While sales of new private homes rose in the second quarter from the same time last year, the private property resale market remained in the doldrums, real estate firm Huttons said in a report on Wednesday (July 24). Between April and June, there were about 2,400 resale transactions, down 50 per cent from the same period a year ago, it said. This was partly because there is a significant gap between...
Developers in Singapore sold 821 private homes in June, down 13.8 per cent from the 952 units they moved in May, but 25.5 per cent higher than the 654 units they sold in June last year. This came as 670 private homes were launched last month, down from 1,394 units in May as well as the 726 units in June last year. There were only four new projects - Sky Everton, Lattice One, Seraya Residences and...
Foreigners are once again pouring money into Singapore's high-end property market despite hefty levies introduced last year. And it is the Chinese who are leading the return, property brokers say, even though British billionaire James Dyson grabbed headlines this week with the purchase of Singapore's most expensive apartment. Some of the Chinese investors are apparently buying into these luxury homes...
Singapore's condo resale prices were down 0.4 per cent in June from its May peak, breaking an upward trend that had lasted four months, according to monthly flash figures from real estate portal SRX Property released on Tuesday. The decline in June follows a 0.4 per cent gain in May. Prices in the core central region (CCR) saw the biggest decline, down 0.7 per cent, while prices for outside central...
A state tender for a 99-year leasehold private housing site along Clementi Avenue 1 has attracted five bids. Units of UOL Group and United Industrial Corporation (UIC) teamed up to place the top bid of S$491.3 million, which works out to S$788.31 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr). The second-highest bid came from MCL Land's Vesta SG Residences - it bid slightly more than S$471 million or...
Private properties prices in Singapore rose by 1.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2019 - catching market watchers by surprise. The rise erases the declines that had set in after Q3 last year. Based on the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) flash estimate on Monday, the private property price index for Q2 would be the highest since the first quarter of 2014. Several analysts believe Q2's...
Strategically located in the highly sought-after Handy Road residential area in District 9, Haus on Handy is just a two minutes’ walk to the Dhoby Ghaut MRT interchange for the North-South, North-East and Circle Lines. Haus on Handy is close to Plaza Singapura shopping mall and a host of cafes, restaurants, parks and entertainment facilities such as cinemas, concert halls and art galleries. Several...
Private home prices in Singapore rose 1.3 per cent in the second quarter, reversing two straight quarters of decline, according to flash estimates released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday (Jul 1). The private residential property index increased 1.9 points from 148.6 points in the first quarter to 150.5 points in the second quarter. This is an increase of 1.3 per cent compared to...
Prices of completed private apartments and condominiums in Singapore inched up 0.2 per cent in May from the previous month, continuing its advance after an upwardly revised 0.3 per cent increase in April. The figures are flash estimates released on Friday by the National University of Singapore (NUS) for its Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI), which tracks prices of completed non-landed private...
Following the introduction of cooling measures last year, Singapore’s property market is now "more sober" with early signs of slower price increases and lower transaction volumes. This was according to Mr Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), who added that the measures still need time to work their way through. He was speaking at the press conference on the...
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