Source : 《联合早报》May 27, 2009
环线第三阶段五个地铁站明天通车,受访房地产经纪指出,受经济低迷的大环境拖累,近来全岛各处的组屋转售价都出现下跌趋势,但靠近这五个站附近组屋的转售价跌幅没这么显著,一些屋主也设法争取到较高的溢价。
地铁列车开到家门前,不但带来交通上的便利,也让沿线的公共和私人住宅屋价加强“抗跌能力”,在经济低迷之际比其他远离地铁站的单位较容易脱手。
虽然目前各处的组屋转售价都出现下跌趋势,但靠近五个新地铁站的组屋转售价跌幅不太显著。
环线第三阶段五个地铁站明天通车,受访房地产经纪指出,受经济低迷的大环境拖累,近来全岛各处的组屋转售价都出现下跌趋势,但是靠近这五个站的转售价跌幅没有这么显著,一些屋主也设法争取到较高的溢价(cash-over-valuation,COV)。
率先通车的五个环线地铁站是玛丽蒙(Marymount)、罗弄泉、巴特礼(Bartley)、与东北线连接的实龙岗转换站,以及同南北线衔接的碧山转换站。
实龙岗和碧山站周围以政府组屋居多;玛丽蒙、罗弄泉和巴特礼附近则大多为私人住宅,前两者也有一些组屋单位。
博纳集团(PropNex)指出,过去几个月来,碧山站附近的四房式组屋转售价下跌了8%,罗弄泉附近的单位售价基本上没有太大变化,实龙岗站周围的单位则略涨不超过3%。
博纳最近完成的交易记录显示,玛丽蒙站附近的四房式组屋转售价介于38万元至41万元,碧山站的四房式单位卖38万8000元至50万元之间,实龙岗的单位则叫价31万5000元至43万元之间。
五房式方面,实龙岗站附近的单位最近卖45万元至55万元,碧山的叫价则介于45万元至60万8000元。罗弄泉最近的五房式交易是在今年2月间,卖45万5000元;玛丽蒙则是过去7个多月来都没进行任何交易。
博纳估计,随着环线局部通车,沿线的组屋转售价日后有望上涨10%,私人住宅价格则有望上升5%以上。
ERA助理副总裁林东荣则认为,受经济低迷和失业率攀升的影响,这五个站附近的组屋转售价不会因环线通车而明显上涨,“但是环线列车开到,确实会让沿线组屋更容易脱售”。
根据ERA的交易记录显示,靠近实龙岗站的实龙岗中和实龙岗1道的四房式组屋最近卖40万元至45万元之间,五房式单位则卖50万元至55万元;玛丽蒙站附近的顺福四房式组屋转售价则和实龙岗差不多。
林东荣指出,目前沿线的四房和五房式单位的转售组屋溢价介于3000元至6000元,随着环线通车,屋主的“谈判筹码”有望升高,可望争取到5000元至1万元的溢价。
Dennis Wee房地产经纪行的董事许家荣也指出,由于经济放缓,目前还未看到沿线房地产价格明显上涨,但由于靠近地铁站的优势,这些单位还是有需求的。
五个站中,他最看好玛丽蒙站附近单位的潜能,“这个站附近有名校,设施也完善,相信周围房地产日后的价格会增值不少”。
许家荣说:“只要经济好转,预料这些地铁站附近的单位售价会率先回升,涨幅也有望比其他远离地铁站的单位来得高。”
在私人房地产售价方面,PropNex也看好沿线私人公寓的售价,认为它们会比同区其他远离地铁站的公寓价格回升得较快。
博纳企业通讯与市场营销经理陈家扬指出:“虽然本地私人房地产价格预计会进一步往下调整,但环线这些地铁站附近的私宅售价应该会上涨5%或更高。”
林东荣说:“罗弄泉站附近的金山岭公寓一年前每平方英尺的售价为950元,现在跌至800元,新的地铁站启用后,可能会回升到约850元。”
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
三房地产以六百多万转手 房地产拍卖恢复买气
Source : 《联合早报》May 27, 2009
房地产拍卖出现9个月来最好成绩。一拍卖行主管认为,未来几个月,市场如果没有负面消息,房产拍卖会恢复买气的情况有望持续。
过去几个星期回稳的股市楼市“打气”,房地产拍卖会恢复买气。
仲量联行昨天成功拍卖三个房地产,总交易额为678万元。这是本地房地产拍卖会,9个月来取得的最佳销售成绩。
