SINGAPORE: Resale HDB flat prices have inched upwards yet again, this time by 1.3% in the second quarter of this year, according to the Housing Board’s flash estimates released on Monday.
This resurgence comes on the back of a downward trend in the two previous quarters.
The percentage increase in the fourth quarter of last year, and the first quarter of this year were 1.7% and 0.6% respectively.
A more detailed release, said the HDB, would be out on July 27.
The agency has committed to offer 25,000 Build-To-Order flats this year, and has launched more than 15,000 flats in the first quarter alone.
There will be 5,200 more flats launched this month, and will be in areas such as Bedok, Bukit Merah, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Geylang and Punggol.
On the private homes front, estimates released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday showed that prices have risen by 0.4% in the second quarter of this year.
Non-landed private home prices increased by 0.6%, while prices for properties outside the central region went up by a more moderate 0.4%.
There was no change in the prices in the rest of the central region.
The latest price increase is a reversal of last quarter’s price decrease of 0.1% , the first quarterly price fall since Q2 of 2009.
More detailed data will be revealed on July 27 when URA releases the full second quarter real estate statistics.
By The Straits Times / Asian News Network
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