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    CONTENTSp2 5 Bestselling New Property Launches of September

    p8 Do the Additional Stamp Duties and

    HDB Cash Over Valuation Make Sense?

    p12 5 Year Property Transaction History Now Here!

    p16 Singapore Property News This Week

    p23 Resale Property Transactions

    (October 3 October 9)

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    Weekly.

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    What are the top selling projects by

    developers last month? In this article, based

    on analysis done at

    PropertyMarketInsights.com, we will share

    with you the five bestselling non-landed

    projects launched by developers in

    September 2012 ranked by the number of

    units sold, based on URA data. This list is a

    quick way for you to identify new projects that

    are selling well. Looking at the location,

    number of units sold and prices, you can get

    a sense of where the hot areas and projects

    are, and spot interesting opportunities in

    projects nearby that could be selling at a

    significant discount.

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    5. Bartley Residences, 78 units sold

    (All map screenshots are taken from

    OneMap.sg)

    With 70 units sold in September, Bartley

    Residences ranks fifth. With 702 units, the 99-year leasehold Bartley Residences is

    expected to be completed by 2015. Bartley

    Residencess attraction is its convenient

    location. It is located at Lorong How Sun,

    within walking distance from Bartley MRT.

    Also in the district are schools like MarisStella High School and Bartley Secondary

    School, and this project has easy access to

    an array of amenities such as public

    transport, eateries and supermarkets nearby.

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    4. Foresque Residences, 104 Units Sold

    With 104 units sold in September, Foresque

    Residences takes fourth place. The 99-year

    leasehold condominium is expected to be

    completed by 2015 with 496 units. Foresque

    Residence offers facilities such as a tennis

    court and a swimming pool. Foresque

    Residences is located at 101-109 Petir Road,

    near Bukit Panjang LRT and the upcoming

    Hillview MRT. Also in the district are schools

    like Chestnut Drive Secondary School and

    Bukit Panjang Primary School. Residents can

    go to Junction Ten or Bukit Panjang Plaza for

    amenities.

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    3. Riversails, 203 Units Sold

    With 203 units sold in September, Riversails

    is in third place. The 99-year leasehold

    condominium is expected to be completed by2017 with 928 units. River Sails offers an

    interesting array of facilities like a jungle gym,

    mini theatre, stage of tales, island swirl spa,

    green trellis, camping lawn, paddle boats and

    yoga pool. Riversails is located at 20, Upper

    Serangoon Crescent, near Hougang MRT

    and Buangkok MRT. Nearby schools include

    Pei Hwa Secondary School and Fernvale

    Primary School. Residents can go to

    Compass Point and Rivervale Plaza for daily

    amenities.

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    2. Kovan Regency, 369 Units Sold

    Kovan Regency secures second place with

    369 units sold. The 99-year leasehold

    condominium is expected to be completed by2016 with 393 units, most of them sold this

    month. Kovan Regency offers family friendly

    facilities including a spa pool, reflecting pool,

    water jet platform, children's playground and

    tree grove. Kovan Regency is located at 2

    Kovan Rise, near Kovan MRT and Hougang

    MRT. Also in the district are schools like

    Yuying Secondary School and Xinghua

    Primary School. Residents can go to

    Hougang Mall for amenities.

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    1. eCO, 402 Units Sold

    With 402 units sold in September, eCO is in

    third place. The 99-year leasehold

    condominium is expected to be completed by2017 with 748 units. eCO offers nature-

    centric facilities like a garden boulevard trail,

    play garden, fitness garden, flower terraces

    and rain garden pavilion. Riversails is located

    at Bedok South Avenue 3 near Tanah Merah

    MRT and Bedok MRT. Nearby schools

    include Bedok View Secondary School and

    Bedok Green Primary School. Residents can

    visit Sheng Siong Supermarket nearby or

    NTUC Fairprice for daily amenities.

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    Now that you know what new properties are

    selling well, use this knowledge to your

    advantage. Identify market trends and choose

    the right time to make your move. Till next

    month!

    Want a longer list of the bestselling new sale

    projects? Or a list of the cheapest ones? You

    can get this and much more at

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    Do the Additional Stamp Duties and HDB Cash Over Valuation Make Sense?