自去年8月,土地管理局拍卖四幅腾空地段(infill sites),收取1381万元后,房地产拍卖会好几个月都“吃鸭蛋”,或只促成一两宗交易,而交易额也都在100万元以下。
这样的窘境在楼市和股市回温下有了转机。仲量联行昨天拍卖5个房产,并成功卖出3个,而其中两个的售价超过200万元。近90人出席了昨天的拍卖会。
仲量联行拍卖营业部主管莫思思说:“过去几个月,拍卖会现场虽然拥挤,但实际参与拍卖的买家却不多,卖出的房地产的交易额也都较小。股市和楼市回稳给市场打了强心针,买家已重拾信心,更愿意出手。”
如果不包括公司于2007年11月为土管局拍卖6幅地段,取得超过3000万元的总交易额,仲量联行拍卖部昨天所取得的销售成绩是自2007年7月以来最骄人的。
莫思思认为,未来几个月,市场如果没有冒出负面消息,房地产拍卖会恢复买气的情况将有望持续下去,更多业主将通过拍卖途径出售资产。
由于买家必需在成交后交出10%的定金,莫思思表示,过去利用延迟付款计划(DPS)来买房子的人,若没有“锁定”房贷并希望赶紧将房子脱手,这些业主可能会通过拍卖途径出售。
昨天拍卖会上找到买家的为南利花园69号的一栋两层楼高半独立式洋房。这个占地5168平凡英尺的永久地契房子,是唯一被银行抵押逼售,开价350万元,最后以370万元成交。
巴耶利峇中央工业大厦(Citipoint)的厂房则以220万元卖出。这个占地7610平凡英尺的永久地契厂房开价190万元。
昨天竞标最激励的为位于菜市通道,占地1776平凡英尺的组屋商店。这个剩下89年地契,拥有住用空间的商店,共有3人争相投保,开价70万元,最后以87万5000元成交。
莫思思指出,昨天出售的两个商业房产受买家欢迎是因为它们已有现成租户,而租金回报率非常吸引人,中央工业大厦厂房和菜市通道的组屋商店的租金回报率分别为6.5%和7.95%。
房地产拍卖出现9个月来最好成绩。一拍卖行主管认为,未来几个月,市场如果没有负面消息,房产拍卖会恢复买气的情况有望持续。
过去几个星期回稳的股市楼市“打气”,房地产拍卖会恢复买气。
仲量联行昨天成功拍卖三个房地产,总交易额为678万元。这是本地房地产拍卖会,9个月来取得的最佳销售成绩。
自去年8月,土地管理局拍卖四幅腾空地段(infill sites),收取1381万元后,房地产拍卖会好几个月都“吃鸭蛋”,或只促成一两宗交易,而交易额也都在100万元以下。
这样的窘境在楼市和股市回温下有了转机。仲量联行昨天拍卖5个房产,并成功卖出3个,而其中两个的售价超过200万元。近90人出席了昨天的拍卖会。
仲量联行拍卖营业部主管莫思思说:“过去几个月,拍卖会现场虽然拥挤,但实际参与拍卖的买家却不多,卖出的房地产的交易额也都较小。股市和楼市回稳给市场打了强心针,买家已重拾信心,更愿意出手。”
如果不包括公司于2007年11月为土管局拍卖6幅地段,取得超过3000万元的总交易额,仲量联行拍卖部昨天所取得的销售成绩是自2007年7月以来最骄人的。
莫思思认为,未来几个月,市场如果没有冒出负面消息,房地产拍卖会恢复买气的情况将有望持续下去,更多业主将通过拍卖途径出售资产。
由于买家必需在成交后交出10%的定金,莫思思表示,过去利用延迟付款计划(DPS)来买房子的人,若没有“锁定”房贷并希望赶紧将房子脱手,这些业主可能会通过拍卖途径出售。
昨天拍卖会上找到买家的为南利花园69号的一栋两层楼高半独立式洋房。这个占地5168平凡英尺的永久地契房子,是唯一被银行抵押逼售,开价350万元,最后以370万元成交。
巴耶利峇中央工业大厦(Citipoint)的厂房则以220万元卖出。这个占地7610平凡英尺的永久地契厂房开价190万元。
昨天竞标最激励的为位于菜市通道,占地1776平凡英尺的组屋商店。这个剩下89年地契,拥有住用空间的商店,共有3人争相投保,开价70万元,最后以87万5000元成交。
莫思思指出,昨天出售的两个商业房产受买家欢迎是因为它们已有现成租户,而租金回报率非常吸引人,中央工业大厦厂房和菜市通道的组屋商店的租金回报率分别为6.5%和7.95%。
楼市出现“小阳春” 更多私宅项目将推出?
