Residential Property
Luxury home prices jumped 11.5% in H1
Luxury home prices jumped 11.5% in H1
Singapore bucked declining trends and led luxury price gains globally.
Highest bidder for Dairy Farm Road site offered $368m
The highest bid for the Jalan Jurong Kechil hit $215m.
Chart of the Day: High-end condo price hike dipped 1% in Q2
High-end units were priced at $2,400 psf, on average.
Singapore's home price growth slows in Q2
Private residential prices have tapered off from 3.9% in Q1 to 3.4.% in Q2.
70,000 households to get free LED lights
Only 28% of one-room and two-room HDB flats households use LED lights.
Chart of the Day: 2,226 condo units sold in H1 cost less than $2m
952 units were sold for less than $1m.
Private home sales jumped 49.7% in Q2
The rest of the central region market led the sales increase by volumes of units sold.
CapitaLand to buy Vietnam residential site for $81.4m
It is a 60,000 sq m site that could yield more than 100 landed units.
HDB flats in Punggol District could lure more buyers: analyst
Buyers might be attracted to its location and connectivity.
New housing loan scheme could lure buyers to get larger loans: analysts
They could benefit from the stable interest over time.
APAC Realty eyes expansion into China
It formed a joint venture with a real estate consultant and investment firm.
Completed condo prices dipped 0.5% in July
It was led by the 0.7% price slip for units in the non-central region.
Yanlord Land's apartment launch in China sold 510 units for $600m
It has a total saleable area of 154,254 sq m.
Buyers can keep $20,000 in CPF when applying for HDB loans
Those who intend to use all of their CPF Ordinary Account balance may also do so.
5,101 flats up for sale in August
Eligible first-time families may get up to $80,000 of additional CPF housing grants.
GuocoLand's Q4 profit crashed 43% to $141.2m
Full-year profits also slipped 5% to $392.7m.
Lian Beng subsidiary wins $278.5m development contract in Silat Avenue
It will develop 2 blocks of 56-storey apartments with 955 units.
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