Slow start to 2023 for real estate investment sales amid market uncertainties: Knight Frank
. Singapore’s real estate investment sales got off to a slow start in 2023, let down by the country recording just $4.2 billion of investment sales during the first quarter. This was a marked decrease of 61% compared to the same period in 2022.
The residential market had its own share of challenges, with only $1.6 billion of deals made during the first three months of the year. However, the sale of Holland Tower is the first successful residential en bloc transaction in the Core Central Region since property cooling measures were imposed in December 2021. This suggests that there is a developing interest for prime locations for development sites, as the nation waits for signs of recovery from the pandemic.
Frasers Centrepoint Trust and Frasers Property paid $652.5 million for a 50% stake in Nex, one of the notable transactions that took place in the commercial sector. The industrial …