Residential Property
Chart of the Day: Auction sales crashed 53% to $54.12m
Chart of the Day: Auction sales crashed 53% to $54.12m
Only 34 properties were sold via auction in 2018.
Chart of the Day: Vacancy rate of private properties dropped 0.3 ppt to 6.8%
A total of 25,105 private homes were unoccupied by end of Q3.
Singapore's rental market weakens as expat demand dwindles
The number of Singapore non-residents dropped 0.1% to 1.64 million in June as global economic views sour.
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And non-Malaysian non-citizens will be granted a longer HDB tenancy period.
New private home sales rebound 146% in November to 1,198 units sold
Parc Esta, Whistler Grand and Kent Ridge Residences were amongst the top-selling launches.
Chart of the Day: Influx of launches in H1 2019 could hit developers
More than 11,000 units are expected to be launched in 2019, on top of 32,000 units unsold as of Q3. This chart from OCBC Investment Research (OIR)...
Property sales dropped 12.5% to $31.4b in 2018
En bloc sales plummeted 95% HoH to $484.08m in H2 from $9.69b in H1.
Private property supply jumped 58.7% in Q3
Asking prices of private non-landed residential properties inched up 1.4% QoQ.
HDB rents dipped 0.5% in November
Rising flat supply will ensure that leasing costs remain cheap.
Private condo rents inched up 0.6% in November
Rental volume in the city-state fell 11.2% to 3,791 units.
Park View Mansions relaunches en bloc attempt at $250m
The new reserve price is 22% lower from its initial price tag of $320m.
Resale condo prices up 0.2% in November
The volume of resold condos slipped 4.6% to 662 units.
HDB to launch 15,000 BTO flats in 2019
It will include 2,000 flats with shorter waiting time in the new Tengah town.
One in four properties for auction in January to October is a posh asset
The ultra-rich view auction as an effective mode of asset disposal.
Keppel Land partners Indonesian developer to invest up to $470m for Jakarta residential projects
The deal will add to the firm's four residential projects in the country.
HDB resale prices up 0.2% in November
Resale volumes fell 5.7% to 1,881 flats.
H1 2019 GLS residential supply trimmed by 20% to 6,475 units over moderated demand
There are still about 45,000 units left in the pipeline.
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