    By guest contributor The Folks

    A letter from a certain Mr Zhuang Li-Hao was

    published in the Straits Times forum page

    recently. Mr Zhuang felt that existing policies

    curb transaction volumes, but are by

    themselves inflationary. This is why prices

    continue to rise despite the various rounds of

    cooling measures. He suggested two ways to

    modify current housing policies to stabilize

    housing prices and demand:

    1. Replace Additional Buyer's Stamp

    Duty (ABSD) and Seller's Stamp Duty

    (SSD) with a capital gains tax

    Mr Zhuang feels that both ABSD and SSD

    deter speculators, but directly increase the

    costs of ownership and transaction.

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    And in a rising housing market, buyers and

    sellers will hold on to their positions. Sellers in

    particular, will build the ABSD and SDD into

    selling prices. As such, the number of

    transactions will drop as prices increase.

    He proposed to replace ABSD and SSD with

    a capital gains tax of 100 percent, 75 percent,

    50 percent and 25 percent respectively in the

    first four years. In this way, the cost of

    ownership remains the same. Speculators

    have no incentive to buy and sell since all

    profits are taxed, especially in the first year,

    while genuine buyers and sellers are not

    punished.

    2. Replace the Cash Over Valuation (COV)

    with Cash Over HDB Price

    The COV component for resale flats creates a

    volatile and unstable system as valuation is

    based on the last transaction. In a rising

    market, every transaction increases valuation

    by the COV amount.

    Mr Zhuang proposed to replace COV with

    cash over HDB price. The prices of flats that

    HDB sold to the first owners are fixed. The

    new component will force buyers to fund the

    difference between the selling and original

    prices with cash or CPF savings, and not with

    loans. He felt that thus will immediately create

    a stable pricing system.

    Our thoughts on the suggestions

    A couple of thoughts after reading the article:

    My wife and I have bought and sold three

    different properties over the course of six

    years, prior to our current home. We onlyowned those properties for less than two

    years each but we were staying in all the

    properties concerned during the period of

    ownership.

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    Does that still make us a speculator as

    opposed to genuine buyer and seller?

    While we understand the (real) reason

    our Government would prefer alternative

    form of measures to cool the market

    rather than imposing capital gains tax, is

    the latter really a more effective measure

    to stabilize housing prices and demand?

    The proposal by Mr Zhuang is likely to kill

    the sub-sale market instantly and reduceactivities in the resale market . But if it is

    indeed true that the current high prices

    are due to exceptional strong demand for

    mass-market homes from genuine

    upgraders with primarily HDB addresses,

    even the change-over to a capital gain taxwill have a muted effect on buying

    interests.

    And speaking of COV and escalating

    HDB resale prices, the whole purpose of

    subsidized public housing is to ensure

    that every Singaporean has a roof over

    their heads and to fulfill their aspirations

    of home ownership. It is not meant to be amechanism for people to make money.

    One of the primary reason prices for mass-

    market homes being "chased up" to the

    current levels is because of the money that

    potential HDB upgraders can make out of

    selling their flats these days. As such, the

    Cash Over HDB Price proposal is an

    interesting proposition. The public housing

    market should be "controlled" for both the

    new and resale markets. You can have all the

    free market mechanism you want in the

    private housing sector.

    By The Folks who blog atSG PropTalk.

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    5 Year Property Transaction History Now Here!

    Weve heard the feedback! We are glad toannounce our 5 Year Transaction History

    pages, the #1 requested feature by members

    of PropertyMarketInsights.com, a leading

    web-based research and analysis

    membership site that covers all segments of

    the Singapore property market. Basically whatour members get is a regularly updated and

    searchable database of residential (non-

    landed and landed), commercial (shop, office

    and shophouse) and industrial transactions.

    This feature is much more powerful than

    many of the other tools out there. For

    example, when you check transactions at

    URAs website,

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    it does NOT reveal the exact floor or unit of

    the property sold. If you were trying to

    compare a unit on a low floor facing the

    garbage dump versus one on a high floor with

    sea view, would the prices be different? Youbet! And ifyoure interested in commercial or

    industrial property, theres nothing similar out

    there that were aware of.

    Accessing the 5 Year Transaction Search

    Pages

    Once youre logged in, PMI members will be

    able to access the transaction pages via the

    menu bar at the top of your screen (see

    screenshot below). All members can access

    the non-landed residential transactions page,

    only Premium and Pro members can accessthe landed residential page, and only Pro

    members can access the Shop, Office,

    Shophouse and Industrial transactions pages.

    Dont have a membership yet? Get one now.

