A key indicator of private home prices is being reviewed to ensure that it continues to accurately reflect values in Singapore.
The study, which The Straits Times understands began last year, could involve revising the way the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) quarterly index is computed.
Pedestrians walk down a street in downtown financial district in Singapore.
A surprise contraction in Singapore's economy in the first quarter of this year shows that the wealthy island state continues to struggle, prompting Credit Suisse to call for more downgrades to the country's 2013 growth forecasts.
"Singapore clearly remains the sick man of ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and, in the short term at least, must rely on a meaningful improvement in the global trade cycle to register a reasonable recovery," Robert Prior-Wandesforde, director, Asian economics at Credit Suisse said in a note on Friday.