Residential

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

Above: Opera Estate in the East Coast. Demand for suburban landed homes  is seen as resilient amid scarce supply.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Unlock Bukit Sembawang’s deep value by putting it up for sale

The group’s undervalued share price is unwarranted, given its rare landed housing land bank

Homeownership is often seen as a key pillar to ensuring financial adequacy for retirement.
SENSE & CENTS

Mind the costs of using CPF savings to buy a home

Aim for higher payouts under CPF Life and enjoy good interest rates on CPF savings

Increasing landed housing stock can help meet the aspirations of high-income earners to own landed homes.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Optimise land use: Build 5-storey landed homes 

Taller houses occupying smaller land plots won’t destroy the character of landed housing estates

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

Demand shifted from the resale market in 2025 on the back of a major boost in fresh supply into both the HDB Build-To-Order sector and the private new-launch market.

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%

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

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

The Peirce Road property is held jointly by Tan Huan Gie nee Ong – the daughter of Metro founder Ong Tjoe Kim – and Tan Cheng Han, a grandniece of Tan Kah Kee.
SINGAPORE PROPERTY

Peirce Road GCB jointly owned by Jopie Ong’s sister and kin of Tan Kah Kee being sold for S$148 million

The transaction, now at option stage, would be the biggest Good Class Bungalow deal done in years

Dreams of condo and car ownership may get harder for upper-middle-income households to realise, even if such households enjoy steady income growth. 
THE LEVEL GROUND

Are condo and car ownership getting harder for Singapore’s upper middle class?

Rise in private-home prices and car COE premiums outpaces income growth of 80th percentile of households