Category Archives: Property Price

September new home sales drop

Still, full-year sales are expected to top 2007’s 14,811 units

THE recent buying euphoria in the new homes market appears to have cooled further, with developers selling 1,143 units last month, well down on the 1,804 units sold in August.

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Property consultants attribute the fall to seasonal factors and price resistance, as well as government measures introduced last month to calm the fast-rising market.

A slowdown had been expected, as the fast and furious pace of sales – which hit a whopping 2,772 units in July alone – was not sustainable, they said.

Still, the weaker September sales figure is about treble the number of units sold in the same month a year earlier. Sales in the first nine months of the year are now 12,969 units. Continue reading

Time is ripe for Quayside Isle launch

Recent months have seen a return of buying interests to Sentosa Cove. Last week, SC Global announced that its residential project, Seven Palms Sentosa Cove sold 6 out of the 10 released units at an average selling price of S$3,300 psf. In the sub-sale and resale markets, prices of other condominium projects on Sentosa have also recovered firmly in 2H09. We think that the time is ripe for City Developments (CDL) to launch its Quayside Isle Collection project soon. While we previously assumed a bear-case scenario pricing of S$1,400 psf for the project, we are now raising our selling price estimate to S$1,900 psf. As such, our projected profit contribution from the residential component of the Quayside Isle Collection project has now been raised from S$209.7m to S$386.2m. Our fair value of CDL has now been raised to S$9.83. We maintain our HOLD rating on CDL.

Summary of caveats lodged for Sentosa Cove projects Continue reading