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Sotheby’s International Realty® Luxury Outlook 2023
International Buyers Line Up for Luxury in Asia Following long months of restricted travel and closed borders in many countries across Asia, a gradual relaxation of the rules means high-net-worth individuals are…
LUXURY HOMES MARKET PERSEVERED AMIDST ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES
ACTIVITY IN LUXURY HOMES MARKET MODERATED IN 2022 Prices of luxury homes held firm in 2022 notwithstanding a lower sales volume compared with 2021. A total of 514 luxury deals were contracted…
Tech layoffs: How badly will the office market be hit?
At Alexandra Technopark (ATP) on Alexandra Road, Google Asia Pacific signed on as a new tenant in June 2019. It is already midway through the five-year lease term that started in 1Q2020….
Residential Market Watch 2022Q3: ALERT ON SURGE IN SUBURBAN PRICES
Government intervened to rein in price hikes Advanced estimates showed that the Singapore economy grew at 4.4% in 2022Q3 in the midst of rising inflation and interest rates and geopolitical tensions. A…
Cooling Measures To Promote Sustainable Conditions In The Property Market
Initially, it was shocking, then a mad scramble to make new plans. Some aspiring Housing Board resale flat buyers downgrading from private properties are abandoning their plans altogether, after a new slew…
Are Landed Homes Becoming A Wealth Preservation Asset?
List Sotheby’s International Realty Singapore contributed the above research piece to Business Times Property October 2022 Issue, published on Oct 6, 2022.
New private home sales dipped in August 2022 due to lack of new launches
The number of new private homes sold in August slid to nearly half the number sold a month ago as developers held back launches during the Hungry Ghosts’ month – when sales activities slowed…
Residential Market Watch Q2 2022: Market Movers Triggered Demand
Key projects drove sales volume and prices Following a subdued first quarter with only 613 new homes launched, developers launched 1,956 new homes for sale in the second quarter. Market sentiments improved…
LUXURY HOME PRICES UP DESPITE LOWER SALES
Singapore Luxury Homes 2022H1 SLOWDOWN IN LUXURY HOME SALES A lower number of luxury homes were sold in 2022H1 compared to 2021H2 as sticky inflation, interest rates hikes, recession risks and uncertainties…