
Chart of the Day: Discover which segments are biting off most of the property market's pie
Less traditional segments are actually popular.
Investment sales in the residential segment totalled S$1.44 billion in Q3/2014, making up 24.1% of the total transaction value. Compared with the preceding quarter, it decreased by 14.5%.
According to a report by Savills, the commercial segment, especially the office market, continued to be the star performer in Q3/2014, where it contributed 33.2% of total investment sales or S$1.98 billion.
Most of the investment sales activities in this quarter stem from the private sector and from less traditional segments. The hospitality segment saw more than a tripling of last quarter’s value of hospitality assets sold, amounting to S$1.10 billion, or 18.5% of total investment sales.
Savills adds that the mixed-use segment recorded S$929.6 million or 15.6% of total investment sales this quarter, compared to none in the previous two quarters. The substantial increase was mainly attributed to two large deals.
In the reviewed quarter, the industrial segment recorded S$464.8 million in investment sales, or 7.8% of total transaction value.