Luxury home prices defy market lethargy
January 4, 2011 Luxury home prices defy market lethargy Overall price growth for private homes, HDB resale flats slowed in Q4 but high-end hit new high By UMA SHANKARI (SINGAPORE) A surge of interest in high-end and luxury homes pushed prices in the segment, which has underperformed the rest of the market over the last […]
Developers may have to disclose prices before launch
Writing on the wall – early list of home prices Developers may have to disclose prices before launch By EMILYN YAP (SINGAPORE) Developers may soon have to disclose home prices at least two days before launching their projects, if new rules proposed by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) pass. The potential changes – which […]
Plum sites, cooling measures draw top winning margins
Spread between top two bids exceeds $100m for two sites this year, up from one last year By KALPANA RASHIWALA (SINGAPORE) Plum sites with tenders that closed shortly after the introduction of property cooling measures have produced some of the biggest spreads between the top two bids since the start of last year. Market watchers […]
Singapore’s property market cooling measures
Over the last few days, many home buyers and sellers in Singapore moved to cancel their property deals or re-calculate their outlays for holding investment properties, after the government introduced another round of property cooling measures late last week. According to market observers, some developers have started to cut prices, and offer discounts on a […]
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MEASURES TO MAINTAIN A STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE PROPERTY MARKET
MEASURES TO MAINTAIN A STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE PROPERTY MARKET 1 The Government announced today the following measures to maintain a stable and sustainable property market: Increase the holding period for imposition of Seller’s Stamp Duty (SSD) from the current three years to four years; Raise the SSD rates to 16%, 12%, 8% and 4% of […]
Non-landed private home prices up in Jan
March 1, 2011 Non-landed private home prices up in Jan 2.6% jump in NUS index surprises analysts By UMA SHANKARI PRICES of non-landed private homes rose 2.6 per cent in January, according to the monthly index compiled by the National University of Singapore (NUS). NUS’s Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI) shows that the growth in […]