As Qualifying Certificate (QC) deadlines close in on more residential projects, bulk sales could the difference between having to pay hefty penalties and escaping by the skin of their teeth. The Qualifying Certificate which developers are issued with once they purchase a private residential land plot binds them in a contract to finish building the project within 5 years of acquiring the land and to sell all units within 2 years of obtaining a temporary occupation permit (TOP). Should there be remaining units after this time, the developers will be required to pay extension charges.
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The Qualifying Certificate which developers are issued with once they purchase a private residential land plot binds them in a contract to finish building the project within 5 years of acquiring the land and to sell all units within 2 years of obtaining a temporary occupation permit (TOP). Should there be remaining units after this time, the developers will be required to pay extension charges.
The most recent bulk sale of the 45 remaining units at The Nassim has helped developer CapitaLand avoid having to possibly pay up to millions of dollars worth of penalties as their QC deadline is in August this year. Mr Wee Cho Yaw, chairman emeritus of United Overseas Bank has paid $411.6 million for the 45 units with a strata area of 16,466 sq m at an approximate 18 per cent discount on the current sale price of individual units. The development consists of 55 units housed in eight 5-storey blocks, and the other 10 units have been sold to individual buyers.
Other recent bulk sales include the 156 units sold at a 16 per cent discount at Nouvel 18 and 30 units sold at a 23 per cent discount at [email protected]. Though this enbloc exit of units may relief the unsold inventory of some pressure, more completed units are entering the market this year and may we could be looking at more bulk sales in the year ahead.
