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Are new cooling measures coming to Singapore's housing market?

Policy change expected if uptrend in home prices continues to pick up pace

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Fiona Lam

Fiona Lam

Published Sun, Feb 7, 2021 · 09:50 PM
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    TALK is rife that policy tweaks could be on the horizon to cool Singapore's buoyant residential segment, as the government keeps an eye on the real estate market.

    Home prices gained pace last year, even as the economy slipped into recession. A further acceleration in price trends in 2021 "may put the property market in frothy territory", said DBS Group Research.

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