Source : 《联合早报》May 27, 2009
过去一周,五个延迟或取消的私宅项目重新招标,当中有两个为有地房地产,也不乏有600个单位的大型项目,吸引金成兴在内的建筑公司出手投标。
楼市近期因发展商削价吸引人潮而出现所谓的“小阳春”,使建筑商也享受了溢出效应。
金成兴控股(KSH Holdings)总裁朱峙安透露,过去一周,市场上有五个延迟或取消的私宅项目重新开放招标,当中有两个为有地房地产,也不乏拥有600个单位的大型项目,吸引包括金成兴以内的建筑公司出手。
尽管市场逐渐出现了回暖迹象,但短期内是否会有更多私宅项目“解冻”流入市场,却仍是个未知数。
另一名建筑商指出,市场情况“灰蒙蒙”的,许多业主不知道如何作决策,发展商如国浩置地因此选择把已购入的集体出售项目重新出租,以延迟推出新项目。鉴于此,就算有一些项目流进市场,也仅少数人获益。
市场僧多粥少,对于建筑业者来说,却还不到削价抢工程的地步。
朱峙安说:“我们并不了解发展商的下一步,但在投标时必然会把利润、建筑成本等因素纳入考量、并报出市价。毕竟一些大型建筑公司手头上仍有不少工作待清,投标价肯定不会低于成本价。”
尽管如此,随着建筑材料价格自去年五月的高峰回落20到25%,建筑费尺价的下滑也是不争的事实。
朱峙安举例:“大众化的私宅项目的建筑费,介于每平方英尺220元至280元之间,高档私宅项目则在400到400元多一点的范围以内,但也视乎建筑材料多昂贵而定。”
去年11月,一般大众私人共管公寓的建筑尺价介于280至300元之间,高档豪华私宅则介于400元至500元。相比之下,目前的建筑成本更下一层楼。
然而,随着私宅建筑市场出现一线曙光,政府承诺推出总值180亿元至200亿元的公共工程项目,也为本地建筑业者打了一剂强心针。
朱峙安指出,集团瞄准总值超过一亿元的A1公共工程,目前已经出手投标了三到四个项目,预计接下来将有更多工程陆续推出招标。
金成兴控股截至3月底的全年净利大增86%至1640万元,营业额猛涨81%至3亿2870万元,税前净利上扬95%至2110万元。
朱峙安表示,集团是得益于建筑业去年的旺盛而获得了几个大型项目,毛利率从8.4%增长到9.1%。
截至本月21日,金成兴控股发行的约2亿零986万的凭单附加股,为集团带来了176万元的收入,其中24万9000元已用作偿还发行凭单的相关费用。与此同时,有311万6000个凭单被转换,为集团筹得了31万1600元资金。集团表示,将用这+笔资金来偿还债务及作为营运资本。
过去一周,五个延迟或取消的私宅项目重新招标,当中有两个为有地房地产,也不乏有600个单位的大型项目,吸引金成兴在内的建筑公司出手投标。
楼市近期因发展商削价吸引人潮而出现所谓的“小阳春”,使建筑商也享受了溢出效应。
金成兴控股(KSH Holdings)总裁朱峙安透露,过去一周,市场上有五个延迟或取消的私宅项目重新开放招标,当中有两个为有地房地产,也不乏拥有600个单位的大型项目,吸引包括金成兴以内的建筑公司出手。
尽管市场逐渐出现了回暖迹象,但短期内是否会有更多私宅项目“解冻”流入市场,却仍是个未知数。
另一名建筑商指出,市场情况“灰蒙蒙”的,许多业主不知道如何作决策,发展商如国浩置地因此选择把已购入的集体出售项目重新出租,以延迟推出新项目。鉴于此,就算有一些项目流进市场,也仅少数人获益。
市场僧多粥少,对于建筑业者来说,却还不到削价抢工程的地步。
朱峙安说:“我们并不了解发展商的下一步,但在投标时必然会把利润、建筑成本等因素纳入考量、并报出市价。毕竟一些大型建筑公司手头上仍有不少工作待清,投标价肯定不会低于成本价。”
尽管如此,随着建筑材料价格自去年五月的高峰回落20到25%,建筑费尺价的下滑也是不争的事实。
朱峙安举例:“大众化的私宅项目的建筑费,介于每平方英尺220元至280元之间,高档私宅项目则在400到400元多一点的范围以内,但也视乎建筑材料多昂贵而定。”
去年11月,一般大众私人共管公寓的建筑尺价介于280至300元之间,高档豪华私宅则介于400元至500元。相比之下,目前的建筑成本更下一层楼。
然而,随着私宅建筑市场出现一线曙光,政府承诺推出总值180亿元至200亿元的公共工程项目,也为本地建筑业者打了一剂强心针。
朱峙安指出,集团瞄准总值超过一亿元的A1公共工程,目前已经出手投标了三到四个项目,预计接下来将有更多工程陆续推出招标。
金成兴控股截至3月底的全年净利大增86%至1640万元,营业额猛涨81%至3亿2870万元,税前净利上扬95%至2110万元。
朱峙安表示,集团是得益于建筑业去年的旺盛而获得了几个大型项目,毛利率从8.4%增长到9.1%。
截至本月21日,金成兴控股发行的约2亿零986万的凭单附加股,为集团带来了176万元的收入,其中24万9000元已用作偿还发行凭单的相关费用。与此同时,有311万6000个凭单被转换,为集团筹得了31万1600元资金。集团表示,将用这+笔资金来偿还债务及作为营运资本。
US Housing Market Seen Hitting Bottom Soon
Source : The Business Times, May 27 2009
But weak rebound likely, with housing starts near WW2 low
(BOSTON) The slump in the US housing market that caused the median value of homes to decline 24 per cent since 2006 may bottom next month without any prospect of a rebound for another year, according to estimates from chief economists at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Mortgage Bankers Association and national realtors and homebuilder groups.
End of the road: New-home sales traditionally lead all other indicators in a recovery but it may not be the case this time, say economists
