Tuesday, August 21, 2007

2Q07 Sub-sales %tage Increasing

Sub-sales are resale of projects before their completion, and the data is based on caveats lodged. Sub-sale figures tracked by caveats lodged, however, are not very accurate as ‘flipping’ of Option to Purchase (OTP) are not captured.

Total number of sub-sale transacted in the 2Q was 1,254, which was 9.7% of total sales.


New sales Sub-sale Resale Total Sub-sale% of total
Period Uncompl Compl Sub-total



1Q 07 4,565 218 4,783 749 4,645 10,177 7.4
2Q 07 4,820 309 5,129 1,254 6,514 12,897 9.7
Source of data: URA

Sub-sales index is to track how widespread speculation is. During 2Q96 property peak, sub-sales formed about 28% of total sales, and led to Government intervention that really cool down the market.

* SISV-News 21Aug *

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