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Removal of 15-month rule unlikely to drive up HDB resale prices: Analysts

With resale prices moderating, more HDB flats reaching the minimum occupation period and buyers having other options, analysts said the market is well...

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HDB resale prices fall for second consecutive quarter; private home prices edge up 0.5%

Analysts cited a "weaker hiring outlook" as a factor behind the "sluggish" HDB resale market.

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More than half of 2026 new condo launches expected to be in OCR: Market estimates

More than half of Singapore's condominium launches this year are expected to be in the Outside Central Region. This is up by about 20 percentage...

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Rising supply of HDB flats, global uncertainty set stage for more moderate resale price growth: Analysts

The resale price index fell by 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, marking the first quarterly drop since 2019.

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60-storey flats in first BTO project at Pearl's Hill in over 40 years, as government intensifies land use

A new Build-to-Order project will also be launched next to Caldecott MRT station in October.

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Prime project in Redhill among 9,012 flats launched in February BTO and balance exercise

Of the five other Build-to-Order projects on offer in February, two are classified as Plus and three as Standard.

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HDB resale flat prices up 2.9% in 2025, slower than 9.7% rise in 2024

HDB resale flat price growth slowed to 2.9% in 2025, with no change in Q4, while HDB plans to launch more BTO flats to meet housing demand. Read more...

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Higher occupancy cap for HDB flats and private homes extended until 2028 amid strong rental demand

The extension comes amid a progressive ramp-up of the supply of public and private housing, HDB and URA said.

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HDB to launch 19,600 BTO flats in 2026, including more than 4,000 shorter waiting time units

The new flats will be in various locations around the country, including Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Merah, Sembawang, Toa Payoh, Tampines, Woodlands and Yishun...

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Private home prices rise by 3.4% in 2025, slowest growth in five years

Prices rose at a slower pace in the fourth quarter of 2025, increasing by 0.7 per cent, compared with 0.9 per cent in the previous quarter.

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HDB resale price growth slows to 2.9% in 2025; slowest since 2019

This is the first time HDB resale prices have remained unchanged since the first quarter of 2020.

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Condo sellers face longer waits, more selective buyers amid flurry of new launches

While demand remains steady, property agents say some condo units are now taking months rather than weeks to sell.

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Private home prices up 0.9% in Q3 amid surge in new launches

Developers launched 4,191 private residential units (excluding executive condominiums) in the third quarter, compared with the 1,520 units in the prev...

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New developments fuel private home sales in August

Private home sales surged in August, reaching the highest level since November last year. A total of 2,142 units were sold, excluding executive condom...

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SG60: From surge to stability – a timeline of Singapore’s property market cooling measures, 1995 to 2025

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Singapore one of the few major cities in Asia-Pacific region to offer attainable homes: Report

The median price of an HDB flat in 2024 was $561,900, lower than in 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Higher seller's stamp duty, longer holding period for private homes to have limited impact on market: Analysts

Analysts said the move by the government was to curb short-term flipping of private homes.

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Expect 'moderation' in HDB resale flat prices when supply increases from next year: Chee Hong Tat

More of the new flats built in the last few years will meet the five-year minimum occupation period starting from 2026, said Mr Chee.

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HDB resale price growth eases to 1.6% in Q1 2025, transactions up 2.6%

Private home prices also slowed in the first quarter of the year, but demand is expected to remain resilient, analysts said.

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New private home sales hit 13-year February high amid strong demand

Elta and Parktown Residence - the only two new condo launches in February - were behind the buying surge.

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More HDB flat upgraders made the leap to private housing in 2024

5,420 new and resale non-landed private homes were bought by those with HDB addresses in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstime...

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July BTO launch to feature HDB’s first Simei project in 10 years

Five projects are situated within walking distance of an MRT station. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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New private home prices may rise as developers seek to avoid risks of en bloc sales: Analysts

While a lack of new supply in private developments and more favourable loan interest rates for potential buyers may feed developers' appetite to...

