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Patchy sales on first day of showflats reopening

Developers fastidious about ensuring compliance with safety requirements

Kalpana Rashiwala

Published Fri, Jun 19, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore property

Singapore

IT SEEMS to have been a day of generally patchy sales for developers when they could finally open the doors to their showflats after shutting them nearly two and a half months ago as part of measures to halt the spread of the Covid-19 bug.

The generally slow sales - or even no sales in some cases - on Friday was partly due to developers taking a cautious approach, making sure they comply with all the safety requirement stipulated by the authorities.

Entry into showflats is by appointment only and some developers seem to have let in even fewer groups of buyers than allowed - to minimise risks of infection.

Not all showflats were reopened on Friday. For those that did, some of the appointments made to visit came from buyers who had already purchased units in the development through virtual tours of the showflat - during the April 7 to June 18 period when showflats were closed and property viewings disallowed. On Friday, these b…