Experts warn against sky-high bids for land

Developers may be hopeful about the cultivating residential property market nevertheless real estate professionals are ringing the alarm concerning the chance taken of sky-high offers for Government Land Sale (GLS) locations.

The hostile bids and their inferences for the property market were the argument of the industry former times at the REDAS (Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore) property market up to date conference.

REDAS president Augustine Tan advised that strong bids within an indefinite economic viewpoint could deteriorate demand and rush effects of growing vacancy and supply.

The issue also collected the greatest votes during an actual audience election, and was taken up again in the final demonstration by Mr. Donald Han, the respected managing director of Hospitality Strategies Asia Pacific.

Augustine Tan told The Straits Times that buyers were expecting property amounts “will rise by the time the land is established in 2 or 3 years. That is a vast statement and there is an exposure involved”.

“There won’t be best-selling claim,” he added, as the Government has broadcasted the purpose to maintain cooling measures in position.

Mr. Tan mentioned that more unsold units could urge the vacancy proportion from the existing 8.1% into double digits, moving amounts in the primary along with secondary markets.

A key qualifying feature would be the source of land, Mr. Tan added. “We should not rush on making choices to increase the land volume,” he said. Land supply is classically used as a planning device to fight high prices – nevertheless with developers starving for land, growing supply could degrade the market if appeal is low in the future, he said.

Mr. Tan’s explanations follow the new uptick in land supply for this half-yearly, proclaimed last week. The sixteen spots in the GLS program can produce up to 8,125 private homes, up as of the 7,465 units presented in the first half.

Experts have said that the small increase may not satisfy developers’ cravings. Developers have been compensating a typical 29% more for residential conspiracies over similar locations sold in the previous 5 years, conferring to a Cushman & Wakefield report. Quite a lot of records have been set for several settings, such as a 99-year lease spot in Stirling Road that went for a top $1 billion to a Chinese association after an intense competition highlighting 13 bidders.

Mr. Donald Han said the bidding is motivated by extraordinary optimism and contract sizes, with new sales more than 1,000 units each for April, March and May.

The level of assurance between developers in the first quarter of this year was the topmost since year 2011, conferring to a real estate view guide gathered by REDAS and the National University of Singapore.

Foreign developers are also observing Singapore as they notice that the market is “bottoming”, mentioned by Mr. Han. According to the Edmund Tie & Company head of research, Dr. Lee Nai Jia, said foreign developers may be less income-obsessed as they ponder Singapore a stage to display their product. This could reduce the profit limits of Singaporean developers in 2-3 years’ time, he added.

Thus, it might be a good time to looking at some existing development and recent upcoming launches before the prices soar amidst the increase in land cost. Some of the upcoming launches include Le Quest @ Bukit Batok, Martin Modern @ Martin Place, 24 One Residences @ Pasir Panjang and also Kandis Residences @ Sembawang.