包括执行公寓共卖出2064单位 本地私宅销售9月最红火

（2011-10-18）

● 李敏雯 报道 　　私宅销售今年9月份异常强劲，若包括执行共管公寓，发展商总共卖出2064个私宅，是今年以来最强劲的单月数字。 　这也比8月份的1641个多了26％。 　　市区重建局昨天公布的数据显示，不包括执行共管公寓（Executive Condominiums，简称EC）在内，发展商9月总共卖出1631个私宅，超过八成是大众私宅。这是今年来第二强劲的月份，仅次于4月卖出1805个私宅的纪录。 　　9月份的数字也较前个月的1351个高出两成，更比一年前猛涨79％。8月份为农历七月中元节，是传统上淡季。 　　新数据显示，9月最旺热的领域依然是代表大众私宅的中央区以外（Outside Central Region，简称OCR）私宅，总共售出1321个私宅。推出市场的则有1504个。 　 　代表中档私宅的其他中央区（Rest of Central Region，简称 RCR）销售也回暖，比前个月上扬54％，发展商卖出260个私宅。核心中央区（Core Central Region，简称CCR），即高档住宅区的表现则依然疲弱，只售出50个私宅。 　　齐乐行研究与咨询部门主管王德辉说，大众私宅的销售朝上走，1321个私宅是今年来最多的单月数字，可见该领域不受近来全球股市震荡影响，主导市场的是来自组屋提升者的需求。 　　高力国际研究与咨询部主管谢岫君也指出，9月份卖得最佳的项目，是森联集团在榜鹅地铁站的新项目A Treasure Trove，占9月份中央区以外新私宅总体成交量的52％。 　　该项目目前已推出790个私宅，售出683个，中位数尺价为每平方英尺915元。位于盛港的The Luxurie，在9月也再卖70个私宅。

EC销售较8月增50％

　　中档领域中卖得理想的是东海岸的永久地契共管公寓Meyerise，以1789元的尺价卖出108个私宅。

　　第一太平戴维斯研究与咨询部副董事张敏璋说，约一半的新私宅是以介于750元至1000元的尺价成交，旺热的销售是有价位合理的私宅项目登场所致。

　　世邦魏理仕执行董事李晓和指出，9月份卖出的EC数目，从8月份的290个猛增至433个。这显示政府把EC家庭收入顶限从1万元上调至1万2000元，刺激了EC销量。

　　他说，海峡实业财团推出的Arc at Tampines，总共卖出233个单位，中位数尺价是734元。乐水居（RiverParc Residence）再售90个单位，中位数尺价685元。

　　城市发展的Blossom Residences也以706元的价位，再卖出52个单位。

　　张敏璋认为，本月有太多私人组屋（DBSS）和EC项目登场，引开私宅市场的注意力。他预计10月份不包括EC的私宅，销售将在1500个左右的水平。

　　仲量联行研究部主管蔡炎亮博士说，尽管销售活动上扬，但全岛私宅认购率却有所下滑至85％。8月份的数字是98％。

　　“市场继续对价格保持敏感，当中高档的项目只有低于50％的销量之际，大众化私宅却能有超过70％的认购。”

　　随着欧元区债务危机加深，市场人士认为，今年第二和第三季的私宅销售成绩不可能重演。

   蔡炎亮说，今年首九个月的私宅销量达到1万2643个，但第四季每个月的销售可能介于900至1200个，这意味着今年全年的销售量，将在1万5350个至1万6250个之间。

　　李晓和说：“这高于2009年的1万4688个单位，但是否会达到2010年的1万6292个，还让人拭目以待。

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HDB upgraders set pace in private property market

  October 17, 2011

The private residential market saw a rebound in September.

Figures released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday showed 2,064 units, including executive condominiums (ECs), were transacted.

This is the highest number of monthly transactions this year and a significant 26 per cent increase from August’s 1,638 units.

Treasure Trove, a development in Punggol, accounted for about 40 per cent of the transactions with more than 680 units sold.

PropNex Realty said the homebuyers are mainly HDB upgraders, attracted to the pricing and the proximity of the development to the Punggol MRT.

It said the revision of income ceiling had prompted many to purchase ECs.

Excluding ECs, the number of units sold in the mass market with units costing $1,200 psf or less, accounted for more than three quarters of the transactions.

Jones Lang LaSalle said the surprise upside in September monthly sales only confirms the view of an underlying market need for homes.

Dr Chua Yang Liang, head of Research, Southeast Asia, said the market remains price sensitive with projects in the suburban areas seeing more take-up compared to projects in the city and its fringes.

PropNex said it expects October’s sales to hold steady, with over 1,400 units sold. This is due to the fact that developers will be launching more projects in the coming months.

It added that it expects both home buyers and investors to take a more cautious approach on prices.

Source : Channel NewsAsia – 17 Oct 2011

New home sales soar, despite global uncertainty

  October 18, 2011 ⋅

New home sales in Singapore surged last month despite global macroeconomic uncertainties and stock market volatility, driven by strong demand in mass market condominiums from HDB upgraders.

Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) data released yesterday showed developers sold 1,631 private homes last month, up 20.7 per cent from the 1,351 units in August. A total of 1,321 units were sold in the outlying areas, 260 in the city fringes and only 50 in the prime districts.

Including Executive Condominiums (ECs), September sales hit 2,064 units. This is the highest monthly volume this year and a strong 26 per cent jump from August’s 1,638 units, according to PropNex Realty.

Mr Mohamed Ismail, its chief executive, said: “September’s results were remarkable and largely contributed by the sale of A Treasure Trove closing 683 units, making up 42 per cent of the total transactions. These homebuyers are mainly HDB upgraders and the purchase rationale was the attractive pricing, with median price of S$915psf in this development, and its proximity to the Punggol MRT.”

Ms Chia Siew Chuin, director of research and advisory at Colliers International, said: “Encouraged by the strong unrelenting underlying demand for mass-market homes, developers rode on the buying momentum and upped their launches of such housing projects in the Outside Core Region (OCR) in September, ahead of any dampening of home buyers’ sentiment.”

The number of private homes, excluding ECs, launched last month rose 39.1 per cent from the previous month to 1,919 units – and 1,504 of these, or 78.4 per cent, were in the OCR.

A total of 433 EC units were sold last month, up from 290 in August. Mr Li Hiaw Ho, executive director at CBRE Research, said it was likely that the latest Government move to raise the household income ceiling for EC buyers from S$10,000 to S$12,000 per month had given a boost to sales.

For the rest of the year, Mr Li said that developers would be monitoring the impact of the euro zone crisis on the Singapore economy to time their project launches.

“Looking at launch-ready projects in Q4 and with prices remaining stable, it is unlikely that we will see the same level of take-up as in Q2 and Q3. We expect the total new home sales volume in 2011 to exceed the 14,688 units sold in 2009, but it remains to be seen whether it can outdo the record 16,292 units sold in 2010,” he added.

Source : Today – 18 Oct 2011