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Condo rents rise while HDB rents remain flat

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Rents of condominiums in Singapore inched up last month after two straight months of decline, while those of Housing Board flats held largely steady from June, according to monthly flash data from real estate portal SRX Property yesterday.

The number of units leased also saw a month-on-month increase for both condo and HDB homes.

For non-landed private homes, overall rents last month improved 0.8 per cent from June and were up 2.7 per cent on a year-on-year basis.

Previously, condo rents had dipped 0.2 per cent month on month in both June and May.

Compared with their peak in January 2013, condo rents last month have fallen 16.9 per cent.

Prime apartments in the core central region posted the largest increase of 1.1 per cent last month from June, followed by the suburbs or outside central region with 1 per cent growth and the city fringes or rest of central region, up 0.3 per cent.

The volume of condo units leased grew by 13 per cent on a monthly basis, with about 5,408 condo units rented last month compared with 4,785 units in June.

Year on year, condo rental volume inched down 0.9 per cent.

Nonetheless, last month's volume for condos was still 18.2 per cent higher than the five-year average for the month of July.

Overall HDB rents remained flat on a monthly basis in July, slipping marginally by 0.08 per cent from June but up 1 per cent year on year.

Three-room and executive HDB flats saw rents rising by 1 per cent and 2.5 per cent respectively last month from June. Four-room and five-room flat rents fell by 0.9 per cent and 0.5 per cent respectively.

In non-mature estates, rents for HDB flats edged up by 0.4 per cent month on month, while those in mature estates dropped by 0.4 per cent.

Compared with their peak in August 2013, HDB rents last month have declined 14.5 per cent. - THE STRAITS TIMES

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