CPF extra interest, weekly resales, luxury condo sales down 16.5% QoQ, agent transparency, Casa Mett (SG Property Daily)
Propwise Analysis
SORA vs SOR and SIBOR: When Does a Fixed Home Loan Win?
SOR and SIBOR are gone, so floating home loans now follow SORA. How SORA and fixed rates compare, with real bank rates and when fixing has paid off.
CPF Extra Interest: 1% on Your First S$60,000, and 2% at Age 55
CPF pays extra interest on your first S$60,000 of combined balances, and the OA counts to S$20,000. Tiers, two examples and what using the OA does.
Non-Landed Resale Transactions: Week of 30 October – 5 November 2026
359 condo, apartment and EC resales that URA added in the week of 30 October – 5 November 2026, with prices, sizes and tenures.
Landed vs Condo Prices: 4 Reasons the Gap Widened Since 2009 (Q3 2026)
Landed prices are up 8.6% in a year and condo prices 2.0%. Four reasons the gap between them has widened since 2009, with charts.
News
Luxury condo transactions fall 16.5% QoQ to 66 in Q3 2026; the priciest is a S$20 million Sculptura Ardmore home
Transactions of luxury non-landed homes fell to 66 in the third quarter from 79 in the second, and enquiries dipped. Huttons attributes the dip to some Chinese nationals liquidating assets to meet higher tax obligations. The most expensive home sold was a 3,272 sq ft unit in freehold Sculptura Ardmore for S$20 million.
Government studies longer-term measures on property listings, agent commissions and agency support
The measures cover the accuracy of property listings, clearer commission arrangements, easier ways for consumers to choose and assess property agents, and how agencies support their agents. Senior Minister of State Sun Xueling spoke on Oct 26 and more details will come as the measures are developed. The Council for Estate Agencies unveiled changes to the real estate sales industry in July.
Casa Mett hotel off Orchard Road is dropped; a new operator is sought for a Q2 2027 opening
The owner Royal Group of Companies and the would-be operator Sunset Hospitality Group agreed to discontinue the project on the former Ming Arcade site. Royal Group is looking to open the hotel with a yet-to-be-announced operator in the second quarter of 2027. Both parties say the decision is unrelated to the Middle East conflict.
Three Orchard Central tenants told to vacate move to JustCo Place, which has 80% of its retail space leased
Evolve MMA, Helen’s and K.STAR Karaoke were told to leave Orchard Central by end-November. Evolve MMA will take a 10,000 sq ft flagship at JustCo Place on Orchard Road. Retailers there start operating progressively from December 2026 and the co-living space is due in 2027.
A Kallang Trivista four-room flat sells for S$1.32 million, a Kallang/Whampoa record
The 1,055 sq ft Premium Apartment at Block 8A Upper Boon Keng Road, on the 19th to 21st floors, sold for S$1.32 million (S$1,251 psf). It beats the previous four-room record of S$1.301 million (S$1,233 psf) for a flat of the same size on the 28th to 30th floors of Block 8B in October 2023.
SingPost H1 net profit rises 183.7% YoY to S$55.9 million on sale and leaseback of HDB shophouses
Exceptional items of S$44.4 million largely reflect gains from the sale and leaseback of 10 HDB post office shophouses. Revenue slipped 1.3% YoY to S$185.9 million. Underlying net profit more than doubled to S$11.5 million.
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust H2 DPU is flat YoY at S$0.0295; net property income up 8.8% YoY
Revenue rose 6.7% YoY to S$255.2 million and net property income 8.8% to S$187.6 million in the half ended September. Excluding divestment gains, DPU would have risen 7.1% YoY to S$0.0288. Higher finance costs offset part of the gain.