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Home sales pace subsides

Posted on 25 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on Home sales pace subsides

For the first time in months, supply outstrips demand but supply glut is unlikely
The stock of available homes for sale is beginning to outstrip demand for the first time in months. — ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

A quiet period is always a good time for taking stock – and the rare breather in the housing market right now is allowing buyers to size up the state of home supply.

As the feverish pace of new home sales begins to subside following price hikes and the Government’s efforts to cool the market, the stock of available homes for sale is beginning to outstrip demand for the first time in months.

Last month, developers sold fewer units than they launched, only the second time they had done so since the property market started picking up in February this year.

The last time this happened was in July. Even then, however, the take-up rate was still almost one for one, at 96 per cent. Continue reading →

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Stanchart offers loan approval at the showflat

Posted on 17 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on Stanchart offers loan approval at the showflat

STANDARD Chartered Bank yesterday announced a new service initiative at property showflats through which potential homebuyers will be able to obtain in-principle approval and advice on housing loan quantum and tenor in as little as 15 minutes.

To kick-start the service, it will be offered as a value-added feature this weekend at Mi Casa in Choa Chu Kang. The bank said it is the first in the industry to offer such a service.

Developer Far East Organization will release two new towers at the 457-unit Mi Casa, where the take-up rate has been good since sales started in March.

Stanchart said it will be able to offer loan approval in principle in 15-60 minutes if customers provide basic information such as monthly income and other financial commitments, without official documents. They can then follow up by sending their documents to the bank, which can grant actual approval in as little as two days.

‘If customers see a unit they like and want to book it before others see it, they want to know how much they can borrow and for how long,’ said Dennis Khoo, Stanchart’s general manager for retail banking products. Continue reading →

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