Residential

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

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

Amid strong new condo sales in H2 2025, trimming new housing supply from confirmed list sites in the H1 2026 GLS programme may be counter-intuitive.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Should the government have boosted housing supply in its H1 2026 land sales programme?

More supply could help meet robust demand from homebuyers and developers, moderate prices and generate more economic activity

Manhattan’s office market is on pace for record levels of leasing in 2025, according to Michael Slattery, tri-state research director at CBRE Group.

New York City to get 12,000 new apartments from old office buildings

Nearly 90 buildings have already joined a city programme to help navigate government approvals for conversions

Low interest rates may not be sufficient to keep private housing demand buoyant in 2026.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Housing developers should brace for rougher conditions in 2026

Slower economy, more tepid HDB resale market and stiff competition for land await