Residential makes up 45% of investment sales

The sector accounted for $10.82b as of December 2025, PropNex Research said.

Investment sales in Singapore reached around $24b as of 4 December 2025, driven mainly by the residential sector that accounted for $10.82b or 45% of the overall sales, PropNex Research said.

New sites awarded under the government land sales (GLS) programme have spurred investment interest, as robust new home sales and resilient housing demand have revived developers’ land-buying appetite, it added.

Overall private housing supply in the GLS programme for the first half of 2026 (H1) is projected to maintain its "high level" of 9,185 units, similar to that in H22025, the Ministry of National Development said.

All GLS sites launched since July 2025 have attracted over six bidders, with the latest tender drawing 10 bidders — the highest since 2021, Huttons Asia said.

Meanwhile, analysts said that the programme for H1 2026 points to a modest pullback in confirmed supply and a clearer shift toward reserving more sites for developer-initiated triggers.

As for investment sales in the city-state, the residential sector was followed by the commercial and industrial segments, PropNex said, which collectively made up another 38% of sales.

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) were active in asset acquisition, PropNex added.

A major mixed-use deal in the year involved the 50.1% stake sale (valued at about $1.38b) in the South Beach development by City Developments to IOI Properties Group.

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