Housing prices unlikely to sustain momentum of past three years: Desmond Lee
The authorities ramped up the construction of new Build-To-Order (BTO) and nonpublic housing units to balance demand and supply. Approximately 21,400 HDB apartments and 21,300 exclusive housing units were finished in 2023, amounting to 43,000. Lee indicates that it is the greatest range of homes completed across both the HDB and nonpublic markets in a particular year – ever since 2018.
The BTO application price amongst first-timer households for all flat types in 2023 was 1.9, less than the pre-pandemic level of 3.7 in 2019.
Lee, as a result, closes out that real estate prices are unlikely to sustain the force they have actually observed in the past three years. “So, I encourage buyers to be prudent in their investments to refrain from exhausting themselves,” he warns.
Property prices have also regulated, Lee notices. Based on the 4Q2023 flash quotes, the private household price index increased at a reduced speed of 6.7% in 2023, matched up to 8.6% in 2022.
After a high of 43,000 new houses accomplished in 2023, an additional 28,000 are set up for finish this year, and an additional 24,000 in 2025. The overall number of public and exclusive homes performed from 2023 to 2025 is merely under 100,000 units.
The moderation in deal volume and cost growth is anticipated to proceed in 2024, impacting existing and prospective buyers, states Lee. “As PM Lee accentuate in his New Year’s message, we ought to be prepared for our outside setting to become much less beneficial in the upcoming years.”
In a similar way, HDB resale rates increased by 4.8%, less than half the 10.4% raise in 2022. The proportion of resale flat purchasers that paid cash-over-valuation (COV) also decreased dramatically in 2023, halving to 15% in 4Q2023 from nearly 30% in 4Q2022. For this reason, most HDB resale purchasers did not need to pay COV.
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In his opening address at the Building & Construction Authority-Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore’s Built Environment and Property Prospects Seminar on Jan 15, Desmond Lee, Minister for National Development and Minister-in-Charge of Social Services Integration, says that remarkable disturbances caused by the pandemic within the previous 4 years have caused a limited real estate supply amid solid demand for mortgage.
He adds that need for exclusive and public non commercial markets has actually presented signs of moderating, and transaction volumes have actually reduced. The total number of nonpublic real estate and HDB resale sales have already slipped by about 13% and 4%, respectively, in 2023, contrasted to 2022.
Residential home mortgage prices are at the moment in between 3.7% and 4.4% and are expected to remain strong for a prolonged period. Lee adds that it will certainly affect existing house owners, potential property buyers, and overleveraged and debt-laden firms.
Geopolitical unpredictabilities remain to haunt the global economic climate, and Singapore will certainly not be immune to these effects, tells Lee.
