units, and 193,000 square metres (sqm) gross floor area (GFA) of commercial space. The number of units for the first half of next...
Demand for new private homes in Singapore jumped 15 per cent in November, led by strong sales from new launches such as Duo Residences in Bugis and Alex Residences at Redhill. According to data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), 1,228 units of new private homes were sold in November, up from a revised 1,070 units transacted in October. Among the units sold, 214 are located in the suburban...
The buying interest for private homes in the city is expected to make a comeback as prices continue to moderate. Some property analysts believe demand for these high-end homes could pick up as early as the middle of next year. But others have said the cooling measures may still weigh on buying sentiment going forward. The brisk sales at DUO Residences at Bugis recently showed that there is still...