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Slump in June new home sales

Posted on 17 Jul 2014 | Comments Off

Sales of new private homes in Singapore including executive condominiums declined by more than 65 percent to 531 units after reaching 1,528 units in May, according to data published today by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).

The best-selling project by number of units sold in June – for the second-month running – was Coco Palms which sold 55 units at a median average price of $1,014 per sq ft.

The most expensive property sold in June based on median per sq ft pricing came from The Laurels in Cairnhill Road which transacted one units at $2,810 per sq ft.

Singapore witnessed an almost doubling of private new home sales during May, recording 1,528 units versus a mere 797 units during April – including executive condominiums.

A total of 4,798 new private homes, including executive condominiums, have been sold during the first six months of the year, according to data from URA. The first six months of last year saw a total of 11,868 units transacted according to the same data source.

Also in contrast to this month’s figures June 2013 saw a total of 2,119 private homes sold, including executive condominiums.

Last week Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam expressed his opinion that there will not be a property market crash although he added that a further correction would not be unexpected.

In recent months various government spokespeople have said it’s too early to relax any of the cooling measures that it began to implement In 2009 to control the red-hot real estate market in the city-state.

According to URA, prices as well as the number of units sold during the month are based on the Option to Purchase (OTP) issued by developers to buyers.

An OTP is a right or option given by the vendor to an intending purchaser to buy the property at a specified price within a specified period of time – the validity period of the option. The intending purchaser must pay a booking fee of between 5 – 10 percent of the agreed price for this right or option. The purchaser has to exercise the OTP within its validity period if he decides to buy the property.

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Residential sector led decline in investment sales

Posted on 12 Jul 2014 | Comments Off

Total investment sales value declined by 10.9 percent quarter-on quarter (QoQ) to $4.98 billion in Q2 2014 after rebounding 26.6 percent QoQ to $5.59 billion in 1Q 2014, according to a new report by Colliers International.

The total investment sales value for H1 2014 also dropped by 43.6 percent to $10.57 billion, compared to $18.74 billion recorded in H2 2013.

Both private and public sectors saw weakened sales in 2Q 2014.

Investment sales by Colliers International

Private property investment sales slowed for the third consecutive quarter, by 5.9 percent QoQ, reaching a five-year low of $2.96 billion.

In the public sector, the $2.02 billion recorded in Q2 2014 was 17.2 percent lower than the $2.44 billion in the preceding quarter.

Residential sector suffered the deepest cut with total investment sales thinning by 22.5 percent QoQ to $1.96 billion from the $2.53 billion transacted in 1Q 2014.

“A key reason for the dive in residential investment sales value was the dent in public residential land sales. During the quarter, only four residential State land parcels (including two for the development of executive condominiums) were scheduled for public tender and sold for a total of some $1.36 billion,” the report said.

This was 27.7 percent lower than the $1.88 billion amassed from the sale of eight residential land parcels in the preceding quarter.

Meanwhile, private residential investment sales continued to slump to a new five-year low of $606.31 million in the quarter ending in June 2014 after contracting 6.4 percent from the $648.07 million gathered three months ago.