Existing home sales probably won't reach pre-boom levels until the third quarter of 2010 and housing starts won't surpass one million until 2011, a barrier last broken six decades ago, the economists said.
'There are very few V-shaped recoveries in the history of real estate, and this one is likely to be even slower because of the size of the bubble,' said Robert Shiller, the Yale University professor who, with economist Karl Case, created home price indexes in the 1980s now used by Standard & Poor's.
The rebound will be so anaemic that 2009 building starts will total about 496,000 homes, the lowest since the end of World War II in 1945, according to the economists' forecasts.
Foreclosures on pay option adjustable-rate mortgages and a backlog of bank-owned properties will slow any revival and keep housing from playing its traditional role of boosting economic recovery.
Residential construction and home sales led the way out of the previous seven recessions, with housing starts improving an average seven months and resales gaining strength about four months before the economy picked up.
The world's largest economy probably will grow 1.9 per cent next year, according to the average estimate of 56 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. After each of the last seven contractions, it expanded more than 3 per cent on average in the first year of recovery.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard Fisher said earlier this month that the US is on the verge of rebounding with 'healthy signs - the stirrings of what I call green shoots.' So did former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, who cited 'seeds of a bottoming' in housing during a May 12 speech at a National Association of Realtors conference in Washington.
'If you are looking at prices relative to income and rents, you could argue that we are at the bottom, and I'm cautiously optimistic that we may be,' said Thomas Lawler, a former Fannie Mae economist in Leesburg, Virginia. 'It's possible, however, that we could have a second wave of foreclosures and the very small amount of support the economy might have gotten will turn into the reverse.'
The recession started after US banks and Wall Street firms securitised mortgage loans made to the riskiest borrowers to earn fees only to see homeowners default, prices fall and the value of the bonds dwindle.
Homeowners like Craig Mitchell of Boise, Idaho, said they're paying the price for Wall Street's greed. Mr Mitchell, 66, said his video-editing business has dwindled in the recession. He said he's now being forced to sell his truck to make his mortgage payment while he seeks a buyer for the three-bedroom home he owns in a state with the fifth-highest foreclosure rate in the US.
