Amidst speculations of a bottoming-out real estate market, the 3 major project previews over the weekend might be good indicators of market fluctuations in the months ahead.
Photo credit: Prominent Land
Judging from the strength of public response from recent launches, new private non-landed developments with strong attributes such as good locations, usually those near MRT stations and shopping malls, and affordable quantum prices will take market headlines for now. Buyers are not entirely shrinking away from making purchases, but they may be pickier as the choices available outweigh the current demand.
City Development’s (CDL) latest private residential offering of the Forest Woods condominium clocked an encouragingly positive level of sales in its recent launch, perhaps leading the way for the next few launches coming up – Queens Peak on Dundee Road in Queenstown, Parc Riviera in West Coast Vale and 38 Jervois in Jervois Road.
The last of these projects is a rather exclusive boutique offering of 27 units developed by Prominent Land. At 38 Jervios, units range from 474 sq ft one-bedders to 1,098 sq ft two-bedders plus penthouse study with prices averaging $2,100 psf and up. Buyers can expect to fork out $1.08 million for a one-bedroom unit to $1,81 million for a 3-bedroom unit. 6 of the 27 units will be penthouses.
Although these new private homes may push sales figures past the 1,000 a month mark, property analysts do not yet expect a sudden market uptick as prospects of the economy remain lacklustre.