    Want to track transactions in a particular

    project?

    Lets say youre interested in a particular

    project, for example Bayshore Park. Just

    type that into the Search box to get all the

    units that have transacted in the last five

    years.

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    Its a great way to get to see both the volume

    and pricing history of transactions for any

    project youre interested in.

    Want to know how much the seller paid for

    his property?

    One of the extremely helpful uses of this page

    is to find out what price and when the

    particular unit you are interested in was last

    transacted at. For example, lets say youre

    interested in unit #09-11 at The Sail, and the

    seller is asking for $1.5 million for it. When

    negotiating on the price, wouldnt it be usefulto know what price the seller paid for it, and

    when he or she bought it?

    To do so, just head to the 6.1 Non-Landed

    Residential Transactions Search page and

    type in thesail in the Project Name box and

    09-11 in the Address box and click Search.

    When you do so youll find out that the seller

    bought the apartment in January 2011 for

    $1.27 million. Knowing this, and assuming the

    seller is not financially stressed (i.e. forced to

    sell because he desperately needs the

    money), you know that his minimum

    transactable price is likely around $1.3

    million, because below that,

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    he will be losing money.

    If youre in the market to buy or sell a

    residential, commercial or industrial property,

    the 5 Year Transaction History pages are

    indispensable tools for any serious property

    investors. At least for those who dont want to

    lose money Try it out now at

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    Residential

    Developer sales in September break 2010

    records

    2,621 private homes excluding ECs were sold

    in September, an 83.7% increase from August

    and the highest since July 2009's 2,772 units,

    thus bringing the total units sold this year to

    17,927 units, up 12.7% from 2011s full-year

    record and 10% from 2010s full-year record.

    This is mainly driven by the sales in the

    Outside Central Region, which saw a 146%

    increase from 837 units in August to 2.062

    units in September. This may be due to the

    increase in new launches in September to

    2,224 units from 1,118units in August as well

    as the high liquidity and low interest rates.

    September sales also brought the total

    developer sales in Q3 to a preliminary 5,999

    units but sales are expected to slow in Q4,

    leading to a full-year record of 21,000-22,000

    units. 150 EC units were also sold in

    September, up from 118 units in August,

    bringing the preliminary Q3 figure to 392 units

    and the year-to-date figure to 2,818 units,

    compared to 2,883 units last year. The sales

    are expected to increase further in Q4.

    (Source: Business Times)

    Khaw: Cooling measures successful

    Minister for National Development Khaw

    Boon Wan said that the cooling measures in

    the property market to ensure that housing

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    remains affordable has been successful as

    both the private property and the HDB resale

    markets are stabilising, with the moderation of

    the growth in private property prices from 6%

    last year to 0.9% in Q1 to Q3 2012. Theyearly growth of the Resale Price Index has

    also fell from 10.7% in 2011 to 3.9% in the Q1

    to Q3 2012, though Q3 reflected a 2.0%

    increase from Q2. Despite the increase in

    BTO supply, it will still take time for it to catch

    up with demand.

    Meanwhile, five 99-year leasehold sites

    potentially yielding 2,880 homes have been

    released for sale to increase supply of

    residential homes, of which two are ECs. The

    first is a 153,999 sq ft EC site at the junction

    of Punggol Field Walk and Punggol East, next

    to Flo Residences. With its 461,997 sq ft

    GFA, can yield 435 units. It is likely to attract

    three to eight bidders, with a top bid of $270 -

    $329 psf ppr, since there is competition from

    significant housing supply in the area, and the

    site is located away from the Punggol MRT

    station and the town centre. The tender

    closes on Dec 6. The second is a 120,855-sq-ft site with 592,189 sq ft GFA located next

    to Sky Habitat in Bishan St 14. The site which

    can generate 645 units is expected to attract

    ten to 15 bidders, with a top bid of $750 to

    $850 psf ppr. It has an expected launch price

    of $680 to $735 psf ppr. The tender closes onNov 29. A third EC site at the Sembawang

    Crescent- Sembawang Drive junction will be

    launched for tender on Oct 30. The 233,760

    sq ft site has a 654,527 sq ft GFA and can

    yield about 650 units. It could potentially

    attract four to seven bidders, with a top bid of$250-330 psf ppr. Also available are two

    reserve-list sites in Tampines Ave 10, Parcels

    C and D. Parcel C is a 238,860 sq ft

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    site with a 668,806 sq ft GFA that can support

    680 units while Parcel D is a 168,567 sq ft

    site with a 471,988 sq ft GFA that can

    support 470 units.

