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Property outlook remains muted

The outlook for the private housing market remains muted, although there are still opportunities for well-priced and well-placed developments, revealed Frasers Centrepoint and reported in the media.

Group CEO Lim Ee Seng noted that projects with good pricing and location continue to attract buyers as demonstrated by North Park Residences, its latest residential development in Yishun.

“We do believe in the long-term stability of the Singapore residential market so we will continue to participate, but selectively and opportunistically, in whatever is available in the market,” he said during the company’s quarterly results briefing on Monday.

In Q2 ended-March, Frasers Centrepoint saw its net profit grow more than double from last year to $143 million, primarily due to fair value gains of $44 million from a joint venture. Revenue held firm at $442 million.

But revenue from its property development segment fell 41 percent to $91 million, due to lower contribution from Singapore developments and the tapering off of revenue recognition from the Riverside Quarter project in the UK.

Looking ahead, the group plans to continue to grow its business and asset portfolio in a balanced manner across geographies and property segments, it said in a statement.

In Singapore, Frasers Centrepoint will selectively acquire sites to replenish its landbank.

27,000 uncompleted private homes unsold

Recent data from Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) shows that 21,319 residential units are expected to be completed over the next three quarters of this year while another 25,769 units are set to be completed in 2016, media reports said.

The figure which includes executive condominiums (ECs), is on top of the 23,298 units completed last year.

After 2016, URA expects the number of completions to moderate to 16,186 units by 2017 and 15,642 units by 2018.

URA also revealed that the number of uncompleted private units in the pipeline (excluding ECs) stood at 68,201 units as at end-Q1 2015, down from 68,960 units in the quarter before.

Of this, 27,061 homes are still unsold as at Q1. This is 1.2 percent up from 26,742 units in the previous quarter.

Including the 15,441 ECs, the total supply in the pipeline stands at 83,642 units.

Pipeline supply Source : URA