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Ura Statistics Show 61% Increase In Units Sold By Developer For The First Five Months Of 2017

Latest Property Real Estate News - Published on 16/06/2017

URA Private homes sales by developers (May 2017)

61% increase in units sold by developer for the first five months of 2017

The figures released for today depicted a total of 1,394 units (including ECs) and 1,024 units (excluding ECs) transacted in May 2017.

Even though the figure in May might have taken a dip compared to the previous month due to the lack of new major launches, it still reflects the positive market sentiments in the first half of 2017. Comparing Year-on-Year, the total number of transactions in the first five months of 2017 reflected a significant increase of about 61% as compared to the same period in 2016.

CEO PropNex Realty, Mr Ismail Gafoor commented, “Like what we witnessed in April, consumers are continuing to pick up units nearing TOP dates. This is evident in the results of the five best performing projects of this month. Especially for Parc Riviera and Sol Acres EC which have continued to sell well in the first five months of 2017.”

Sol Acres EC and Parc Riviera best sellers for the past five months of 2017

A total of 116 units of Sol Acres EC were sold in the month of May, making it the top-seller for the Executive Condominium (EC) segment. Thus far, a total of 507 units of Sol Acres EC were snapped up by buyers this year. Parc Riviera leads the Private residential segment with 83 units sold this month.

OCR properties continues to be sought after

Properties in the Outside Central Region (OCR) continues to be the most sought after, accounting for 60.3 per cent of new private home sales (excluding ECs), while Rest of Central (RCR) and Core Central Region (CCR) accounted for 33.3 per cent and 6.4 per cent respectively.

15,000 transactions expected by end of 2017

Mr Ismail expects the trend of strong demand will continue throughout 2017 and is optimistic that his prediction of private homes transactions crossing the 15,000 mark (Including ECs) and 10,000 units (Excluding ECs) by the end of this year will materialise. He commented, “More consumers will come to realisation that the Singapore property market have bottomed out and prices are likely to inch upwards with the strong land bid prices we are currently witnessing. This might it turn propel them to make the move in their property purchases.”