Cooling Measures

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Property cooling measures achieved stabilisation goals, Wong

The property cooling measures helped stabilise the property cycle, according to the Minister for National Development.

Continue Reading31 May 2019

Good class bungalows fetch record prices amid market slowdown

There are about 2,500 GCBs in Singapore, which can only be purchased by locals and range from colonial era homes to modern properties...

Continue Reading18 Feb 2019

Property wishlist for Budget 2019

Some experts are hoping that the latest round of cooling measures introduced in July will be eased...

Continue Reading15 Feb 2019

Pine Tree condominium goes en bloc with $148mil tag

Pine Tree Condominium located at the peak of Balmoral Park has joined the en bloc fray carrying a reserve price of $148 million

Continue Reading20 Jul 2018

New cooling measures to impact banks’ mortgage business, says DBS

Singapore’s mortgage market is expected to soften in the long term due to the new cooling measures in the private residential market

Continue Reading20 Jul 2018

New property curbs to erode market confidence, says REDAS

The new property curbs are a “big setback” for Singapore’s property sector, according to the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (REDAS)

Continue Reading18 Jul 2018

New curbs signal end of quick profit-making from property

A senior property analyst believes the days of making quick money from property has come to an end with the release by the government of its latest round of property cooling measures

Continue Reading18 Jul 2018

Private home sales down 41.7% in June

Developers sold 654 private homes (excluding executive condominiums) in June, down 41.7 percent from the 1,122 units sold in May and 20.2 percent lower over the same period last year

Continue Reading17 Jul 2018

Around 1,000 private condos snapped up due to fear of missing out

Home buyers in Singapore rushed to acquire private residential properties hours before the latest property cooling measures took effect on Thursday night (5 July)

Continue Reading16 Jul 2018

Analysts expect developers to make pricing adjustments

Based on their response on the government’s new property cooling measures, developers are expected to cut prices of new launches by up to 10 percent

Continue Reading16 Jul 2018

Developers not to cut prices massively, but will be more “flexible”

Despite the government’s introduction of new property cooling measures, developers have no plan of slashing home prices massively

Continue Reading13 Jul 2018

Market barely had time to respond to new cooling measures

The Singapore government departed from its recent practice of announcing sensitive information on Fridays when it introduced its latest round of cooling measures on 5 July, which is a Thursday

Continue Reading13 Jul 2018

People to buy HDB resale flats instead due to new curbs

Experts revealed that the government’s surprise implementation of new cooling measures on the private residential market last week is expected to prompt some people to buy HDB resale flats instead.

Continue Reading10 Jul 2018

No rationale for new property cooling measures, says REDAS

The Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (REDAS) sees no rationale in imposing new property cooling measures

Continue Reading9 Jul 2018

Fate of en bloc bids now uncertain with new housing curbs

The government’s surprise release of new property cooling measures has left many homeowners jittery, especially those planning to go en bloc

Continue Reading9 Jul 2018

New home sales to drop 15-20% in 2018

The government’s latest property curbs that took effect on Friday (6 July) is expected to reduce new private home sales by 15 percent to 20 percent year-on-year for the whole of 2018

Continue Reading9 Jul 2018

Cooling measures a “retardant” to property market’s recovery

With the property market expected to finally make its long-awaited recovery, some analysts see the government’s cooling measures...

Continue Reading4 Jan 2018

2017 in review: Easing of cooling measures, agency mergers and en bloc fever

2017 has no doubt been an eventful year for the local real estate scene. At a glance, it’s clear that the market is on its way to a swift recovery over various areas...

Continue Reading23 Nov 2017

Housing market rebound fuelled by local demand

Local buyers have been driving Singapore’s resurging residential property market, accounting for 77.6 percent of private home buyers during the first seven months of 2017...

Continue Reading30 Aug 2017

Foreign demand muted due to strict stamp duty, strong Sing dollar

With the Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD) and strengthening Singapore dollar, foreign demand for homes in Singapore remained muted...

Continue Reading30 Aug 2017