Headline: Resale Prices remain flat for the last 6 month on low volume
- Non-landed Private Residential Resale prices inched down 0.1% in September 2015 compared to August 2015. In individual sectors, CCR post a price increase of 2.8% whereas prices in RCR and OCR post decreases of 1.4% and 0.9% respectively.
According to the SRX Non-landed Private Residential Price Index:
- Year-on-year, prices in September 2015 drop 1.2% from September 2014;
- Compared to 6 months ago, Sep 2015 prices are almost flat, inching down by a small 0.06% point;
- September 2015 prices are down 6.7% from the recent peak in January 2014;
- Price change in August was revised from a 0.2% increase to a 0.1% increase.
- Year-on-year, resale volume in September 2015 is down 4.7% compared to 468 units resold in September 2014;
- Resale volume is down 78.2% compared to its peak of 2,050 units resold in April 2010.
3. Overall median Transaction Over X-Value (T-O-X) rises for the first time in the past 6 months, albeit slightly. The median T-O-X for Non-landed Private Residential measures whether people are overpaying or underpaying the SRX Property X-Value estimated market value.
- The median T-O-X in September 2015 is a positive $1,000.
4. District 15 post highest median T-O-X. For districts with more than 10 resale transactions in August 2015, District 15 (Katong, Joo Chiat, Amber Road) post the highest median T-O-X at $20,000. This means that a majority of the buyers in this district purchased units above the computer-generated market value.
5. Among relatively active districts, District 19 posts the most negative median T-O-X. District 19 (Serangoon, Hougang, Punggol) posts a T-O-X of NEGATIVE $5,000. This means that a majority of the buyers in these districts purchased units below the computer-generated market value.