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URA and HDB release sale sites at Kampong Java Road, Tampines Avenue 10 and Marina View

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and the Housing & Development Board (HDB) released two residential sites and one White site for sale today under the 2nd half 2018 Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme. The URA site at Kampong Java Road and the HDB Executive Condominium site at Tampines Avenue 10 are launched for sale under the Confirmed List while the URA White site at Marina View is available...

Elias Green at Pasir Ris up for en bloc sale

Elias Green is the latest condominium to hit the en bloc market in search of a buyer. According to PropNex Realty's Richard Hau, the owners of the 419-unit Pasir Ris condo will launch a public tender for the site on Monday with a S$780 million reserve price. This means that the owners of the 516,877 sq ft development could each walk away with S$1.7 million to just below S$2 million. The condo,...

JTC launches tender for Jalan Lam Huat site in Kranji

JTC has launched a 0.77 hectare industrial site in the Kranji area for tender, the fourth of six Confirmed List sites under the Industrial Government Land Sales (IGLS) programme for the second half of this year. The Jalan Lam Huat (Plot B) site has a gross plot ratio of 2.5 ha and is zoned B2, meaning the site may be used by heavy industries that have a greater environmental impact. It has a lease of 20...

Despite downsides, heartlanders continue their love affair with shoebox units

For six months, Ms Hanna Sim was trying in vain to rent out her 1-bedroom apartment at private condominium Kingsford Hillview Peak. Her tenant search ended after her property agent lowered the monthly asking rent from an initial S$2,000 to S$1,750. With a lower rental income, the 30-year-old is making a loss out of her 52 sq m shoebox apartment in Hillview. To break even, she would need a tenant who...

Singapore private home prices up 0.5% in Q3 after cooling measures

Private residential prices in Singapore grew by 0.5 per cent in the third quarter, as growth slowed in the wake of the recent property cooling measures which kicked in from July. The 0.5 per cent figure - which was in line with earlier flash estimates - comes after an increase of 3.4 per cent in the previous quarter, according to the latest report from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Prices...

New integrated development The Woodleigh Residences to soft launch this weekend

The Woodleigh Residences, a new integrated development in Bidadari Estate, was unveiled on Friday and the public can get a preview of its condominium units at a soft launch this weekend (Oct 27 - 28). Members of the public may view showroom flats and express their intention to purchase at the soft launch. The project comprises 667 two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Prices will start at S$1,873 per...

NUS-Redas property sentiment index falls sharply on cooling measures

Property cooling measures announced in July have dampened sentiment towards the Singapore property market, according to the latest quarterly Real Estate Sentiment Index (RESI), which assesses perceptions and expectations of real estate development and market conditions in Singapore. The composite index - comprising a Current Sentiment Index and a Future Sentiment Index - fell sharply to 4.0 in the third...

Spanish Village condo up for collective sale for second time

The Spanish Village condominium in Farrer Road has been put up for collective sale for the second time in recent months, with no change to its $882 million guide price. The 226-unit freehold property in affluent District 10 made its first attempt to sell en bloc in June but had no takers. Mr Tan Chun Ming, senior director of investment advisory at market agent Edmund Tie & Company, said the site has...

Whistler Grand to launch soon at average S$1,380 psf

Developer City Developments Limited (CDL) will commence previews this weekend for the 716-unit Whistler Grand (御峰) – the latest residential launch in West Coast. Located along West Coast Vale, the new premium residential development enjoys excellent connectivity to Jurong Lake District, touted as Singapore’s second Central Business District (CBD). It has convenient access to four MRT stations:...

URA’s revised guidelines a cooling measure not by design?

Is the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Wednesday announcement to raise the minimum average unit size for non-landed housing developments Outside the Central Area (OCA) - the second part to the July 6 property cooling measures? At a glance, the answer would be "no". The revised guidelines cutting the maximum number of units allowed in a project was released through a circular, along with two others,...

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