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Singapore Property : Ho Bee, MCL sell 51 units at Parvis

Ho Bee Investment and MCL Land last week sold 51 units at their Parvis condo at Holland Hill at an average price of about $1,480 per square foot (psf).

Unlike the recent trend of smallest units in a project selling out first, what happened at Parvis was quite the reverse, with four-bedroom apartments accounting for the most number of units sold – 19. This was followed by two-bedders (15 units) and three-bedders (14 units).

MCL and Ho Bee even sold three penthouses in response to buyer interest, although these were not part of the initial batch of 85 units they released for the preview.

They are now proceeding to do an official launch of the project at the weekend, when they will release more units in the freehold condo, which has a total of 248 units. The 12-storey project is being built on the former Holland Hill Mansions site.

Ho Bee general manager Chong Hock Chang revealed that ex-owners of Holland Hill Mansions had picked up seven apartments.

Singaporeans bought 39 of the 51 units sold. Permanent residents and foreigners acquired the remaining 12 units; they were mostly Malaysians, with some Indonesians, Mr Chong added.

The three penthouses sold comprise two single-level units of 2,300 square feet each, with three bedrooms and costing about $3.3 million apiece, and a 2,800-sq-ft duplex unit with four bedrooms, priced at about $4.1 million. The duplex was picked up by a foreigner while Singaporeans bought the two single-level penthouses.

Last month, Ho Bee released the freehold Trilight condo on Newton Road. To date, it has sold 61 units in the 30-storey project at an average price of $1,650 psf.

Source : Business Times – 10 Nov 2009

Oct developer sales probably just 700-800

Estimate is down significantly from September’s 1,143

A BT poll this week of major developers as well as agents that marketed projects actively in October showed that about 660 private homes were sold in the primary market in October.

Developers reckon that, including other developments on the market, the total tally for primary market sales last month could come in at about 700-800 units – down significantly from the 1,143 private homes sold in September.

Developers’ monthly home sales peaked at 2,772 units in July this year, according to official data from Urban Redevelopment Authority. Its figures on developer sales for October will be released on Monday.

Market watchers noted that October was generally a quieter month, with developers launching fewer units as well as recording slower sales.

‘Things have become more cautious, after the constant messaging from the authorities advising home buyers that there’s no need to rush, that they should take their time and that there’ll be enough supply,’ said a property consultant who declined to be named.

Most developers would have sold fewer homes last month compared with September, unless they had released new projects during the month.

Far East Organization may possibly have sold the most homes last month. It told BT that it sold 173 private homes, more than double the September result of 78 units. Continue reading