The house is priced at US$289,000, about US$140,000 less than what it would have fetched three years ago.
Mr Mitchell may be waiting a long time for a buyer as the housing market tries to recover from the worst slump since the Great Depression.
While new-home sales traditionally lead all other indicators in a recovery, it may not be the case this time because the drop has been unlike any other since the 1930s, Mr Lawler said.
'History suggests that new-home sales bottom long before unemployment peaks, and perception of the economy starts to improve long before we see actual economic improvement,' Mr Lawler said. 'This time around we don't know if that will hold true.'
Prices in California fell for six years during the last major housing slump in the 1990s, and didn't return to their 1991 peak until 2006, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
About US$40 billion of mortgages at US banks have payments 90 days or more overdue, more than triple the US$11.5 billion of homes the banks already hold, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp in Washington. Another US$78.8 billion are 30 to 89 days overdue, the FDIC said. -- Bloomberg
But weak rebound likely, with housing starts near WW2 low
(BOSTON) The slump in the US housing market that caused the median value of homes to decline 24 per cent since 2006 may bottom next month without any prospect of a rebound for another year, according to estimates from chief economists at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Mortgage Bankers Association and national realtors and homebuilder groups.
End of the road: New-home sales traditionally lead all other indicators in a recovery but it may not be the case this time, say economists
Existing home sales probably won't reach pre-boom levels until the third quarter of 2010 and housing starts won't surpass one million until 2011, a barrier last broken six decades ago, the economists said.
'There are very few V-shaped recoveries in the history of real estate, and this one is likely to be even slower because of the size of the bubble,' said Robert Shiller, the Yale University professor who, with economist Karl Case, created home price indexes in the 1980s now used by Standard & Poor's.
The rebound will be so anaemic that 2009 building starts will total about 496,000 homes, the lowest since the end of World War II in 1945, according to the economists' forecasts.
Foreclosures on pay option adjustable-rate mortgages and a backlog of bank-owned properties will slow any revival and keep housing from playing its traditional role of boosting economic recovery.
Residential construction and home sales led the way out of the previous seven recessions, with housing starts improving an average seven months and resales gaining strength about four months before the economy picked up.
The world's largest economy probably will grow 1.9 per cent next year, according to the average estimate of 56 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. After each of the last seven contractions, it expanded more than 3 per cent on average in the first year of recovery.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard Fisher said earlier this month that the US is on the verge of rebounding with 'healthy signs - the stirrings of what I call green shoots.' So did former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, who cited 'seeds of a bottoming' in housing during a May 12 speech at a National Association of Realtors conference in Washington.
'If you are looking at prices relative to income and rents, you could argue that we are at the bottom, and I'm cautiously optimistic that we may be,' said Thomas Lawler, a former Fannie Mae economist in Leesburg, Virginia. 'It's possible, however, that we could have a second wave of foreclosures and the very small amount of support the economy might have gotten will turn into the reverse.'
The recession started after US banks and Wall Street firms securitised mortgage loans made to the riskiest borrowers to earn fees only to see homeowners default, prices fall and the value of the bonds dwindle.
Homeowners like Craig Mitchell of Boise, Idaho, said they're paying the price for Wall Street's greed. Mr Mitchell, 66, said his video-editing business has dwindled in the recession. He said he's now being forced to sell his truck to make his mortgage payment while he seeks a buyer for the three-bedroom home he owns in a state with the fifth-highest foreclosure rate in the US.
The house is priced at US$289,000, about US$140,000 less than what it would have fetched three years ago.
Mr Mitchell may be waiting a long time for a buyer as the housing market tries to recover from the worst slump since the Great Depression.
While new-home sales traditionally lead all other indicators in a recovery, it may not be the case this time because the drop has been unlike any other since the 1930s, Mr Lawler said.
'History suggests that new-home sales bottom long before unemployment peaks, and perception of the economy starts to improve long before we see actual economic improvement,' Mr Lawler said. 'This time around we don't know if that will hold true.'
