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Home sales

Singapore

Higher BTO supply and ‘right conditions’ will allow for higher income ceiling, lower singles’ eligibility age: Sun Xueling

‘Policy space’ is needed for these moves, she says

Sub-sales of private homes in Singapore have been on the decline in the past year.
Property

Fewer property flippers in condo sub-sale market, but deals in Q1 still ‘highly profitable’

Sellers raked in median gain of S$257,000, up 30% from profits between 2020 and 2023

Transactions in the Core Central Region, comprising the prime districts 9, 10, 11, are seen as a proxy for demand for high-end and luxury homes. 
Property

Singapore’s prime residential market gears up with 2,500 new homes to be launched in 2025

The new residences in five projects in the prime CCR will be a major boost in supply from the 680 units marketed last year and 630 units in 2023

The value of new-home sales from the 100 biggest property companies rose 1.2 per cent to 188 billion yuan (S$34.8 billion) from a year earlier.
Property

China’s new-home sales steady on continued policy support

A solid rebound in transactions is a prerequisite to stabilising prices

Rather than tinkering with stamp duties or trying to lure overseas investors to the top end of its housing market, Hong Kong needs to fix the first rung of its property ladder.
Global Enterprise
COMMENTARY

Hong Kong needs a radical rethink on home ownership

All the carrots they have dangled before prospective buyers have failed to stem the 28 per cent slide in prices

Contracted sales for November declined 52.3 per cent from a year earlier to US$414 million, widening from a 31 per cent drop in October.
Property

Country Garden sales drop worsens as China housing saga drags on

The Foshan-based developer has seen sharper sales slowdown than its peers

Property developer China Vanke is looking to a recovery in home sales to generate cash, which will be used to repay creditors.
International

China Vanke’s home sales stall in blurred picture for property

The real estate sector continues to weigh on the Chinese economy, despite a government rescue package unveiled in May

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