
Chart of the Day: Singapore investment sales down 8.4% YoY to $3.63b
Amid tough marketing environment.
There has been no sign that the government will consider relaxing some property cooling measures, such as those relating to the ABSD and the TDSR.
According to a report by Savills, the investment market experienced another slow quarter in Q1/2015. Transaction volume totalled S$3.63 billion which is only 5.0% above that of Q4/2014.
Together with the abovementioned cooling measures, high capital values, yield compression and recent spikes in interest rates have continued to exert pressure on the market, the residential segment in particular. As a result, investment sales in Q1/2015 showed a decline of 8.4% from the same period of last year.