DOWNTURN? What downturn? Private home transactions - for both new and resale homes - jumped by more than 130 per cent last year, despite the downturn. Singaporeans were the main drivers of the surge: There was an overall rise of 144 per cent in private property transactions by them last year - 23,516 compared with 9,649 in 2008. In the non-landed segment, Singaporean purchases rose almost 159 per cent....