Following the successful en bloc sale of Shunfu Ville, the property market is once again energised. It has reignited the fire for some developments which have been unsuccessful with previous collective sale attempts, while also pushing some properties to reach out to property firms and developers for quotes. The minimum approval for a property to be sold en bloc is 80 per cent.
At a former HUDC in Potong Pasir Avenue 1, blocks 110 to 112, 60 per cent approval has already been secured. Another similar HUDC property in Tampines have begun drafting a sale agreement while Eunosville on Sims Avenue is also looking to restart the collective sale process. As most of these HUDCs are older establishments in mature estates, their potential value may heavily outweigh the units’ current condition and value.
The recent collective sale of Shunfu Ville garnered each owner an average of $1.78 million each, that is almost 50 per cent more than what each unit would have received when sold individually in the current market. Other properties which are also trying their hand at the process are Changi Garden and The Capri. In the commercial property realm, Katong Shopping Centre has reached the 80 per cent minimum approval criteria and will be launching the site for sale soon.
To balance off the government’s recent diminished land sales, these private collective sales could be attractive to developers looking for an opportune time to strike it out in the market.
