Category Archives: Property Price

Newton One apartment hits $1,676 psf

There was a flurry of activity in the Newton Road area, with five transactions of between $1,100 and $1,676 psf carried out from Sept 25 to Oct 2, according to caveats lodged with URA Realis. The highest psf transacted price for that week was seen at a 1,216 sq ft, 10th-floor apartment at Newton One — it was sold for $2.038 million or $1,676 psf. Another transaction that took place in the same tower was for a 21st-floor, 1,808 sq ft apartment that changed hands for $3.028 million ($1,675 psf).

PDF Version Property transactions with contract dates from Sep 25 18 to Oct 2

Newton One, a 91-unit freehold luxury condominium project by Lippo Group, received its TOP just a few months ago. It was launched in mid- 2006 at $1,200 to $1,250 psf, which was considered a new price benchmark in the Newton area at a time when most developments there were fetching around $1,000 psf.

The two sellers at Newton One must be pretty pleased with their sale. The owner of the two-bedroom 1216 sqft apartment on the 10th floor purchased it from the developer in July 2006 for $1.36 million, or $1,122 psf. He enjoyed a 49% price appreciation from the transaction.

Meanwhile, the owner of the three-bedroom 1,808 sq ft apartment on the 21st floor who sold the unit at $1,675 psf, purchased it in a sub-sale in May 2007 for $2.72 million ($1,504 psf). The previous owner had purchased the unit during its launch in July 2006 for $2.235 million or $1,236 psf. Continue reading

Wing Tai’s first-quarter profit up 42%

THE residential property boom and the robust sales it has delivered gave Wing Tai Holdings plenty to cheer about in the first quarter of its financial year.

Profit and turnover posted healthy growth as buyers snapped up more homes developed by Wing Tai in the three months to Sept 30 than in the whole of last year.

Net profit jumped 42 per cent to $46.33 million, up from $32.59 million the same quarter last year, while revenue surged 106 per cent to $277.18 million, up from $134.3 million.

The group sold about 300 units, with sale proceeds totalling around $650 million from three projects – Belle Vue Residences in Oxley Walk, Ascentia Sky off Alexandra Road and The Floridian in Bukit Timah. Progressive sales were also recognised from The Riverine by the Park.

This compares with sales of 100 residential units worth $208.5 million for the 12 months to June 30, the end of its financial year.

Some developments were also commanding higher prices. In August, the firm noted that the selling price for units in the upmarket Belle Vue Residences rose from an average of $1,700 per sq ft (psf) to $1,900 psf, with some units being sold for as high as $2,400 psf. Continue reading