    (Source: Business Times)

    99-year leasehold Tanah Merah site draws

    $434.6m top bid

    The residential site next to Tanah Merah MRT

    along New Upper Changi Road attracted a

    total of 11 bids, with the top bid of $434.6

    million or $791.42 psf ppr from Keppel Land

    unit Sherwood Development. The developer

    plans to develop about 700 one- to four-

    bedroom units (500-1,400 sq ft). The

    expected breakeven cost and average selling

    price are $1,150-1,250 psf and over $1,300

    psf, respectively.

    (Source: Business Times)

    Chee Hoon GCBA bungalow plot up for

    sale

    A two-storey detached house with an attic sits

    on the 14,000-square-foot bungalow plot in

    Chee Hoon Avenue Good Class Bungalow

    Area (GCBA) is up for sale by public tender. It

    is asking for $20.5-21.5 million or $1,454 to

    $1,525 psf of land area. It is near Coronation

    Shopping Centre, Serene Centre and

    Nanyang Primary School. The tender closes

    on Nov 14 at 3pm.

    (Source: Business Times)

    Commercial

    Five Chin Bee terrace factories up for sale

    The former factory premises of International

    Flavors & Fragrances located in JTC Corp's

    Chin Bee Food Zone at the corner of Jalan

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    Boon Lay and Enterprise Road is asking for

    $20 million. The property consists of five

    terrace factories (four two-storey and one

    three-storey) on five contiguous plots zoned

    Business 2 with a total of 75,018 sq ft landarea with remaining leases of 23-30 years.

    The existing 57,112 sq ft GFA is much lesser

    than the maximum allowable GFA of 159,591

    sq ft, allowing for substantial redevelopment.

    The tender closes on Nov 29.

    (Source: Business Times)

    Two freehold shophouses at Tanjong

    Katong up for sale

    The pair of four-storey shophouses at

    Tanjong Katong Road within the gazetted

    Tanjong Katong Conservation area has beenlaunched for sale by public tender with an

    indicative pricing of $10-12 million. The

    shophouses with a total of two retail shops on

    the first level and six apartment units on the

    upper levels sits on a 3,811 sq ft land zoned

    Residential with Commercial on the first

    storey with a 3.0 GPR and a 11,046 sq ft

    GFA. They could be used as as staff quartersor student hostel subject to the approval of

    the relevant authorities, refurbished before

    renting for better rental yield or strata-titled

    and sold individually. The fully tenanted

    shophouses currently yield an estimated total

    gross monthly rental revenue of $18,350. Thetender for the subject properties closes on

    Nov 2, 2012 at 2.30pm.

    (Source: Business Times)

    URA believed to be setting informal

    guidelines on shop sizesWhile the URA has yet to release any official

    guidelines, it was generally believed that URA

    is setting informal guidelines on shop sizes to

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    discourage the increase of small shops in new

    developments and investment demand of

    strata shops. It is said to be encouraging a

    minimal 50% of the retail portion for 60 sq m

    units, a maximum 40% and 10% for 25-59 sqm units and 15-24 sq m units. It was also

    believed that URA is recommending 100 sq m

    as either a minimum or average unit size for

    strata office units.This may be because a

    development with mainly small units may

    result in carpark shortage and trafficcongestion in the local area. Another reason

    could be the increased investment demand

    for strata units, which had resulted in high psf

    prices. A potential problem of having too

    many small shop units is that tenants may not

    be found, though some operators maycombine these into a larger unit. Alternatively,

    these units may be used for storage, or retail

    purposes that require little space such as

    massage outlets and nail salons, which may

    not be the original intention of the planners.

    (Source: Business Times)

    No sign of speculations in prices of HDBshophouses

    Since resale transactions of HDB-sold shops

    makes up only 3-7% of the total stock of

    HDB-sold shops (8,700), there are no signs of

    speculation in the prices of such shops. 216

    such shops were transacted in 2012 so far, of

    which 6% were resold within one year. 95% of

    the sold shops are owned by Singaporeans

    and Singapore-owned companies, with the

    remaining owned by permanent residents

    (PRs), foreigners and foreign- owned

    companies. There would not be new

    restrictions on citizenship eligibility on

    transactions since these shops are sold

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    without restrictions and in accordance with

    demand.