Prices in California fell for six years during the last major housing slump in the 1990s, and didn't return to their 1991 peak until 2006, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
About US$40 billion of mortgages at US banks have payments 90 days or more overdue, more than triple the US$11.5 billion of homes the banks already hold, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp in Washington. Another US$78.8 billion are 30 to 89 days overdue, the FDIC said. -- Bloomberg
Firm Demand Boosts Sales Of Private Homes
Source : The Business Times, May 26 2009
Some developers have raised prices as a result.
DEVELOPERS continued to report encouraging private home sales last week, and some have upped prices on firmer demand.
BelleRive on Keng Chin Road and Martin Place Residences on Kim Yam Road are among the projects where prices have been raised. BelleRive's average price is now 13 per cent higher than when it was previewed in mid-April.
Growing demand: Far East Organization sold nine units at Floridian in Bukit Timah at an average price of $1,220 psf.
Frasers Centrepoint sold 60 more units last week at Martin Place Residences; new units were released over the weekend at prices that were about 5-7 per cent higher.
Chia Boon Kuah, Far East Organization chief operating officer, property sales, told BT that 'in recent weeks, we're seeing growing broad-based demand for our products across our portfolio in every price bracket, from upgrader market to the upper-middle segments to high-end luxury projects'.
Last week, the property giant sold more than 40 units, up from the 30 a week earlier. Far East's home sales for the May 18-24 week include two units at Vida on Peck Hay Road which fetched an average price of $2,030 psf; the buyers did not take up the rental guarantee offered by Far East for the recently completed condo. The developer also sold nine units at Floridian in Bukit Timah at an average price of $1,220 psf.
In the upgrader housing segment, it sold seven units at Mi Casa in Choa Chu Kang, nine units each at Lakeshore near Jurong Lake and Waterfront Waves near Bedok Reservoir. Waterfront Waves is a joint development with Frasers Centrepoint.
Frasers Centrepoint also sold four units each at its Caspian condo in the Jurong Lake location and Woodsville 28 last week.
At Martin Place Residences, the developer released fresh units below the 14th floor sky terrace in the second and final block in the 33-storey condo.
Prices of the freshly released units start from $1,350 psf, higher than the $1,260 psf starting price in the earlier block during the preceding weekend's marketing campaign.
However, the latest pricing is still below the $1,700 psf starting price for the 33-storey freehold project when it was previewed last year. Inclusive of the units sold last week, 168 units in the 302-unit condo are now sold.
Frasers Centrepoint is offering an interest absorption scheme (IAS) for all its four projects on the market - in exchange for a 3 per cent price premium for Caspian and a 2 per cent premium for the rest.
Over in Bukit Timah, a Sing Holdings subsidiary is understood to have sold five units last weekend at BelleRive, taking total sales to 39 units in the 51-unit freehold project. BelleRive was initially priced at $1,350 psf average when it was previewed in mid-April; this was raised to $1,430 psf last week and upped further to $1,530 psf this week. This translates to a 13 per cent price hike in about six weeks.
The average pricing is for the apartments in the 15-storey project, and excludes the two penthouses. About 75 per cent of BelleRive buyers have taken up the IAS offered by the developer at no extra cost.
The units were picked up predominantly by Singaporeans. BelleRive's draws include its proximity to Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) on Barker Road and Singapore Chinese Girls' School along Dunearn Road.
In the Balestier area, Soilbuild is understood to have sold another 25 units at Mezzo over the weekend. The project is priced at about $850-900 psf on average; the cost is 2 per cent more for IAS.
Property giant City Developments also sold 14 units last week for The Arte at Thomson condo. The average price in the project is now $900-930 psf, compared with $880 psf when previews began in March. The 336-unit condo is 84 per cent sold.
Near Botanic Gardens, Straits Trading has upped the price of the remaining few units at Gallop Gables to $1,400 psf, from the $1,188 psf average achieved for units sold in the past six weeks. The price increase comes after the developer achieved the sale of its 40th unit in the completed freehold condo.
In the secondary market, some 50-plus units are said to have been sold last week at RiverGate condo near the Singapore River. These are out of 88 units listed in a sales campaign last week. The average price is about $1,400 to $1,500 psf.
The 88 units were from an original pool of 100 units purchased in 2005 by a fund managed by Ferrell Asset Management.
Some developers have raised prices as a result.
DEVELOPERS continued to report encouraging private home sales last week, and some have upped prices on firmer demand.
