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  • Government bumps up supply of private homes for full-year 2023 to highest in a decade. Orchard Road, Zion Road sites among 8 state land plots to be offered in H2 for private housing. Charming Garden makes third and final bid at collective sale with same S$175 million guide price. When new condo units are pricier than older ones by over 70 per cent. New private home sales up 17% in May from April, on the back of a doubling in launches.      
  • Government bumps up supply of private homes for full-year 2023 to highest in a decade. Orchard Road, Zion Road sites among 8 state land plots to be offered in H2 for private housing. Charming Garden makes third and final bid at collective sale with same S$175 million guide price. When new condo units are pricier than older ones by over 70 per cent. New private home sales up 17% in May from April, on the back of a doubling in launches.      

Will increasing interest rates cause property prices to drop? Should I wait for that to happen?

Knowing the correlation between low interest rates and high property prices, investors buying real estate have been timing the market to ask: Will increasing interest rates cause property prices to drop? If so, should I wait for that to happen? In this article, we examine the correlation between interest rates and property prices, and make the case for the “Singapore Exceptionalism” – arguing that various factors that cushion the real estate market in Singapore make it unlikely for property prices to fall, despite rising interest rates.