Rising interest rates and property prices are certain to have an impact on buyer affordability; the question is where that tipping point sits. According to a recent analysis, purchasers may still afford private homes despite recent rate hikes, but depending on the loan length, they may be priced out of the market if mortgage rates reach 3.5 percent or more.

To relieve road congestion, Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) prices will increase by S$1 at four expressway locations across eight time periods beginning August 1.

The owners of Trendale Tower at 79 Cairnhill Road have launched a collective sale tender for the freehold site for $178 million. Savills Singapore is actively marketing the property's collective sale.

Singapore (EdgeProp) - At the 43-unit Le Nouvel Ardmore, developed by Singapore-listed property company Wing Tai Holdings, two units were sold recently for $5,800 psf, a new high for the luxury condo designed by celebrated French architect Jean Nouvel.

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The decision by a majority of owners at the Golden Mile Complex to back a collective sale will make the modernist icon a test for conservation efforts governing buildings deemed to have historical and architectural significance. Redevelopment of the Beach Road property, which is the only strata-titled building gazetted for conservation so far, could pave the way for a rethink on the collective sale redevelopment model for other privately owned, strata-titled buildings.

The recent tightening of regulations for family offices in Singapore does not seem to have dissuaded wealthy investors, with a growing number anecdotally pursuing this route to permanent residency after the Global Investor Programme (GIP) scheme was expanded in 2020 to include them.Ultra-high net worth families seeking to move their assets here form the largest category of investors under the enhanced GIP, professional service providers told The Business Times (BT).Application figures were not available from the Economic Development Board (EDB), which manages the scheme. But the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has disclosed that there were about 400 single family offices in Singapore as at end-2020, doubling from the year before.

In a column in The Level Ground earlier this year, I wondered if there may be measures taken to curtail the buying of homes in the name of minors who are Singapore citizens.Parents using trusts to buy private homes for their children, who are under the age of 21 and are citizens, can get round the paying of additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) as long as the home is the first to be held in the name of the child.Purchasing homes in trust for children can make financial sense, as the said homes can be used to generate rental income and potentially enjoy capital appreciation.

Around 6,000 flats will be built on the redeveloped waterfront site of Keppel Club with the first Build-to-Order project at the site to be launched by 2025, National Development Minister Desmond Lee said on April 12.

Singapore's core inflation could hit a peak of around 4 per cent in the third quarter before moderating in late 2022, amid rising price pressures that have been intensified by the Russia-Ukraine war, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in its half-yearly macroeconomic review on Thursday (Apr 28). This is assuming that there is some stabilisation in global commodity prices and supply constraints are partially resolved, said the central bank. Although labour shortages could ease, "elevated oil and agricultural commodity price levels are forecast to filter through to higher operating costs in Singapore over an extended period", it added.

A new housing development comprising 9,000 residential units - about 6,000 public housing flats and about 3,000 private residential units - will come up on the 48-hectare site of Keppel Club on Singapore's southern waterfront. The first build-to-order (BTO) HDB flats on the site, expected to be highly sought after, are slated to launch within 3 years; the remaining units are scheduled for launch in the next 3 to 5 years, said the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).

The en bloc residential market has seen a slowdown in successful sales since December’s cooling measures as developers take a more cautious approach. Market watchers say that the gap between the reserve price and the price that developers are willing to fork out has widened as developers grapple with the latest property curbs, along with other headwinds such as elevated costs.

Bukit Sembawang Estates' project Liv @ MB in the Mountbatten area opened for preview on Friday (May 6), with indicative prices ranging from S$1.08 million for a 1-bedroom unit to S$3.63 million for a 4-bedroom deluxe one.The 99-year-leasehold project on Arthur Road comprises 298 units spread across 4 blocks - a 19-storey block and 3 blocks of 20 storeys each. Prices range from S$2,190 per square foot (psf) for 1-bedroom units (from 495 sq ft), S$2,292 psf for 2-bedroom units (from 624 sq ft) and S$2,288 psf for 2-bedroom deluxe (from 753 sq ft) to S$2,080 psf for 3-bedroom units (from 1,119 sq ft).

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The family of the late property magnate and hotelier Wee Thiam Siew has bought a good class bungalow (GCB) in Olive Road for $50.2 million, six months after they concluded the largest residential land sale here since the July 2018 property cooling measures. The Wee family sold freehold land plots in Thiam Siew Avenue in the Katong area in November last year for $815 million.

Buyer resistance could be setting in, with prices in the Housing Board resale market rising at a slower pace of 2.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year, compared with 3.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021. Last year, the HDB resale market ended on a high, as prices grew 12.7 per cent, the steepest full-year climb since 2010.

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The recent property cooling measures have affected the sales of construction group Tiong Seng's 2 projects located in Balmoral and Orchard, due to the higher additional buyer's stamp duty rates for foreign buyers.

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Prices for Housing Board resale flats rose for the 21st straight month in March, with the number of units sold picking up after February's seasonal lull. A five-room unit at Pinnacle@Duxton changed hands last month at a record $1,388,888, making it the highest transacted price on record for a resale flat.

Several property agents have found themselves victims of impersonation in the latest scam involving deposits to view homes.At least 10 property agents had their names and photographs stolen by scammers, who then used these credentials to convince potential homebuyers to pay money to secure an appointment for viewing.

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A grandson of the late property magnate and hotelier Wee Thiam Siew is buying an old freehold bungalow along Olive Road for nearly S$50.24 million. The price paid by Wee Hian Nam for the property, which is part of the Caldecott Hill Good Class Bungalow (GCB) Area, works out to S$1,800 per square foot on the land area of 27,909 sq ft.