    (Source: Business Times)

    Improved sentiment for strata shops and

    offices

    Almost $1.3 billion of strata retail units have

    been transacted so far this year and over

    $1.6 billion of strata office units have been

    transacted since January, compared to $685

    million and $1.4 billion respectively in 2011.This is due to the increased demand from as

    a result of increased awareness of the gains

    to be made from purchasing strata

    commercial units, and the fundamentals such

    as increased interest in this sector as

    investors are diverted away from theresidential market as a result of the cooling

    measures, low interest rates on savings and

    low mortage rates.

    (Source: Business Times)

    Moderation of industrial property prices

    expected

    Average transacted prices for new strataindustrial units fell slightly in Q3, while prices

    for resale strata industrial properties with 30-

    year leases increase by 3.8% in the same

    period to $249 psf, compared to a 28%

    increase in Q2 from Q1. Meanwhile, sixty-

    year and 99-year leasehold and freeholdindustrial properties registered 12%, 3% and

    8% increases respectively. While the

    industrial property sector may benefit from

    the QE3, prices and price growth may

    moderate given the uncertain economic

    outlook, leading to a slower growth of

    average capital values of industrial space by

    up to 4% in Q4. The average capital values of

    ground and upper floor prime freehold factory

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    space in Q3 increased by 5.1% and 6% to

    $699 psf and $636 psf respectively. Prices

    may remain stable in the medium term if

    financing remains easily available, especially

    for new 30-year leasehold units but may fall inthe long term with the expected increase in

    20 million sq ft supply of factory and industrial

    space in 2013. Rents are expected to remain

    fairly stable, with a slower growth of under

    1.5%, as a result of the current high industrial

    property prices, lease renewals, and possiblyrelocation and expansion.

    (Source: Business Times)

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    Non-Landed Residential Resale Property Transactions for the Week of Oct 3 Oct 9

    Postal

    DistrictProject Name

    Area

    (sqft)

    Transacted

    Price ($)

    Price

    ($ psf)Tenure

    1 THE CLIFT 506 1,230,000 2,431 99

    1 THE SAIL @ MARINA BAY 614 1,270,980 2,072 99

    2 SPOTTISWOODE PARK 1,313 960,000 731 85

    3 MERAPRIME 840 1,230,000 1,465 99

    3 MERAPRIME 1,173 1,715,000 1,462 99

    3 QUEENS 915 1,300,000 1,421 99

    3 THE REGENCY AT TIONG BAHRU 1,636 2,130,000 1,302 FH

    3 CENTRAL GREEN CONDOMINIUM 1,292 1,500,000 1,161 99

    4 MARINA COLLECTION 2,099 5,982,150 2,850 99

    4 SEASCAPE 2,852 7,726,068 2,709 99

    4 CARIBBEAN AT KEPPEL BAY 1,249 1,900,000 1 ,522 99

    5 ONE-NORTH RESIDENCES 1,615 2,380,000 1,474 99

    5 CLEMENTIWOODS CONDOMINIUM 1,625 1,920,000 1,181 99

    5 VARSITY PARK CONDOMINIUM 1,572 1 ,830,000 1,164 99

    5 BLUE HORIZON 1,152 1,250,000 1,085 99

    5 THE PARC CONDOMINIUM 2,648 2,727,440 1,030 FH

    5 VISTA PARK 904 800,000 885 99

    7 THE BENCOOLEN 872 1,200,000 1,376 99

    8 KENG LEE COURT 474 625,000 1,320 FH

    8 THE MERLOT 517 630,000 1,219 FH

    9 RICHMOND PARK 1,292 3,488,000 2,700 FH

    9 LEONIE STUDIO 936 1,685,000 1,799 99

    9 MIRAGE TOWER 1,227 2,088,880 1,702 FH

    9 BELLE VUE RESIDENCES 3,444 5,650,000 1,640 FH

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    (sqft)

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    Price

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    9 ASPEN HEIGHTS 1,044 1,670,400 1,600 999

