Private Homes

Singapore properties within the Core Central Region (CCR) is likely to fall by one to two percent quarter-on-quarter, according to Knight Frank Singapore.

Continue Reading • 12 Jan 2015

Home prices may fall more quickly by the end of the year, on the back of a growing risk of a supply glut as well as the US Fed's expected interest rate hike.

Continue Reading • 8 Jan 2015

There are fears that the fire sale of luxury residential units in areas popular with expatriates last year could trigger an exodus of foreign property buyers in Singapore.

Continue Reading • 8 Jan 2015

The second half of 2014 saw more luxury homes sold at loss-making prices, as a growing number of wealthy owners seek to sell off their trophy properties.

Continue Reading • 6 Jan 2015

Rents in Singapore fell by 3.1 percent at the end of Q3 2014 from the year before,...

Continue Reading • 5 Jan 2015

Resale prices of private residential properties declined slightly in November, according to the index compiled by the Institute of Real Estate Studies at National University of Singapore.

Continue Reading • 31 Dec 2014

Taking advantage of the greater demand by Singaporeans for overseas properties amidst the cooling local housing market, nearly 100 Australian residential projects were unveiled in Singapore so far this year.

Continue Reading • 30 Dec 2014

Property analysts expect rentals of shoebox apartments to fall by five to ten percent in the coming years, on the back of an expected increase in supply.

Continue Reading • 29 Dec 2014

Marine Blue is expected to launch in January 2015 after it was opened for preview from 29 November to 14 December 2014.

Continue Reading • 26 Dec 2014

The proportion of properties, by sales value, sold upon their first listing for auction has been increasing over the past three quarters, and it reached 90 percent in Q4 2014.

Continue Reading • 26 Dec 2014

The volume of new housing loans have fallen sharply amidst the government's cooling measures, especially the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR).

Continue Reading • 26 Dec 2014

The Good Class Bungalow (GCB) market has been buzzing this year as demand is still healthy, with 26 of them sold.

Continue Reading • 24 Dec 2014

Singapore's High Court has reversed a district judge's decision that a couple should pay their neighbour $47,000 as compensation for renovating their house into an English country-style home.

Continue Reading • 23 Dec 2014

Some owners have sold their high-end homes in District 10 for a sizeable profit in Q4 2014 despite the sluggish resale market for such properties.

Continue Reading • 22 Dec 2014

The private residential sector in Singapore will be interesting to watch in 2015, according to some analysts.

Continue Reading • 19 Dec 2014

Nine shoebox units at various locations such as Geylang, Woodlands, and Haig Road were put up for mortgagee sale in 2014.

Continue Reading • 18 Dec 2014

Only six percent of the properties on auction blocks were sold, garnering a total sale value of $72.5 million.

Continue Reading • 17 Dec 2014

Buying activity is likely to quieten down in December as it is usually a traditionally lull period for property sales, and developers are likely to hold back new launches.

Continue Reading • 17 Dec 2014

URA will look at whether the rules need to be changed for short-term rentals of private homes...

Continue Reading • 17 Dec 2014

A total of 529 properties were put up for sale in the property auction market in 2014,and 30.1 percent of those were put up by mortgagees.

Continue Reading • 16 Dec 2014