BelleRive on Keng Chin Road and Martin Place Residences on Kim Yam Road are among the projects where prices have been raised. BelleRive's average price is now 13 per cent higher than when it was previewed in mid-April.
Growing demand: Far East Organization sold nine units at Floridian in Bukit Timah at an average price of $1,220 psf.
Frasers Centrepoint sold 60 more units last week at Martin Place Residences; new units were released over the weekend at prices that were about 5-7 per cent higher.
Chia Boon Kuah, Far East Organization chief operating officer, property sales, told BT that 'in recent weeks, we're seeing growing broad-based demand for our products across our portfolio in every price bracket, from upgrader market to the upper-middle segments to high-end luxury projects'.
Last week, the property giant sold more than 40 units, up from the 30 a week earlier. Far East's home sales for the May 18-24 week include two units at Vida on Peck Hay Road which fetched an average price of $2,030 psf; the buyers did not take up the rental guarantee offered by Far East for the recently completed condo. The developer also sold nine units at Floridian in Bukit Timah at an average price of $1,220 psf.
In the upgrader housing segment, it sold seven units at Mi Casa in Choa Chu Kang, nine units each at Lakeshore near Jurong Lake and Waterfront Waves near Bedok Reservoir. Waterfront Waves is a joint development with Frasers Centrepoint.
Frasers Centrepoint also sold four units each at its Caspian condo in the Jurong Lake location and Woodsville 28 last week.
At Martin Place Residences, the developer released fresh units below the 14th floor sky terrace in the second and final block in the 33-storey condo.
Prices of the freshly released units start from $1,350 psf, higher than the $1,260 psf starting price in the earlier block during the preceding weekend's marketing campaign.
However, the latest pricing is still below the $1,700 psf starting price for the 33-storey freehold project when it was previewed last year. Inclusive of the units sold last week, 168 units in the 302-unit condo are now sold.
Frasers Centrepoint is offering an interest absorption scheme (IAS) for all its four projects on the market - in exchange for a 3 per cent price premium for Caspian and a 2 per cent premium for the rest.
Over in Bukit Timah, a Sing Holdings subsidiary is understood to have sold five units last weekend at BelleRive, taking total sales to 39 units in the 51-unit freehold project. BelleRive was initially priced at $1,350 psf average when it was previewed in mid-April; this was raised to $1,430 psf last week and upped further to $1,530 psf this week. This translates to a 13 per cent price hike in about six weeks.
The average pricing is for the apartments in the 15-storey project, and excludes the two penthouses. About 75 per cent of BelleRive buyers have taken up the IAS offered by the developer at no extra cost.
The units were picked up predominantly by Singaporeans. BelleRive's draws include its proximity to Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) on Barker Road and Singapore Chinese Girls' School along Dunearn Road.
In the Balestier area, Soilbuild is understood to have sold another 25 units at Mezzo over the weekend. The project is priced at about $850-900 psf on average; the cost is 2 per cent more for IAS.
Property giant City Developments also sold 14 units last week for The Arte at Thomson condo. The average price in the project is now $900-930 psf, compared with $880 psf when previews began in March. The 336-unit condo is 84 per cent sold.
Near Botanic Gardens, Straits Trading has upped the price of the remaining few units at Gallop Gables to $1,400 psf, from the $1,188 psf average achieved for units sold in the past six weeks. The price increase comes after the developer achieved the sale of its 40th unit in the completed freehold condo.
In the secondary market, some 50-plus units are said to have been sold last week at RiverGate condo near the Singapore River. These are out of 88 units listed in a sales campaign last week. The average price is about $1,400 to $1,500 psf.
The 88 units were from an original pool of 100 units purchased in 2005 by a fund managed by Ferrell Asset Management.
