SINGAPORE PROPERTY

HDB resale prices down 0.1% in Q1, first fall in nearly 7 years: flash data

Despite overall activity moderating, the market for flats transacting at S$1m and above remains active

By region, prices of non-landed homes rise across the board.

Singapore private home prices rise 0.3% in Q1, easing from 0.6% in Q4: URA flash data

Prices inch up even as market activity softens, with sales volume falling nearly 40% to 4,401 units as at mid-March

Mortgage rates, which are tied to US Treasury yields, have turned up sharply as the war in Iran sparks concerns of higher inflation.

US mortgage rates march higher to seven-month high of 6.57%

The rate has surged nearly half a percentage point, the biggest advance since 2024

The 15-storey Bugis Junction Towers is part of an integrated mixed-use development on a site with a balance lease of about 63.5 years.
SINGAPORE PROPERTY

Bugis Junction Towers put on the market at S$685 million valuation

This works out to S$2,750 psf on net lettable area and a net yield of around 3.5% for the fully let office asset

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Many Cape Town residents complain that out-of-control housing prices have forced them to live far from the jobs, affluent schools and healthy supermarkets.

Cape Town housing is booming but many residents are unhappy about it

More than one-third of its residences are reserved for short-term rentals on Airbnb

Increased supplies of higher-quality projects in core cities helped drive a modest recovery in new home sales in March.

China’s new home prices rise in March; big cities see seasonal pickup

New home prices in 100 cities rose 0.05% from a month earlier

While last year's tweaks to the LIHTC programme were initially hailed as the most effective updates in a generation, they have come with some hurdles.

Trump tax law’s expansion of affordable housing credit hits snag

The legislation boosts potential deal sizes, but complex rules now leave few banks able to finance them

The fall coincided with falling auction clearance rates and a pick-up in advertised supply, property consultancy Cotality said in a report.

Sydney, Melbourne home prices decline as affordability bites

Sydney fell 0.1% while Melbourne declined 0.2%

CDL CEO Sherman Kwek (left) and executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng have both gotten bigger pay packages for FY2025.

CDL CEO Sherman Kwek’s FY2025 pay jumps 71% to S$5.1 million as group profit triples

Executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng’s pay is also up, rising 24% year on year to S$7.4 million

The Reit will feature South-east Asian assets of JD Property, Swiss investment firm Partners Group Holding and Hillhouse-backed EZA Hill Property Management.

JD.com-backed group picks banks for IPO of Singapore Reit: sources

The listing, which could raise about S$1 billion, may take place as soon as this year