The SwipeHomes newsroom
What changed in Singapore property, and what it means for the household deciding. Every figure is traced to its source, with URA, HDB, IRAS and MAS read first.
The Geylang complex moves to private talks after its third collective sale attempt. Official land and home prices around Paya Lebar show why developers held back.
URA's transaction records for the 12 busiest resale condo projects show a tight psf range and a wide price range. How to read a project's record before making an offer, and how HDB's records differ.
Registered resales show how far a fair price strays. Among four-room flats matched on town, lease and storey, about one sale in five went 5% or more under its group's median, and one in 20 went 10% or more under.
A year of HDB resale records shows how often a target price is reached. Near-identical flats typically sold 2.8% apart, and in a rising market far more sellers beat their block's old high.
Official data since 2015 show little seasonal pattern in HDB resale prices. Whether a six-month wait paid off depended on the market's trend and on what waiting cost the seller.
Developers sold 296 private homes in September after a thin August. URA records show new launches still cost 34% to 50% more per square foot than resale condos in the third quarter.
Official indices since 1975 show how often waiting for a fall paid off, how deep the falls went, and how much rent a family pays while it waits.
Official indices and incomes from 2019 to 2025 show HDB prices pulled away from pay in 2020 to 2022. Since then, incomes have come close to keeping pace, and a four-room flat costs 4.4 years of median income.
The 72-unit freehold block is back on the market at $255m. Its land rate sits close to a 2026 government land price, yet four earlier attempts found no sale.
The 999-year block of shops and flats beside Beauty World MRT station goes to tender until 19 November. Official land and home prices show what a bidder would have to believe.
HDB resale records since 2017 show a five-room flat has fetched about twice a newer two-room flat every year. The town and the lease of the flat being sold decide most of what a downsizer releases.
Remaining lease sets how much CPF a buyer can use, how much HDB will lend and who can buy the flat later. Official resale records show how many flats now fall short, and what shorter leases have sold for in the same town.
Toa Payoh's median resale price per sq ft more than doubled from 2020 to the third quarter of 2026, mostly because newer flats sold. Block for block, outer towns rose most.
URA's price index by region, quarter by quarter from early 2020 to the third-quarter 2026 flash estimate, checked against what buyers actually paid.
A year of HDB resale records, broken down by what drives price: town, remaining lease, floor, size and model. Most of the gap between two four-room flats is location and lease; what is left is often about 5% either way.
Every town's resale rate for two-room to executive flats in blocks completed by 2020, built from two HDB datasets. Block age matters more than the town, and the check takes four steps.
Three-month SORA has fallen 2.57 points since October 2023, cutting floating-rate instalments. The HDB loan stays at 2.6%, and the stress rates that set how much anyone can borrow have not moved.
Every town's three-room to executive flats from HDB's resale records for July to September 2026, with deal counts, and why a town median can mislead when the flats behind it differ in lease age.
URA records for the 12 months to September 2026 show a steady per-square-foot gap near Serangoon MRT station. The quantum gap is a different story, and it mostly tracks which units were on sale.
URA transaction records for the year to September 2026 show the per-square-foot gap narrowing since 2023. In URA's Core Central Region, the typical new unit cost less in total than the typical resale.
Official flash estimates for the third quarter show private home prices up 1.4% and HDB resale prices down for a third quarter. The registered resale records explain why the median flat still cost more.
East Coast Road goes to tender with 85 larger homes; Serangoon North View waits on the Reserve List. URA's own tender results show what land nearby has cost.
More than one million HDB households get a doubled U-Save credit in October, as the regulated electricity tariff falls. Half of this year's U-Save is temporary, and households with private property are left out.
Official resale records show a four-room seller can free $170,000 or more by moving to a newer two-room flat. In some older towns, an ageing three-room frees almost nothing.
Industry sentiment on suburban private homes swung from +15% to -14% in one quarter, even as developers sold 1,494 new homes in the Outside Central Region. The survey, the sales data and the loan rules each tell part of the story.
HDB's records since 2017 show a high of 201 million-dollar resales in August, yet the median price per square foot slipped. What private owners weighing a move should take from it.
Official resale records since 2017 show combined flats usually sell for about what their parts are worth. This Telok Blangah listing, on a lease no resold jumbo flat has ever had, would break that pattern.
