3 months into the new year and things seem to be looking up for the resale non-landed private home sector. Prices have been on the rise for the fourth consecutive month with a 0.9 per cent climb last month, following a 0.6, 0.3 and 1 per cent rise respectively in the months counting up from December last year.
Recent industry figures have shown a slight recovery in both prices and sales volume in the resale market, mostly due to an overall more upbeat atmosphere boosted by a series of successful new launches within the first 3 months of the year. Approximately 694 private non-landed residential units were resold in February albeit it being the shortest month of the year. That is 31.2 per cent higher than the 529 units which exchanged hands in January though that could have been because of the Chinese New Year holidays.
Comparing year-on-year, resale prices in February this year clocked at 1.8 per cent higher that the last and resale volume was 77.9 per cent higher than the 390 units sold the same month last year. Compared to the price peak in 2014, resale private non-landed home prices is still lagging by 6 per cent, but considering the lull which took over the real estate sector for the past 2 to 3 years, price increases across the island in this segment is a step in the right direction. Prices in the prime districts rose 1 per cent while inching up 0.8 per cent in the city fringes and 0.9 per cent in the outside central regions.
