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Developers get creative to sell units

Posted on 25 Apr 2016 | Comments Off on Developers get creative to sell units

To entice home buyers amidst the challenging housing market, developers are resorting to new marketing gimmicks, like holding games where everyone wins a prize, organising trips to Singapore, and launching their projects in other countries, reported The Straits Times.

For instance, Kingsford Development held a ‘Property Tycoon Challenge’ for buyers of Kingsford Hillview Peak in Upper Bukit Timah over the weekend.

Styled after Singapore’s Mandarin version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, the top prize at stake is a $250,000 cash rebate. But every contestant will be leaving with at least $5,000 in cash rebates, which will increase if they give the correct answers to the questions in the game. Buyers also have a chance to win an electric scooter and two hoverboards in a separate contest.

Meanwhile, Guangzhou-based Country Garden has teamed up with travel agencies to host Singapore tours for Chinese tourists, in the hope they will purchase units in Forest City, a mega project sited on man-made islands near the Tuas Second Link.

According to its spokesperson, the three-day trip, which includes a drive into Johor Bahru, is mainly for shopping and sightseeing, with expenses to be borne by the visitors.

The developer is also dangling discounts of up to 20 percent for those who purchase early, and pay in cash. “Promotions vary by property type, payment formality and time period,” said the spokesman.

In addition, some developers are launching their new projects in emerging economies to woo affluent buyers there.

For instance, City Developments Limited (CDL) held a property showcase in Jakarta over the weekend for its Gramercy Park project, to be followed next weekend in Surabaya, wherein one tower with 87 units is being offered in the range of $2,800 psf.

The 174-unit project will be unveiled in Singapore soon, and there are also plans to hold similar events in Hong Kong and mainland China, noted a company spokeswoman.

CDL’s move follows CapitaLand’s successful launch of Cairnhill Nine in Indonesia. It rolled out the development in Jakarta in late February before launching it here last month.

The project has found buyers for 193 of its 268 units, with foreign buyers, mostly Indonesians, contributing 50 percent of the sales, added a CapitaLand spokesman.

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Residential investment down 37%

Posted on 16 Jan 2014 | Comments Off on Residential investment down 37%

Residential investments in Singapore for 2013 declined by around 37 percent year-on-year to S$6.4 billion, on the back of fewer transactions for Government Land Sales (GLS) sites and tepid activity in the collective sales market, said a report from DTZ.

Only two private residential GLS sites at Upper Serangoon View were sold in Q4 2013 at S$460.4 million, bringing overall investment activity in the residential sector to S$500.0 million, or the lowest quarterly level since Q2 2009.

Meanwhile, investment activities continue to be dominated by local investors, although foreign investments soared by more than 30 percent year-on-year in 2013 to reach S$4.1 billion.

The majority of foreign investors were from Asia, with Chinese investors tripling their total investment in Singaporean properties. Notably, some Chinese developers were active in GLS tenders for executive condominium (EC) and private residential sites.

Specifically, Chinese developers acquired several private residential sites: the two sites at Upper Serangoon View were awarded to Kingsford Development, a site at Tampines Avenue 10 was sold to MCC Land (Singapore), while two EC sites at Woodlands Avenue 5/Woodlands Avenue 6 and Anchorvale Crescent were won by Qingjian Realty (South Pacific) Group.

Going forward, market activity is expected to moderate this year due to a variety of factors, said Lee Lay Keng, DTZ’s Head of Singapore Research.

“While the near-term impact is not likely to be significant, the tapering of bond purchases by the US Federal Reserve could see investors seeking higher returns from their property investments in Singapore so property deals could take longer to be completed or investors could divert funds to other countries where they can get a higher return.”

“Residential investments are also likely to fall further given that collective sales continue to be difficult and there are fewer residential sites on the H1 2014 GLS programme,” she added.

Source : PropertyGuru –  2014 Jan 16

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