COE premiums are higher than ever – will they continue this way?
Increased commercial interests and macroeconomic factors could mean an inevitable climb in car ownership costs in the long run
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[SINGAPORE] Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums for passenger cars reached record levels in late October 2023.
The price of S$158,004 for the Open category remains the all-time high for COEs, while the passenger car categories A and B also set records of S$106,000 and S$150,001, respectively, in that round of bidding.
While a COE supply drought during that period meant industry observers expected prices to rise, none of them predicted the sheer scale of the price increases. As one observer told The Business Times, premiums were “crazy and the market made no sense”.
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