Real Estate News

News and analysis, feature reports on Home Buying, Houses For Sale, Mortgage Loans and Interest Rates.

6 February 2012, Monday

• Additonal Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD) only a temporary deterrent: consultants

4 February 2012, Saturday

• Demand for ECs to stay despite economic outlook: analysts

3 February 2012, Friday

• Secondary market for private homes heading for doldrums
• Developers set for more launches
• Redas strikes a sombre note on property sentiment
• Choice Jervois Rd plot draws 17 bids, topped by SingLand

30 January 2012, Monday

•  En bloc market: R.I.P in 2012?

28 January 2012, Saturday

• HDB resale prices up 1.7%, seen stabilising
• Private home market has peaked: Analysts

 27 January 2012, Friday

• Mass market prices to correct by mid-year

26 January 2012, Thursday

• More property launches on the way
• Over 90% of units sold in Watertown picked up by S'poreans

25 January 2012, Wednesday

• New home sales account for 46% market share

24 January 2012, Tuesday

• Changes to BTO balloting rules will help cool resale market demand: analysts

21 January 2012, Saturday

• En-bloc fever appears to be receding: Khaw

20 January 2012, Friday

• High-end and mid-tier markets face tough year
• Hot property: Mixed-use developments
• More flats expected for second-timers
• Two 99-year residential sites up for grabs

19 January 2012, Thursday

• Private home owners paid highest COV in Q4: Khaw
• Kovan residential site draws top bid of $194.6m
• Showflat not ready, but buyers lap up Watertown

18 January 2012, Wednesday

• Far East: Cooling steps may need tweaking
• Balloting rules for BTO flats set to change

17 January 2012, Tuesday

• Private home sales slide in December
• 'Cash-rich owners' pushing up HDB resale prices
• IRAS offers clarifications on ABSD

16 January 2012, Monday

• Home buyers turn cautious

14 January 2012, Saturday

• Property agents report more enquiries from home sellers

13 January 2012, Friday

• Undue focus on foreign purchasers
• $408m bid for rare condo site in Clementi
• Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty: Questions that beg for answers
• Unlicensed estate agent jailed and fined $32,000

12 January 2012, Thursday

• Five BTO projects launched, offering 3,923 flats
• HUDC flats: Still in demand

11 January 2012, Wednesday

• Over 900 eye Hougang DBSS flats
• Cautious bidding for Mt Vernon site
• Tampines + ECs = winning formula

10 January 2012, Tuesday

• Foreigners account for one in five private home buyers
• Slew of collective sales hits the market
• All eyes on GLS tenders for condo sites
• Showflats still busy, but sales slower

9 January 2012, Monday

• Luxury home market faces oversupply

7 January 2012, Saturday

• Potong Pasir HUDC blocks set to go private
• Demand for luxury homes still upbeat despite economic uncertainty

6 January 2012, Friday

• Some return units to developers, fearing price dip
• Key mortgage rate continues to head north

5 January 2012, Thursday

• Sales of ECs expected to remain healthy
• Developers launch a slew of projects before CNY

4 January 2012, Wednesday

• Property auctions market still sluggish
• Real estate investment sales reach S$28.6m in 2011
• Home prices sputter, poised to fall this year
• Resale flat prices still up, but at slower pace
• Private home prices may have peaked

3 January 2012, Tuesday

• Cooling measures may boost rental market
• Far East sells 225 The Hillier homes

30 December 2011, Friday

• MRT stations and property prices
• Boon Lay flats to be replaced under Sers
• All 338 units sold at Far East's The Tennery

29 December 2011, Thursday

• New property rules may go if economy worsens: Analysts
• 2012 could be a quiet year for collective sales

28 December 2011, Wednesday

• Public housing policy undergoes rebuilding
• Property curbs could hurt economy: Redas

27 December 2011, Tuesday

• Redas, industry studying cooling measures: sources

26 December 2011, Monday

• 2nd-time flat buyers priority in 2012?

24 December 2011, Saturday

• A report card on the property market

23 December 2011, Friday

• Prices of resale HDB flats seen correcting
• Two new projects attracting S'pore buyers
• URA releases 3 plots; can yield 1,325 units

22 December 2011, Thursday

• Office landlords sweeten deals as market weakens
• Prime retail rents seen staying flat next year

20 December 2011, Tuesday

• Unit at The Marq sets S$6,850 psf record
• S’pore housing market to decline next year
• Aviva study shows a decline in Singaporeans' confidence in the economy
• Clearer Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD) guidelines needed

19 December 2011, Monday

• Asian property market cools
• Demand for mass market homes 'to be stable'

16 December 2011, Friday

• Government’s cooling measures dampen property auction sales
• Cooling measures bite market segments differently
• After November Rush, Home sales to Hit the Brakes
• Suburban Land Sites Still In Demand
• New stamp duty may be permanent, says analyst