Residential Property
COTD: Auction listings up by 7.1% QoQ in Q1
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The overall auction listings in the quarter were made up of more mortgagee sales.
                    
                                        
                    
                COTD: Mortgagee sale listings rise in Q1 driven by residential segment
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It consisted of 32 non-landed homes and five landed residences.
                    
                                        
                    
                Freehold bungalow on Swiss Club Road up for sale at $18.5m
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The site offers privacy and flexibility for redevelopment or immediate occupancy.
                    
                                        
                    
                Three District 8 properties listed for sale
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The portfolio includes two properties along Roberts Lane and a four-bedroom walk-up flat at Upper Weld Road.
                    
                                        
                    
                Global tensions cloud outlook for housing market: analysts
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Private home prices rose by 0.8% in Q1, slowing from the 2.3% gain seen in the previous quarter.
                    
                                        
                    
                Residential prices, supply eased in Q1: URA
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Vacancy rates remained stable across all regions.
                    
                                        
                    
                Condo resale prices down in March whilst volumes log double-digit growth
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Overall prices fell compared to March but is 5.1% higher than a year earlier.
                    
                                        
                    
                HDB’s resale price index up 1.6% in Q1 2025
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It is lower than the 2.6% increase observed in Q4 2024.
                    
                                        
                    
                HDB to launch 5,400 build-to-order flats in July
                                                                                                 
                        
                          HDB will also conduct a concurrent Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercise for 3,000 flats.
                    
                                        
                    
                Property market resilience hinges on tariff-driven job and cost pressures
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Opportunities remain in CCR private homes, the private resale market, and the landed segment, analysts said.
                    
                                        
                    
                Mapletree Global Student Accommodation sells two UK assets
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The company sold the assets to CVC DIF.
                    
                                        
                    
                Upper Serangoon residential site up for sale for $36m
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The site spans approximately 23,709 square feet.
                    
                                        
                    
                Real estate investment slips in Q1 as private deals slow
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Despite the slowdown, the figure reflects a 60.1% YoY increase, largely due to strong Government Land Sales.
                    
                                        
                    
                HDB rents up 2.8% YoY in March
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Condo rental prices also rose by 2% YoY.
                    
                                        
                    
                Private home sales seen rising in Q2 with new launches
                                                                                                 
                        
                          This follows a solid first quarter where private new home sales (excluding executive condominiums) reached 3,387 units.
                    
                                        
                    
                Ho Bee Land CEO acquires additional 113,000 shares in the company
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Chua Wee-Chern’s stake in the company now stands at 0.498%.
                    
                                        
                    
                
                                
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
                	        
						
				
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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