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HDB resale prices expected to grow slower in 2025: Analysts

Three analysts forecast HDB resale prices to come in between 3.5 per cent and 8 per cent this year – lower than the 9.7 per cent in 2024.

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Government 'not averse' to more property cooling measures but will wait for current ones to work: Desmond Lee

The government also needs to be mindful of an uncertain economic environment to avoid overcorrecting the market, says Minister for National Developmen...

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HDB resale prices jumped 9.6% in 2024, almost double the 4.9% gain in 2023

SINGAPORE: Resale flat prices increased by 9.6 per cent in 2024, almost doubling the 4.9 per cent increase in 2023, according to the Housing and Devel...

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2024 wrapped: The biggest housing stories of the year, and what’s next

Here are five key housing announcements in 2024, and what can be expected in 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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New private home sales hit highest level in more than 11 years in November

Analysts attribute the surge in sales to pent-up demand, lower mortgage rates and the fact that five prominent private residential projects were launc...

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Commentary: Why is there so much angst over million-dollar HDB flats?

Despite the attention-grabbing headlines, million-dollar HDB flats make up only a minority of total resale transactions, says Woo Jun Jie of the Lee K...

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Private home prices fall 1.1% in third quarter, first dip in a year; HDB prices rise

SINGAPORE: Private housing prices fell in the third quarter of the year as sales momentum slowed, according to flash estimates released by the Urban R...

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Plus flats in October BTO launch to see robust demand despite tighter rules, say analysts

"Very attractive" prices and "modest" subsidy recovery rates are among the reasons why home buyers are likely to respond positivel...

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October BTO launch offers 1,900 two-room Flexi flats; singles can buy such units at any location for the first time

SINGAPORE: About 1,900 two-room Flexi flats will be rolled out in October’s Build-to-Order (BTO) exercise, marking the first launch that singles can a...

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Tightening of HDB loan limits will have limited impact on property market in the long run, say analysts

The enhanced CPF Housing Grant, which will see eligible first-timer families get up to S$120,000, up from the current S$80,000 limit, will benefit low...

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New property cooling measure to tighten HDB loan limits; larger grants for lower-income flat buyers

This is the fourth round of property cooling measures since December 2021. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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HDB resale prices increase 2.3% in Q2 of 2024, transactions up 4%

SINGAPORE: Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats prices rose 2.3 percent in the second quarter of 2024, an increase from the 1.8 per cent rise see...

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Condo leasing volumes up 16.8% in June; demand for HDB rentals muted

Year on year, condo rents were down 4.7 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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HDB and condo rents soften in May as leasing volumes dip

Market watchers attribute the drop in leasing demand to weaker job market and June holiday lead-up. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at strait...

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HDB resale prices rise 0.3 per cent, volume climbs 5.3 per cent

74 flats changed hands for at least $1 million each in May. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Condo, HDB rents dip in January; leasing volumes climb

It is the sixth consecutive month of decline in the private rental market. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Property cooling measures likely to push up rents, but have little impact on mass market condo prices: Experts

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Singapore announces new property cooling measures, additional buyer's stamp duty doubled to 60% for foreigners

This is the third round of cooling measures since December 2021.

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Property cooling measures likely to push up rents, but have little impact on mass market condo prices: Experts

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Latest property cooling measures unlikely to ease prices by much: Analysts

SINGAPORE: While higher additional buyer's stamp duties will dampen demand for investment properties, prices may not ease by much given that the...

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Find out how HDB resale prices were affected after property cooling measures in 2013 and 2018

SINGAPORE: Singapore implemented new property cooling measures on Wednesday (Dec 15) to slow down increasing home prices in the private residential an...

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Tighter home loan limits, new rules to cool HDB resale market: What you need to know

What are the property cooling measures that took effect on Sep 30 and how will they affect your ability to take up home loans? What happens if you are...

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Singapore introduces property cooling measures, with stricter borrowing criteria and tighter limits for HDB loans

Private home owners will now have to wait 15 months after they sell their property before they can buy an HDB resale flat.

