Residential Property
HDB resale prices up 3.1% in September
HDB resale prices up 3.1% in September
Young couples are driving the demand for resale units.
Private residential property index up 1.2 points: URA
Non-residential properties are getting a pass from investors and buyers.
Chart of the Day:Last month's new home sales highest for August since 2012
Sales last month also outperformed previous crises and periods of cooling measures.
Chart of the Day: Local demand anchors Singapore's property market
Singaporeans comprised 8.4.% of all new non-landed home sales.
Singaporean home-buyers snub central region in favor of affordability
Areas such as Raffles Place, Cecil, and Marina saw a 12% drop in prices in Feb-July.
Chart of the Day: New home sales surge to 11-month high in August
It also marked the highest number of purchases by Singaporeans since July 2018.
HDB, condo rental sales drop to lowest levels since circuit breaker
This may indicate that foreigners are exiting prime locations for more affordable housing.
Chart of the Day: Condo resale overall TOX hits -$3,000 in August
District 1 has the highest median TOX at positive $22,600.
Condo resale volume rise to two-year high in August
Investors may be flocking to properties in their search for stable returns, analyst said.
Chart of the Day: HDB TOX hits positive $3,000 in August
Bukit Batok has the highest median TOX at positive $10,500.
HDB resale prices up 2.1% in August
This is the third consecutive month that more than 2,400 units were moved.
GuocoLand to build mixed-use development at Tan Quee Lan Street
It will have 1.5 million sqft of gross floor area, sprawling over 3.2 ha of prime land.
Pent-up demand lifted Singapore's residential market
The number of condo listings jumped 51,359 in Q2 from a weaker Q1.
Chart of the Day: Prime condo sales down 52.9% to $659.2m in H1
The inflow of potential foreign buyers interested in posh homes impeded.
PropNex's profit spiked 96.1% to $7.26m in Q2
Revenue also rose thanks to increased commission income from project marketing services.
Condo rents slipped 0.9% in July
Rents in the CCR and OCR fell.
Chart of the Day: Rental volume in private homes down 10% to 19,506 units in Q2
A bulk of it are renewals since new foreign expats were not able to enter Singapore.
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