Private home prices in Singapore overtake 1996 peak
PRIVATE home prices in Singapore are now at their highest level ever, eclipsing even the previous 1996 peak.
Official estimates show prices rose a higher-than-expected 5.2 per cent in the second quarter after a 5.6 per cent jump in the first. That means private home prices have risen 11.1 per cent so far this year.
Prices, now 1.5 per cent above the 1996 high, are expected to continue to edge up this year given the positive economic outlook, property experts forecast.
But the rises should moderate as the market is no longer feverish, having slowed to a more sustainable level with many more sites on the way, they said.
CB Richard Ellis' executive director, residential, Mr Joseph Tan, said the ample supply of residential land to be released by the Government will ensure a more stable supply in the longer term. 'As sales momentum becomes less frenzied, home prices will stabilise,' he said.
The Government has lined up a record amount of land for sale in the second half of the year and yesterday released three sites for sale.
One is an executive condominium site in Jurong West which can yield about 460 units. The other two sites are in Miltonia Close and Bedok Town Centre. Together, they can yield about 1,300 homes.
Other data out yesterday showed that Housing Board resale prices rose 3.8 per cent to a new record high in the same period, giving strong support to 'mass market' private homes - generally the less expensive private homes. This came after HDB this week offered 2,696 build-to-order flats in its largest ever single launch.
In the private mass market, buyers such as HDB upgraders are increasingly reluctant to pay sky-high prices, noted Colliers International's director of research and advisory, Ms Tay Huey Ying.
Official estimates show prices rose a higher-than-expected 5.2 per cent in the second quarter after a 5.6 per cent jump in the first. That means private home prices have risen 11.1 per cent so far this year.
Prices, now 1.5 per cent above the 1996 high, are expected to continue to edge up this year given the positive economic outlook, property experts forecast.
But the rises should moderate as the market is no longer feverish, having slowed to a more sustainable level with many more sites on the way, they said.
CB Richard Ellis' executive director, residential, Mr Joseph Tan, said the ample supply of residential land to be released by the Government will ensure a more stable supply in the longer term. 'As sales momentum becomes less frenzied, home prices will stabilise,' he said.
The Government has lined up a record amount of land for sale in the second half of the year and yesterday released three sites for sale.
One is an executive condominium site in Jurong West which can yield about 460 units. The other two sites are in Miltonia Close and Bedok Town Centre. Together, they can yield about 1,300 homes.
Other data out yesterday showed that Housing Board resale prices rose 3.8 per cent to a new record high in the same period, giving strong support to 'mass market' private homes - generally the less expensive private homes. This came after HDB this week offered 2,696 build-to-order flats in its largest ever single launch.
In the private mass market, buyers such as HDB upgraders are increasingly reluctant to pay sky-high prices, noted Colliers International's director of research and advisory, Ms Tay Huey Ying.
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