滨海舫获优秀设计和工程安全奖
Source :《联合早报》May 26, 2009
本地最高的公寓滨海舫(The Sail@Marina Bay)以风帆型设计闻名,但纤长的设计也意味建筑更容易被强风摇晃。
为加强公寓的结构安全,防震设计成为它的一大特色,既为抗强风,也确保它可以承受中等强度的地震。
去年底竣工的滨海舫因采用独特设计和工程技术,获得建设局今年颁发的优秀设计和工程安全奖(Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Award),成为8座得奖建筑之一。
去年底竣工的滨海舫因采用独特设计和工程技术,获得建设局今年颁发的优秀设计和工程安全奖(Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Award),成为8座得奖建筑之一。
滨海舫以70层楼的高度独占鳌头,然而其又扁又高的风帆型建筑设计会让住户更容易感受到建筑物的摇晃。为克服这个挑战,工程师团队使用多个钢筋混凝土梁及支架,加强建筑的结构及支撑力,让它具防震能力。
我国不处地震区,建筑物无需有防震能力,因此滨海舫是少数拥有防震设计的本地建筑。
负责工程设计的Meinhardt(新加坡)公司执行董事那森说,滨海舫的建造工作面对许多前所未有的挑战,所幸工程师、设计师和建筑师同心协力以富有创意的方式克服挑战。
滨海舫建于土质较松软的填土地区,要在这样的基础上竖立高楼大厦已不容易,附近的地铁站及其他建筑更为挖掘工作增加难度。莱佛士转换站近在咫尺,公寓与地铁隧道的最近距离只有23至40公尺。
为避免挖掘工程影响附近的地铁隧道,工程师使用混凝土连续墙环绕整个工地。连续墙以三个环环相扣的圆圈组成,类似“花生”形状,可使得挖掘力度互相制衡,避免周围建筑受影响。
滨海舫也使用更高等级的混凝土,这样屋内支柱的面积能缩小,住户可更自由设计屋内格局,窗外景色也不会被庞大支柱遮挡。
除了滨海舫,其他获得优秀设计和工程安全奖的建筑包括亨德申波浪桥(Henderson Waves)和加冷巴耶利峇高速公路(第423合约)。两项工程都面对艰巨的技术挑战,前者高高横跨亨德申路,后者低低穿越芽笼河底下,建造难度可想而知。
获得优异奖的5座建筑是私人共管公寓Parc Emily、樟宜机场的皇冠假日酒店、瑞吉酒店和瑞吉居、滨海南码头和地铁环线第一阶段工程。
本地最高的公寓滨海舫(The Sail@Marina Bay)以风帆型设计闻名,但纤长的设计也意味建筑更容易被强风摇晃。
为加强公寓的结构安全,防震设计成为它的一大特色,既为抗强风,也确保它可以承受中等强度的地震。
去年底竣工的滨海舫因采用独特设计和工程技术,获得建设局今年颁发的优秀设计和工程安全奖(Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Award),成为8座得奖建筑之一。
去年底竣工的滨海舫因采用独特设计和工程技术,获得建设局今年颁发的优秀设计和工程安全奖(Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Award),成为8座得奖建筑之一。
滨海舫以70层楼的高度独占鳌头,然而其又扁又高的风帆型建筑设计会让住户更容易感受到建筑物的摇晃。为克服这个挑战,工程师团队使用多个钢筋混凝土梁及支架,加强建筑的结构及支撑力,让它具防震能力。
我国不处地震区,建筑物无需有防震能力,因此滨海舫是少数拥有防震设计的本地建筑。
负责工程设计的Meinhardt(新加坡)公司执行董事那森说,滨海舫的建造工作面对许多前所未有的挑战,所幸工程师、设计师和建筑师同心协力以富有创意的方式克服挑战。
滨海舫建于土质较松软的填土地区,要在这样的基础上竖立高楼大厦已不容易,附近的地铁站及其他建筑更为挖掘工作增加难度。莱佛士转换站近在咫尺,公寓与地铁隧道的最近距离只有23至40公尺。
为避免挖掘工程影响附近的地铁隧道,工程师使用混凝土连续墙环绕整个工地。连续墙以三个环环相扣的圆圈组成,类似“花生”形状,可使得挖掘力度互相制衡,避免周围建筑受影响。
滨海舫也使用更高等级的混凝土,这样屋内支柱的面积能缩小,住户可更自由设计屋内格局,窗外景色也不会被庞大支柱遮挡。
除了滨海舫,其他获得优秀设计和工程安全奖的建筑包括亨德申波浪桥(Henderson Waves)和加冷巴耶利峇高速公路(第423合约)。两项工程都面对艰巨的技术挑战,前者高高横跨亨德申路,后者低低穿越芽笼河底下,建造难度可想而知。
获得优异奖的5座建筑是私人共管公寓Parc Emily、樟宜机场的皇冠假日酒店、瑞吉酒店和瑞吉居、滨海南码头和地铁环线第一阶段工程。