Housing

A flat Q4 slows HDB resale price momentum to 2.9% growth in 2025: flash data

Full-year growth decelerates from 9.7% in 2024; volume is down 9.8%

Given most Australian borrowers are on floating-rate mortgages, this turnaround is likely to quickly flow through to sentiment.

Australia’s home-price gains cool with RBA pivot denting outlook

Central bank governor Michele Bullock has all but ruled out further rate cuts

In general, homes are expected to get cheaper in real terms: wage growth is poised to far outpace gains in prices.

US mortgage rates at 2025 low give homebuyers momentum in New Year

The average for 30-year, fixed loans dropped to 6.15% this week, according to data from Freddie Mac

Home prices rose 1.7 per cent from a year earlier in October after climbing by an upwardly revised 1.8 per cent in September.

US home prices rise by least since 2012 in October, government data shows

Home price increases are now a fraction of what they were during and immediately after the Covid-19 pandemic

Prices have risen 2.8% so far this year, after tumbling nearly 30% from a 2021 peak.

Hong Kong expects higher private housing land supply as outlook brightens

The government has halted commercial land sales since the 2023/24 financial year due to continued soft office demand

Pending-home sales tend to be a leading indicator for previously owned homes, as houses typically go under contract a month or two before they are sold.

US pending-home sales jump to highest level since early 2023

The recent data point to the gradual improvement many economists see for the housing market into 2026

The supply of new private homes is set to thin in 2026, with about 19 private residential projects to be launched.
OUTLOOK 2026

New private home prices to hit new highs in 2026 as supply tightens

Fewer project launches and higher land costs could provide a boost, even as sales volumes ease

Home prices in Hong Kong have risen 2.8% this year, turning around from an annual decline since 2021.

Hong Kong home prices rise for sixth month as market sentiment perks up

Property developers have been selling new flats at discounted prices to boost sales

Condo buying by foreigners and investors could jump if ABSD is relaxed.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Imagining a housing market without ABSD

A world where the private homes market has fewer shackles and all locals can buy new HDB flats

China’s property sector, once a key engine of growth, has been in persistent decline since mid-2021.

China pledges to step up urban renewal, stabilise housing market in 2026

The housing policy conference pledges to strengthen the ‘project whitelist’ mechanism