Wednesday, November 19, 2014

No one home as EC waits for occupants

Vacancy rates soar as supply spikes.  Upgraders take longer to sell flats.

The resale market is rather lacklustre.  Vacancy rates at executive condominiums are at their highest level in more than five years.  Demand for HDB flats has cooled, so upgraders take a significantly longer time to sell their HDB units.

Vacant EC units rose to 16.2% in the third quarter, from 12.2% in the second quarter and justt 6% in the first.   The 2,375 vacant units came mostly from newer projects.  This is unsurprising.  There seems to be a flood of supply in the market.



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