    9 ASPEN HEIGHTS 1,130 1,770,000 1,566 999

    9 RESIDENCES AT 338A 1,119 1,740,000 1,554 FH

    9 ASPEN HEIGHTS 3,122 4,750,000 1,522 999

    9 CAVENAGH GARDENS 1,206 1,520,000 1,261 FH

    10 ARDMORE PARK 2,885 8,880,000 3,078 FH

    10 ARDMORE II 2,024 5,700,000 2,817 FH

    10 RISING SUITES 743 1,360,000 1,831 FH

    10 THE CORNWALL 1,044 1,850,000 1,772 FH

    10 THE LEVELZ 797 1,242,000 1,559 FH

    10 SOMMERVILLE PARK 2,336 3,575,000 1,531 FH

    10 WATERFALL GARDENS 1,830 2,800,000 1,530 FH

    10 MONTVIEW 1,744 2,650,000 1,520 FH

    10 VALLEY PARK 764 1,158,000 1,515 999

    10 VILLAGE TOWER 1,808 2,530,000 1,399 FH

    10 OLINA LODGE 1,625 2,150,000 1,323 FH

    11 SOLEIL @ SINARAN 581 1,165,000 2,004 99

    11 LUCIDA 624 1,150,000 1,842 FH

    11 IRIDIUM 753 1,270,000 1,686 FH

    11 THOMSON EURO-ASIA 1,292 2,080,000 1,610 FH

    11 NOVENA COURT 861 1,250,000 1,452 FH

    12 TREVISTA 1,119 1,530,000 1,367 99

    12 PARC HAVEN 904 950,000 1,051 FH

    12 THE RICHMOND 1,249 1,290,000 1,033 FH

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    Area

    (sqft)

    Transacted

    Price ($)

    Price

    ($ psf)Tenure

    12 THE ABERDEEN 1,302 1,342,500 1,031 FH

    13 ONE LEICESTER 1,378 1,700,000 1,234 FH

    13 MEYA LODGE 1,216 1,288,000 1,059 FH

    14 DAKOTA RESIDENCES 1,313 1,675,000 1,276 99

    14 THE WATERINA 1,345 1,600,000 1,189 FH

    14 THE TRUMPS 1,389 1,580,888 1,139 99

    14 CANNE LODGE 818 920,000 1,125 FH

    14 CHEN FANG MANSIONS 936 870,000 929 FH

    14 SIMS GREEN 1,625 1,100,000 677 99

    14 WING FONG MANSIONS 1,227 800,000 652 FH

    15 THE BELVEDERE 1,012 1,650,000 1,631 FH

    15 THE SEAFRONT ON MEYER 1,066 1,600,000 1 ,501 FH

    15 THE COTZ 452 673,000 1,489 FH

    15 THE WATERSIDE 2,400 3,550,000 1,479 FH

    15 ONE AMBER 1,389 2,000,000 1,440 FH

    15 CASA MEYFORT 1,765 2,310,000 1,309 FH

    15 WATER PLACE 1,281 1,670,000 1,304 99

    15 PEBBLE BAY 1,378 1,760,000 1,277 99

    15 PARKSHORE 1,335 1,648,000 1,235 FH

    15 WATER PLACE 1,561 1,900,000 1,217 99

    15 MANDARIN GARDEN CONDOMINIUM 732 818,000 1,118 99

    15 FERNWOOD TOWERS 1,636 1,800,000 1,100 FH

    15 TANJONG RIA CONDOMINIUM 1,399 1 ,535,000 1,097 99

    15 SEASIDE PARK 592 645,000 1,089 999

    15 IVORY 1,152 1,240,000 1,077 FH

    15 TANJONG RIA CONDOMINIUM 1,399 1,500,000 1,072 99

    15 AMBER RESIDENCES 4,080 4,080,000 1,000 FH

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    Area

    (sqft)

    Transacted

    Price ($)

