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Residential property outlook for 2019

Posted by Property Launch Invest on Saturday, 08 December 2018 in Property News

With 2018 drawing to a close, Cushman & Wakefield’s Christine Li gives a snapshot of how next year could pan out. The private housing market may not be as gloomy as widely perceived.

During the weekend of Nov 3 and 4, MCL Land’s preview of Parc Esta in Eunos drew more than 5,000 visitors. That weekend, two projects were launched and registered relatively healthy sales. Roxy Pacific Holdings sold 45 out of a total of 98 units at the freehold Arena Residences on Guillemard Lane. The average price of units sold was $1,750 to $1,850 psf. City Developments (CDL) sold 160 of the 240 units released at the 721-unit Whistler Grand on West Coast Vale, with units priced at an average of $1,380 psf.

How external factors are affecting the Singapore property market

Posted by Property Launch Invest on Saturday, 10 November 2018 in Property News

The recent cooling measures came as a shock, but they aren’t entirely without merit. Even if the link between our economy and the property market aren’t always well defined, there have been reasons for worry. Furthermore, market watchers haven’t been enthusiastic about the economy for a while. Here are three key external factors that are shaping our property market.

Interest rates will have to go up across the world to deflate the bubble

Posted by Property Launch Invest on Friday, 19 January 2018 in Property News

The long period of ultra-loose monetary policy is coming to an end. You could say this is because it has done its job, in that it has led to a solid global recovery. But you can also point to the costs of the policy, an asset boom that has increased inequality and threatens now to lead to an asset bust.

Private residential property prices down 3.7% in 2015: URA

Posted by Property Launch Invest on Saturday, 09 January 2016 in Property News

Prices fell 0.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015, following a 1.3 per cent drop in the previous quarter, based on flash estimates released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

SINGAPORE: Private residential property prices fell 3.7 per cent for the whole of 2015, extending a 4 per cent decline in 2014, according to Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) flash estimates released on Monday (Jan 4).

Prices fell 0.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015, following a 1.3 per cent drop in the previous quarter, based on the private residential property index, which declined 0.7 points to 141.6 points in the fourth quarter.

Can Asia handle a Fed rate hike? Analysts say yes

Posted by Property Launch Invest on Friday, 25 December 2015 in Property News

The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rates this week, and Asia is ready for it when it happens, economists said.

SINGAPORE: The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates this week, and Asia will be ready for it when it happens, economists told Channel NewsAsia.

Speculation over when the Fed will raise rates for the first time in nearly a decade has dominated the market agenda ever since the central bank ended its historic quantitative easing program in October 2014. Many market watchers have been concerned about a rise in US interest rates, recalling how an exodus of funds from emerging markets was triggered in 2013 after former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke raised the possibility of “tapering” the bond-buying program.

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