Property news summary: 1st to 16th Oct 2011
1) Property Market Activities
Mass-market condo prices rise again in Q3 (BT, 4 October 11)
Prices of HDB resale flats and mass-market private condominiums climbed in 3Q2011. URA estimates showed that the overall private home price index rose 1.3% QoQ in 3Q2011, slower than the 2% QoQ increase in 2Q2011.
Nine units sold in Hijauan on Cavenagh (BT, 4 October 11)
Selangor Dredging Berhad (SDB) has sold nine apartments in its 41-unit Hijauan on Cavenagh over the past two weeks. Eight units were sold to Malaysian buyers and one was bought by a Singaporean purchaser. SDB bought the site for $42.4mil in July 2010 in a collective sale. The apartments at the high-end freehold project are priced from $2,200-2,500 psf. Read more