    Price

    ($ psf)Tenure

    15 AMBER RESIDENCES 4,230 4,230,000 1,000 FH

    15 EASTVILLE APARTMENTS 1,001 995,000 994 FH

    15 MANDARIN GARDEN CONDOMINIUM 1,572 1,510,000 961 99

    15 EASTWIND MANSIONS 1,345 1,080,000 803 FH

    16 EASTWOOD REGENCY 409 620,000 1,516 FH

    16 CASA MERAH 1,389 1,660,000 1,195 99

    16 THE SUMMIT 1,249 1,360,000 1,089 FH

    16 THE SUMMIT 1,238 1,225,000 990 FH

    16 SUNHAVEN 1,259 1,200,000 953 FH

    16 IDYLLIC EAST 1,905 1,800,000 945 FH

    16 EASTWOOD GREEN 1,173 1,050,000 895 99

    16 KEW GREEN 3,089 2,100,000 680 99

    17 DAHLIA PARK CONDOMINIUM 1,281 1,200,000 937 FH

    17 DAHLIA PARK CONDOMINIUM 1,862 1,428,000 767 FH

    18 LIVIA 915 960,000 1,049 99

    18 EASTPOINT GREEN 1,173 1,070,000 912 99

    18 THE TROPICA 1,238 1,123,000 907 99

    18 LIVIA 2,680 2,130,000 795 99

    18 ELIAS GREEN 1,528 980,000 641 99

    19 COMPASS HEIGHTS 1,249 1,200,000 961 99

    19 KOVAN 81 1,033 960,000 929 999

    19 THE SUNNYDALE 1,270 1,080,000 850 99

    19 EVERGREEN PARK 1,012 828,000 818 99

    19 EVERGREEN PARK 1,044 845,000 809 99

    20 CLOVER BY THE PARK 1,733 2,050,000 1,183 99

    20 BOONVIEW 2,368 2,800,000 1,182 FH

    21 THE CASCADIA 883 1,526,000 1,729 FH

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    NOTE: This data only covers non-landed residential resale propertytransactions with caveats lodged with the Singapore LandAuthority. Typically, caveats are lodged at least 2-3 weeks after apurchaser signs an OTP, hence the lagged nature of the data.

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    DistrictProject Name

    Area

    (sqft)

    Transacted

    Price ($)

    Price

    ($ psf)Tenure

    21 CLEMENTI PARK 2,325 2,525,000 1,086 FH

    21 BUKIT REGENCY 1,399 1,480,000 1,058 FH

    21 SIGNATURE PARK 1,421 1,480,000 1,042 FH

    21 HUME PARK II 1,249 1,280,000 1,025 FH

    21 HUME PARK I 1,496 1,450,000 969 FH21 HUME PARK II 1,249 1,200,000 961 FH

    21 MAYFAIR GARDENS 1,550 1,445,000 932 99

    21 PINE GROVE 1,755 1,620,000 923 99

    21 PINE GROVE 1,701 1,438,000 846 99

    21 PINE GROVE 1,668 1,390,000 833 99

    21 LE WOOD 1,141 922,000 808 99

    21 KISMIS VIEW 2,185 1,560,000 714 99

    22 THE LAKESHORE 926 1,060,000 1,145 99

    22 THE LAKESHORE 1,109 1,186,000 1,070 9922 PARC OASIS 1,378 1,260,000 915 99

    22 PARC VISTA 1,066 920,000 863 99

    22 LAKEHOLMZ 1,518 1,250,000 824 99

    22 THE MAYFAIR 1,227 1,000,000 815 99

    22 LAKESIDE APARTMENTS 1,518 906,888 598 99

    23 PARK NATURA 1,012 1,250,000 1,235 FH

    23 DAIRY FARM ESTATE 1,281 1,500,000 1,171 FH

    23 ESPA 1,087 1,238,000 1,139 999

    23 THE DAIRY FARM 1,593 1,760,000 1,105 FH23 HILLINGTON GREEN 1,356 1,450,000 1,069 999

    23 HILLVIEW RESIDENCE 1,270 1,200,000 945 999

    23 HILLVIEW REGENCY 1,109 960,000 866 99

    23 HILLVIEW APARTMENTS 1,206 1,028,000 853 FH

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    Area

    (sqft)

    Transacted

    Price ($)

    Price

    ($ psf)Tenure

    23 REGENT HEIGHTS 1,023 848,000 829 99

    23 REGENT HEIGHTS 1,023 845,000 826 99

    23 REGENT HEIGHTS 1,023 835,000 817 99

    23 REGENT HEIGHTS 1,335 1,088,050 815 99

    23 MAYSPRINGS 1,410 1,145,000 812 99

    23 PARKVIEW APARTMENTS 1,119 900,000 804 99

    23 REGENT GROVE 1,163 840,000 723 99

    25 ROSEWOOD 1,012 838,000 828 99

    25 ROSEWOOD 1,173 955,000 814 99

    25 ROSEWOOD 1,033 830,000 803 99

    25 ROSEWOOD 1,173 925,000 788 99

    27 YISHUN SAPPHIRE 1,216 885,000 728 99

    28 SERENITY PARK 1,324 1,250,000 944 FH