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Private housing supply in pipeline continues to shrink in Q3

THE supply of uncompleted private homes in the pipeline continued to fall in the third quarter; the figure eased to 58,348 units as at the end of the third quarter from 61,237 units at end-Q2 2015. This was shown in Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) data released on Friday. The above figures exclude executive condos (ECs), which are a public-private housing hybrid. URA defines pipeline supply as...

Amber Skye

The move into your home at Amber Skye will transform the way you think about urban living. Located at the intersection of Tanjong Katong Road and Amber, this sought after condominium offers 109 lucky homeowners to make 1 Amber Road their address. Spreading over 40,708 square feet, Amber Skye will be in great company amongst the likes of 16 @ Amber and King’s Mansion. Your address at Amber Skye is an...

‘Not time yet’ to ease property cooling measures: Lawrence Wong

It is still “not time yet” to ease the measures that were put in place to cool the property market, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said on Friday (Oct 16). Speaking to reporters during a visit to the Waterway Terraces BTO project in Punggol, Mr Wong said the price adjustments so far have been moderate compared to the increases in earlier years. “We don’t want to risk a premature...

Private home sales slump 33.5% in September amid fewer property launches

Sales of new private homes slumped 33.5 per cent last month as developers continued to scale back new launches. Excluding executive condominiums (ECs), developers sold 341 units in September, down from the 513 units sold the previous month, data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) showed on Thursday (Oct 15). Including ECs, 629 units were sold, down from August’s 979 units. The...

Private property resale volume slumps 10.6% in September: SRX Property

The private housing market remained in the doldrums in September, with sales of non-landed units continuing to decline, according to flash estimates from SRX Property released on Tuesday (Oct 13). A total of 446 non-landed private homes were resold last month, down 10.6 per cent compared to the 499 units resold in August. On a year-on-year basis, resale volume was down 4.7 per cent from the 468 units...

Private residential property prices continue to slide

The overall private residential property index fell for an eighth straight quarter, with prices down by 1.3 per cent in the July to September period, compared to the 0.9 per cent decline in the previous quarter, according to Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) flash estimates released on Thursday (Oct 1). Prices of non-landed private residential properties declined in all market segments, the URA said....

Resale prices of private homes down 0.6% in August: SRPI

Resale prices of private homes fell again in August, according to the Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) flash estimates released on Monday (Sep 28). The SRPI, compiled by the National University of Singapore's Institute of Real Estate Studies, showed overall prices declined 0.6 per cent in August from the previous month. In July, prices fell 0.2 per cent from a month earlier. Prices of homes...

REDAS warns of ‘downward spiral’ if curbs not re-examined

In its latest call for the Government to scale back on property curbs, the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS) cautioned about a collapse in the housing market, saying that a deterioration in economic sentiment, dwindling sales and greater upcoming supply would risk precipitating a downward spiral of property prices. “The property market is clearly heading for a different phase,...

REDAS to work with Government to address oversupply of private homes

With an impending oversupply of private residential homes, the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (REDAS) has said it is ready to work with the Government to address the situation. REDAS estimates that there will be 67,000 new units by 2019, excluding executive condominiums. This represents 20 per cent of the total number of private residential units currently. Only 6,500 homes were...

Cooling measures unlikely to ease without big price drop: Analysts

For those holding out for a rollback of property curbs after an election victory by the People’s Action Party (PAP), the wait may be longer than anticipated. The pace of decline in home prices will need to double the 6.7 per cent drop from the peak two years ago before any of the restrictions are eased, said Chestertons Singapore and RHB Research Institute Singapore. “The winning of a...

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