private home sales

NEWS ANALYSIS

Luxury condo sales hit a high in 2025; what’s behind the buzz and will it continue?

Sales of luxury condos transacted at S$5 million or more rise 55.9% on the year to S$2.6 billion in 2025

A GCB plot at Peirce Road purchased by Victor Soh, a boutique property developer. GCB buyers include key executives from traditional businesses.

Singapore Good Class Bungalow sales activity up in 2025 as prices soften

Analysts expect momentum to continue in 2026 amid lower interest rates and better market sentiment

Tracking the growth in private home prices against household market income shows that the exuberance in the housing market is not irrational.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Market income supports home affordability, but ensuring prices grow in line with wages still matters

Should the HDB income ceiling account for non-employment income as well?

A transaction at Helios Residences in District 9 chalked up the biggest loss in Q4.

Share of loss-making deals in condo resales creeps up in Q4: report

The biggest losers were mainly in the prime Core Central Region, with losses of S$407,531 to S$2.2 million

At 11,482 units, the number of private homes excluding ECs launched in 2025 is nearly double of the previous year's tally.

Private home prices rise 0.6% in Q4 for full-year gain of 3.3%; rents up 1.9% from 2024

Annual price growth is at its slowest pace since 2020, even as new home sales climb past 10,000 units

Previews for prime residential project Newport Residences, located within the mixed-use development Newport Plaza, will start on Jan 16.

CDL to launch freehold Newport Residences with prices upward of S$3,012 psf

One-bedroom units at the 246-unit CBD project are priced from just under S$1.3 million for the long-delayed project

Public previews for Narra Residences start from Jan 17, with sales bookings commencing on Jan 31.

Narra Residences kicks off 2026’s new launches with prices starting at S$998,000

The Santarli-led project comprises 540 units in eight blocks

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

Some projects, such as Sim Lian's Emerald of Katong, saw a much higher than average number of sales to agents.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Property agents bought up to 20% of some new condo launches: did ‘first dibs’ buying heighten Fomo?

Such activity does not breach regulations, but some in the industry are concerned that it crowds out the public

The 31st-floor unit in luxury condominium Sculptura Ardmore that fetched S$20 million or S$6,193 per sq ft has four bedrooms.

Sculptura Ardmore condo unit sells for almost S$6,200 psf amid uptick in high-end sales

This is the fifth deal this year to cross the S$6,000 psf mark, after only six sales have surpassed this threshold between 2011 and 2024