HDB resale prices rise 0.3%, transactions fall 6.8% in Aug: SRX

Singapore

HDB resale prices edged up in August while resale transactions dipped during the ghost month, going by the latest flash estimates by SRX Property on Thursday.

Resale prices climbed 0.3 per cent last month, led by four-room and five-room flats; SRX Property revised its index for July, which now shows a 0.6 per cent drop in HDB resale prices instead of a 0.5 per cent drop.

A 6.8 per cent month-on-month fall in resale transactions to 1,447 in August came in larg…