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Outside Central Region (OCR) units most sought after in August

Posted on 18 Sep 2014 | Comments Off on Outside Central Region (OCR) units most sought after in August

Sales in the Outside Central Region (OCR) made the greatest contribution to new home sales in August, according to an OrangeTee report.

Sales in the OCR totalled 223 units making up 51.6 percent, while sales in Core Central Region (CCR) went down to 44 units and the Rest of Central Region (RCR) also dipped to 165 units, translating to 10.2 percent and 38.2 percent respectively.

“In August, the aggregate number of sales eased 42.9 percent, compared with the same period of last year.”

The report also noted the bestselling project in August was The Panorama , which sold 40 units out of 54 units launched at a median price of $ 1,249 psf.

Best-selling projects in August 2014

Located at Ang Mo Kio, the 698-unit residential project is developed by Wheelock Properties Singapore and will be ready in 2019. The project is near CHIJ St Nicholas’ Girls School and is a short walk away from the upcoming Mayflower MRT station on the Thomson-East Coast Line.

Coco Palms in Pasir Ris was in second place, selling 23 units out of 30 units launched at a median price of $1,046 psf. “Noticeably, this development has seen quite decent monthly sales so far this year,” the report added.

The 944-unit project by City Developments Limited is slated to be ready in 2019.

Image source: thepanorama.org

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Private home prices in Singapore continue to fall in Q2: URA

Posted on 25 Jul 2014 | Comments Off on Private home prices in Singapore continue to fall in Q2: URA

URBAN Redevelopment Authority’s official private home price index fell one per cent in the second quarter of this year compared with the first quarter.

This is a smaller drop than the 1.3 per cent decline in the previous quarter. It is also the third straight quarter of price decline.

Giving a geographical split of non-landed private home prices, URA said prices in Core Central Region (CCR) fell 1.5 per cent in Q2, a bigger drop than the 1.1 per cent decline in Q1.

CCR covers the Downtown Core planning area, Sentosa and the traditional districts 9, 10 and 11.

In the city-fringe, or Rest of Central Region, prices eased 0.4 per cent, a smaller decline compared with the 3.3 per cent drop in Q1.

In suburban locations, or the Outside Central Region, prices decreased 0.9 per cent in Q2. In the first quarter, they had dipped 0.1 per cent.

Prices of landed properties fell 1.7 per cent in Q2, higher than the 0.7 per cent decline in the previous quarter.

Rentals of private residential properties fell by 0.6 per cent in Q2 – compared with the 0.7 per cent decline in Q1.

Developers launched 2,843 uncompleted private residential units (excluding executive condominiums or ECs) for sale in Q2 compared to 1,964 units in Q1. They sold 2,665 private homes in Q2 excluding ECs – an increase from the 1,744 units they sold in the first three months of this year.

No new EC units were launched for sale in Q2, but developers sold 154 EC units in Q2, compared to the 149 units sold in Q1.

There were 1,314 resale transactions in the April-June quarter of this year, up from 941 transactions in the first three months.

There were 139 subsale transactions in Q2 compared to 128 transactions in Q1.

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