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Singapore
SINGAPOREANS' penchant for the new is driving the premium between new homes and older ones wider.
Last year, the premium between new homes and resale units widened to a whopping 40 per cent, up from an already considerable 35 per cent in 2018, according to a Edmund Tie Research report released on Thursday.
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