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Find out how HDB resale prices were affected after property cooling measures in 2013 and 2018

SINGAPORE: Singapore implemented new property cooling measures on Wednesday (Dec 15) to slow down increasing home prices in the private residential an...

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‘Harder hitting’ cooling measures will slow home sales, en bloc market: Analysts

SINGAPORE: The latest property cooling measures will likely put the brakes on home sales and price growth, while significantly hampering the en bloc m...

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Govt announces cooling measures for private, HDB properties kicking in from Dec 16

SINGAPORE — In a bid to cool the housing market, the loan-to-value limits for home buyers taking a property loan from the Housing and Development Boar...

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Singapore announces new property cooling measures: Higher ABSD rates, tighter loan limits

SINGAPORE: The Government on Wednesday (Dec 15) announced a package of measures to cool the private residential and HDB resale markets. The measures i...

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No need to ease existing cooling measures on ‘stable’ property market: MAS chief

SINGAPORE — Despite the economic slump as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the existing cooling measures for the property market will stay, the head...

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How will Covid-19 and cooling measures such as ABSD impact the property market?

Last Wednesday (Feb 19), Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat told Bloomberg TV in an interview that the Government has no plans to ease property cool...

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Commentary: Why residential property prices won’t be coming down despite cooling measures

Over 50 project launches, unleashing 20,000 units, are expected in 2019, but it doesn’t mean prices will come down, says Edmund Tie & Company’s Da...

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HDB resale numbers highest since 2012, while sales of private homes dive

SINGAPORE — Transactions of resale Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats rose to 23,099 last year — the highest in the last six years and a 4.6 pe...

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Over 30 en bloc tenders closed without a buyer this year; none sealed after cooling measures

SINGAPORE — With less than a third of collective sale sites sold so far this year and no deal inked since property cooling measures took effect more t...

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Property cooling measures scuppered ‘long awaited’ recovery, could worsen supply glut: Redas

SINGAPORE — The Government's latest cooling measures have halted the "long awaited" recovery of the property market, and could worsen a...

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The Big Read: Property cooling measures — examining the case for a ‘sledgehammer’

SINGAPORE – The latest round of property cooling measures may have caught the market by surprise with its speed and severity, with an analyst describi...

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1,000 units sold in eleventh-hour property launches as cooling measures trigger panic buying

SINGAPORE – About 1,000 units across three high-profile sale launches were sold in under five hours on Thursday (July 5) evening, following a frenzy a...

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New housing curbs expected, but extent of measures ‘heavy-handed’: Analysts

SINGAPORE: The new property cooling measures announced on Thursday (Jul 5) were not entirely unexpected given the recent euphoria in the

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En bloc fever going strong: Pacific Mansion sells for record S$980m

SINGAPORE — In what is the largest collective sale in more than a decade, Pacific Mansion has been sold for S$980 million — evidence that the current...

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13 of 40 properties sold en bloc in last three years were less than 30 years old

SINGAPORE — Nearly one in three developments that went en bloc in the last three years – or 13 out of 40 – were less than 30 years at the point of sal...

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Private home prices up 1.1% in 2017, reversing 2016's 3.1% decline

SINGAPORE ― In the latest sign of a recovery in the private residential market, prices went up 1.1 per cent for the whole of 2017, reversing the 3.1 p...

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Commentary: What happens when the en bloc musical chairs stop?

Two National University of Singapore experts discuss the impact of collective sales on the private housing market, including whether prices will conti...

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Property market on the upturn amid en bloc fever, but what next?

The en bloc frenzy this year has caught almost everyone by surprise.To date, a total of 18 residential projects with a total value of S$6.34 billion h...

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Spike in en-bloc sales may not lead to property bubble: Lawrence Wong

SINGAPORE – A total of about 2,700 existing private residential units have been sold en-bloc so far this year, compared with 600 units for the whole o...

