Private home demand may see weakness on travel restrictions
Mainland Chinese citizens the biggest overseas buyers of private homes in Singapore, especially at some luxury projects
Singapore
PRIVATE home buying demand from Chinese investors may see some short-term weakness with the temporary entry ban into Singapore for all Chinese passport holders who are not residents here, as well as travellers who were in mainland China in the past fortnight amid the Wuhan virus outbreak.
Mainland Chinese citizens are the biggest overseas buyers of private homes in Singapore. In the past 12 months they have been particularly active at certain luxury projects.
A developer who declined to be named told BT: "Buying momentum from Chinese buyers will definitely be dampened for the time being. However, if fundamentals remain strong for the market and the virus outbreak ends sooner than expected, then t…
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