private home sales

Who are buying private homes and how do agents stay relevant? With PropNex’s CEO Kelvin Fong

Who is buying at new condo launches? What is the state of play in the resale market for private homes? Also get perspectives on AI’s impact on the agency business and Singaporeans’ love for private ho...

Newport Residences spans levels 23 to 45 of the 45-storey Newport Plaza, which will also have Grade A offices, F&B spaces and branded serviced apartments.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Should buyers get more excited over relatively ‘cheap’ freehold Newport Residences?

The project’s underperformance versus River Modern may not be justified

A one-bedder unit is cheaper than larger flats, and also has lower recurring costs as management fees and maintenance costs are generally higher for bigger units.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Should developers build more one-bedroom condo units?

Affordability, leasing demand and an ageing population support having more of such housing

How the HDB resale flat market performs has a huge bearing on the private housing market's fortunes.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Drop in HDB resale flat prices in Q1 no cause for panic among condo buyers

But mind weakening tailwind in upgrader demand if HDB resale market weakens 

The seller of a five bedder at Leedon Residence made S$5.2 million in profit, after selling the unit for S$14 million in February.

S$14 million Leedon Residence deal nets S$5.2 million profit, tops Q1 resale gains 

ECs among top percentage gainers with profits of 130%-140%; biggest losers suffer losses of up to S$1.9m

Private home price growth was led by non-landed properties, where prices rose 1.3% in Q1.
SINGAPORE PROPERTY

Private home prices rise 0.9% in Q1, setting stage for steady 2026

They accelerate from 0.6% growth in previous quarter even as sales volume dips

The price tag for the Nassim Road GCB works out to nearly S$4,550 per square foot.

Nassim Road bungalow changing hands for S$64.9 million

The buyer is understood to be Shiv Puri, an entrepreneur who started his own fund TVF

Sales have rebounded after the year-end lull and seasonal Chinese New Year pullback.

Near sell-out launches in March boost developer sales to 1,300 units after four slow months

New home sales are more than five times February’s figure, and up 78.3% year on year

A new condo home’s saleable area typically captures more accurately a unit’s actual usable space.
THE LEVEL GROUND

High per square foot prices of new condos could be increasingly irrelevant to buyers

For many, the focus is on finding the right home at an acceptable absolute quantum