Category Archives: New Launches

More homes in the pipeline

More than 40,000 units are due to come onto the market over the next few years

PROPERTY supply is not a problem, according to National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan. He believes that there are plenty of homes in the supply pipeline for Singaporeans, pointing out at a recent event that more than 40,000 units are due to come onto the market over the next three or four years.

The latest market data certainly supports his view. Figures from Savills Research and Consultancy point to a healthy stream of launches.

It says 5,753 units will become available in the second half of this year and 5,576 units next year. In 2011, 13,418 will be launched; 13,751 in 2012; and 11,058 in 2013.

Of those becoming available between this year and 2012, the bulk – 52 per cent – will be in prime districts 9, 10, 11 and 15, which analysts suggest is Continue reading

New condo to get walkway to MRT station

Beach Road private housing project could set new property trend

By Christopher Tan, Senior Correspondent
Part of the covered overhead bridge that will link Concourse Skyline in Beach Road to Nicoll Highway MRT station. — PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI

HOW’S this for a condominium’s selling point: Near MRT station. Complete with all-weather walkway.

The new Concourse Skyline in Beach Road could be the first private housing project to have an overhead bridge linking it to Singapore’s mass transit system. Continue reading