Residential Property
Top 5 most unprofitable property developments in 1H2012
Top 5 most unprofitable property developments in 1H2012
Profitability of property developers declined to a 3‐year low of $2.7b in 1H2012.
Is it critical for government to get serious on curbing shoebox units?
Here’s why government’s concerns over mushrooming shoebox units might be overstated.
The 3 priciest executive condos of 2012
Guess the only exec condo in Singapore which breached $1000 psf price mark.
Chart of the Day: Here's why exec condos are not short of buyers
The average take‐up for a new EC project is 65% within the first 2 months of launch.
Construction cost of executive condos 20% cheaper than private homes
Today’s EC discount is $150‐$200psf, or $100‐$150psf.
Don't be fooled by rosy rise in rents, warns analyst
A 4% dip in rents actually lurks beneath the 0.3% climb that URA statistics showed.
URA awards tender for Tanah Merah Kechil Road site
Fragrance Group Limited and World Class Land Pte Ltd. acquired the site for $285.2m.
Executive condos are getting smaller
Guess which EC is the smallest in Singapore at 743 sqft in size.
More than half of home owners today bought their units in resale market
Permanet Residents are thrice as many as one would expect for a suburban private property.
The 13 most unprofitable executive condos
Chestervale is the most unprofitable with 60% of units disposed in the secondary market at a loss - check out the others.
5 worst performers in the best performing period of the property sector
Prices rose by more than 50% in the last five years but there are some who failed to ride with the tide.
CapitaLand enhances balance sheet flexibility
Aside from the establishment of a Note Programme, CapitaLand also announced its acquisition of a London hotel.
Five on Shenton sold over 150 units in just four days
Brisk sales however could be abated with the recent collapse at a construction site leaving one worker injured.
Chateau Eliza posh site gets relaunched for sale by tender
The 17,997-sq ft land currently comprises 37 residential apartments.
Chart of the Day: Cheaper units account for 27% of new sales
Lower-priced units are those sold for less than $750,000.
CapitaLand selling streak strengthens in China
It sold a brisk 812 units in the second quarter among its Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai properties to bring total units sold in 1H12 to 1,067 units.
Condo site at Tanah Merah Kechil Road drew strong interest
A consortium formed by Fragrance Group and World Class Land topped 12 other contenders at $285 million or $676 per sq ft per plot ratio.
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