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Changi Garden sold for S$248.8 million; 27% above asking price

SINGAPORE — En-bloc fever continues to rage in the property market, with freehold development Changi Garden attracting a winning tender bid of S$248.8...

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Tampines Court sold for S$970m in biggest en-bloc sale in 10 years

SINGAPORE — Tampines Court, a former Housing and Urban Development Company estate, has been sold for S$970 million in the largest en-bloc deal in a de...

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Property cooling measures still necessary: MAS

SINGAPORE — Property cooling measures are still necessary as the underlying demand for private homes remains firm amid continuing low interest rates a...

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Easing of property cooling measures ‘right step’ in current climate

SINGAPORE — The partial easing of the property cooling measures announced by the Government last Friday is a “small step” in the right direction, said...

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Govt tracking property very closely, comfortable with market: Tan Chuan-Jin

SINGAPORE — The Government is watching developments in the property market “very closely,” Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin sa...

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Singapore says factors backing property demand to stay

SINGAPORE — Singapore's property demand remains "very resilient," supported by factors including low interest rates and a stable econom...

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Raintree Gardens sold, taking total en bloc sales past S$1b in 2016

SINGAPORE — The total value of en bloc deals this year has crossed the S$1 billion mark, after the 175-unit Raintree Gardens in Potong Pasir was sold...

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Too early to lift property cooling measures: MAS

SINGAPORE — The Republic’s property cooling measures still has some way to go before the Government can consider any adjustments, managing director fo...

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Private home prices fell 3.7% last year, analysts see further decline

SINGAPORE — Private home prices fell at a slower pace last year, helped by a steady pool of buyers purchasing both new and resale homes, but analysts...

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Private home prices fall in Q4 for 9th straight quarter

SINGAPORE — Private home prices fell in the final quarter of last year for a ninth straight quarter, marking the longest losing streak in 17 years, as...

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HDB resale prices rise for first time in 2.5 years

SINGAPORE — Prices of Housing and Development Board (HDB) resale flats rose for the first time in 2.5 years in the last quarter of 2015, which market...

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Buy a second property without the worry

The Singaporean property market landscape has changed drastically since 2013, largely due to loan restrictions and property cooling measures introduce...

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Private property prices would have been 30% higher without cooling measures: Study

SINGAPORE — Had the various property curbs since the recovery from the global financial crisis not been implemented, private housing transactions, pri...

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Not the right time yet to adjust property curbs, says minister

SINGAPORE — Property-cooling measures will stay for now and the right time to adjust or even lift some of the temporary initiatives is when the market...

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HDB resale prices fall 1.4% in Q4 2014

SINGAPORE — Property cooling measures continued to work their way through the public housing market, as resale prices registered another quarter of de...

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Property cooling measures likely to push up rents, but have little impact on mass market condo prices: Experts

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SG60: From surge to stability – a timeline of Singapore’s property market cooling measures, 1995 to 2025

Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Private houses bought by foreigners and companies fall sharply

The proportion of private residential properties bought by foreigners and companies has fallen sharply - from about 20 per cent in 2011 to 7 per cent...

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Over 30 en bloc tenders closed without a buyer this year; none sealed after cooling measures

SINGAPORE — With less than a third of collective sale sites sold so far this year and no deal inked since property cooling measures took effect more t...

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Market Update

The Big Read: Property cooling measures — examining the case for a ‘sledgehammer’

SINGAPORE – The latest round of property cooling measures may have caught the market by surprise with its speed and severity, with an analyst describi...

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Property market on the upturn amid en bloc fever, but what next?

The en bloc frenzy this year has caught almost everyone by surprise.To date, a total of 18 residential projects with a total value of S$6.34 billion h...

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Market Update

Govt announces cooling measures for private, HDB properties kicking in from Dec 16

SINGAPORE — In a bid to cool the housing market, the loan-to-value limits for home buyers taking a property loan from the Housing and Development Boar...

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Government introduces new round of property cooling measures

SINGAPORE — In a move that caught the property market by surprise, the Government on Thursday (July 5) raised Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) rat...

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