House Hunting During A Pandemic
Home & Decor Singapore|January 2022
The property show must go on, pandemic or not. However, it has undoubtedly changed consumers’ buying and selling habits.
House Hunting During A Pandemic

Singapore’s property market is booming. Ask any realtor who uses TikTok or YouTube to post creative house tours and ads. “Singapore’s resilient real estate market is acing the pandemic test,” said the South China Morning Post last September. “Singapore’s Home Sales Remain Resilient Despite Covid Flare-up”, screamed a Bloomberg article headline in October. Financial Times, posted this cheery headline in September: “Overseas buyers return to Singapore’s property market”.

The Straits Times reported 20 HDB units sold for more than $1 million in October, with a five-room Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat at Bishan’s Natura Loft topping the charts at $1.26 million. The total value of Good Class Bungalows sales are heading to a 10-year high as well, with 68 sales worth $2.05 billion transacted in the first eight months of 2021.

What is it like buying and selling during a pandemic? Here are some of the things we learned from real estate agents and buyers and sellers.

PREFERENCE FOR RESALE OVER BTO FLATS

Construction was hit hard by Covid-19 as building materials took longer to arrive, migrant workers living in dorms fell sick and strict Safe Management Measures slowed construction.

Last August, HDB announced that its main contractor, Greatearth Corporation and Greatearth Construction, had run into financial difficulties, halting work on five Build-To-Order (BTO) projects. Sky Vista at Bukit Batok, Senja Heights and Senja Ridges in Bukit Panjang, Marsiling Grove in Woodlands, and West Coast Parkview in Clementi (a Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) replacement site) were affected.

この記事は Home & Decor Singapore の January 2022 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は Home & Decor Singapore の January 2022 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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