Residential Property
Condo resale volumes fall 12.6% to 1,510 units in June
Condo resale volumes fall 12.6% to 1,510 units in June
Tighter safety management measures continued to restrict the market, analysts say.
Shophouse sales breach new high with 118 transactions in H1
Knight Frank expects sales values for the full year to exceed the $1.46b high posted in 2018, with sales volumes to cross the 200 unit mark.
Yanlord pre-sales slip by 3.7% in first half
The SGX-listed real estate firm’s contracted pre-sales was at $5.97b.
Home sale prices rise for the fifth straight quarter
Private residential property prices rose by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2021.
Marina View white site sale to hit as high as $1.9b
There is already a committed bid that translates to a land rate of $1378 psf ppr.
Third most expensive apartment sells in May
A condominium sold for $34.4m in May, the third most expensive since 1995.
Will the government implement cooling measures on home prices?
Real estate services provider Savills thinks the case for cooling measures on the residential market is weak.
Residential sales up by 18% to 3,716 units in Q1
There were about 2,600 newly launched units in January 2021.
CapitaLand acquires two new international properties for $210m
The properties are located in France and Vietnam.
Private home sales fall by 29.7% in May
Developers sold 891 new private homes in May, lower than the 1,268 sold in April.
2,000 units in new GLS program to sate developer appetite for new land
Robust market demand has developers eager to replenish their supply.
Home prices likely to climb 7% in 2021
RHB revised their forecast up from 0-3%.
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