Close to 50 new launches can be expected, some of them mega-projects, amid cautious demand and tighter financing. Analysts generally expect prices to be flat or rise slightly in 2019. Displaced en bloc owners are likely to contribute to demand, while prices of new launches are likely to take into account the high prices locked in by developers when they acquired those sites
Singapore THE private residential property market here could face some demand tests ahead as higher interest rates and heftier duties from the authorities' cooling measures weigh on buyers' wallets.
As it is, property curbs unleashed in July have already sent the private property market on roller-coaster year in 2018.