After 5 consecutive months of climbing figures, resale condominium prices have steadied themselves in April. Resale transactions fell by 21 per cent as a number of new launches drew the attention of buyers and investors in the past couple of months.
Though the numbers are still shy of that during the peak of 2010 and 2013, things have been looking up for the private property market this year. Year on year, private resale prices and transaction volume were 1.8 and 48 per cent higher than in April last year. In comparison with March 2017, April’s resale private property market numbers dipped slightly. Prime district property prices fell 1.2 per cent last month while prices of units in the city fringes and suburbs rose 1.2 per cent.
In the 5 months prior, private resale prices have risen 0.6, 0.3, 0.9, 1 and 0.8 per cent from last November to March this year. The improving market sentiments seem to be reflected in the overall above-market-values which rose to $5,000 from $0 in just a month. Districts which posted the highest median above-market-values at $37,000, and had more than 10 resale transactions, were District 16 and 21. Despite higher resale activity in the city fringes, District 11 which consists of Newton and Novena, posted the highest negative median above-market-value of -$40,000.
The year is almost at its mid-point and the latest new launches have boosted numbers in the new private home sales market, but how will the resale private property sector fare in H2?
