New private home sales up 37% from a year ago
Property developers sold 522 new private homes excluding executive condominiums (ECs) in January 2018, up 21 percent from 431 units in the month before, according to data published by the URA...
Continue Reading • 15 Feb 2018
URA awards 3 housing sites for $728.55m
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) announced on Wednesday (7 February) that it has successfully sold three residential sites for a total of $728.55 million...
Continue Reading • 8 Feb 2018
Govt to unveil pilot areas of underground masterplan in 2019
The government will unveil an underground masterplan mapping out the city-state's underground spaces and their potential uses next year...
Continue Reading • 5 Feb 2018
Private home sales hit 4-year high in 2017
Private home sales in Singapore surged 34 percent to 10,682 units for the whole of 2017 compared to 7,972 units during the previous year, according to initial estimates from the URA...
Continue Reading • 16 Jan 2018
Private home prices up 1% in 2017: URA data
Private home prices continued to rise in the last quarter of 2017 by 0.7 percent, revealed latest flash estimates of the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) price index...
Continue Reading • 2 Jan 2018
URA launches tenders for Sengkang Central, Hillview Rise sites
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has launched two sites at Sengkang Central and Hillview Rise for sale by public tender...
Continue Reading • 29 Dec 2017
Former National Aerated Water Factory building to be conserved
In recognition of its heritage value and role as a landmark within the area, the main building of the former National Aerated Water Factory will be gazetted for conservation...
Continue Reading • 18 Dec 2017
Private home sales to cool down in Dec, Jan
Excluding executive condominiums (ECs), private home sales in Singapore slightly increased to 785 units in November compared to 760 units in the prior month...
Continue Reading • 18 Dec 2017
URA closed tender for Jiak Kim Street and Fourth Avenue sites
Two residential plots in Jiak Kim Street and Fourth Avenue attracted a total of 17 bids with the combined top bid amounting to nearly $1.51 billion...
Continue Reading • 6 Dec 2017
URA releases four sites for sale
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has released four sites – which can potentially yield around 1,720 residential units – for sale...
Continue Reading • 1 Dec 2017
More private homes investigated for flouting minimum stay law
The number of private residential properties investigated by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for breaching the minimum stay law has risen from 1,000 between 2014 and 2016...
Continue Reading • 27 Nov 2017
URA teams up with REDAS for innovation contest
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS) have joined forces to launch an annual competition...
Continue Reading • 15 Nov 2017
Developers must now study traffic impact, propose car-lite measures for en bloc sites
Residential en bloc redevelopment proposals must now include a pre-application feasibility study (PAFS) to assess traffic impact and recommend car-lite measures...
Continue Reading • 14 Nov 2017
URA confers heritage award to 2 buildings
In recognition for the high standard of restoration work done, two buildings received the Architectural Heritage Awards from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Tuesday (31 October 2017)...
Continue Reading • 1 Nov 2017
Reserve list site at Fourth Avenue triggered for sale
A reserve list site at Fourth Avenue in Bukit Timah has been triggered for sale after an unnamed developer committed to a minimum bid of $448.8 million, the URA said...
Continue Reading • 1 Nov 2017
Chong Kuo and Cuscaden Road sites released for sale
Two residential sites at Chong Kuo Road and Cuscaden Road have been released for sale under the second half 2017 Government Land Sales (GLS) programme, the URA said...
Continue Reading • 31 Oct 2017
Speculation abounds on URA’s request for collective sale details
The property market is rife with speculation on why the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is requiring property agents marketing en bloc sales to submit...
Continue Reading • 27 Oct 2017
Rail Corridor upgrade works to begin in 2018
Enhancement works along the central portion of the Rail Corridor is targeted to start next year, announced the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and National Parks Board (NParks) on Saturday (21 October)...
Continue Reading • 23 Oct 2017
Former Zouk site up for sale with $689.353mil reserve price
The site previously occupied by iconic nightclub Zouk has been put up for sale, with a minimum bid price of $689.353 million...
Continue Reading • 20 Oct 2017
7 ex-HUDC estates have begun en bloc process
Four former Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) estates have changed hands so far this year via en bloc sale -- the highest in any year, reported Channel NewsAsia...
Continue Reading • 5 Oct 2017