While Singapore’s residential leasing market cooled in September, leasing volume and median rents for Q3 still peaked at record highs, according to data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Savills Research & Consultancy. Last quarter, leasing volume hit a new historical high of 14,029 leases, surpassing the previous record of 13,028 in Q3 2011. With 37,668 leases already transacted in...
Singapore Rental
Rentals for private homes are expected to ease in the next 12 months, especially those in the luxury segment. Experts said current rentals for private homes are just 1 per cent off the peak recorded in the second quarter of 2008. It used to take about a month to secure a tenant for private homes in the rental market last year. Now, it takes about three to four months, according to analysts. While...
Monthly rentals of luxury apartments fell 0.8 percent in Q2 this year due to tighter immigration rules, noted Colliers International Research. The consultancy stated that stricter immigration controls affected spill-over leasing demand from foreigners who cancelled or postponed their buying decisions due to the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD). “Coupled with the seasonal summer break lull, the...
Property owners who are worried that the return on their residential investment properties might have taken a tumble can afford to relax as rental yields held their ground last month. This is mainly due to falling prices in the city centre and city fringe region and sustained rental demand. Data from the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX) found that overall yields for private non-landed homes was 4.06...
Leasing demand for residential properties in Singapore remained robust in the first two months of this year as transactions hovered above 3,000 each month, according to Savills Research. Its data showed that there were 3,446 leasing transactions in February 2012, down 5 percent on-month. But Savills said February's transactions were still higher than the 2,767 transactions recorded a year ago. Based on...
With a growing number of senior executives from the expatriate community leaving Singapore, some prime locations are seeing a drop in asking rentals. Based on data compiled by The PropertyGuru, the most notable fall in median asking rental prices was seen in District 4 (Harbourfront / Telok Blangah), recording a significant 15 percent decline from a median price of S$7,900 in Q4 2011 to a median price of...
A three-bedroom villa at luxury hotel Capella Singapore is being offered for long-term rentals at S$42,000 a month, making it one of the most expensive rental properties here. "We are targeting at least a two-year lease," said Mr Robert Lagerwey, general manager of the five-star hotel, which opened on the leafy tropical island of Sentosa in March 2009. The house, which covers 4,693 sq ft on two floors,...
Shoebox units may be small, but for those who need an even smaller space, utility rooms and bomb shelters are being rented out. Some homeowners have resorted to renting out the smallest rooms in their house for extra income, although the practice is illegal for public housing. As for private property, no clear guidelines cover this practice. Owners usually put in a single mattress or a bed and a small...
Leasing activity in the private residential market is expected to slow this year as the uncertain economic outlook causes companies to be more cautious in hiring expatriates. But there may be some leasing opportunities arising from recent property market cooling measures, particularly December's announcement of the 10 per cent additional buyer's stamp duty (ABSD) on foreigners who purchase private...
Singapore remains the ninth most expensive city to rent property in the world, and the third most costly in Asia, according to a survey by ECA International. This is despite the average rent for an unfurnished three bedroom apartment rising only three percent last year, one of the lowest in the region. This is a much lower rate of increase than the previous years when rents rose over 10 percent. However...