21 October 2024
Viewpoint: How will the new BTO classification framework impact the HDB market?
For the first time, home buyers can look forward to seven Plus projects and one Prime project in the Build-to-Order (BTO) sales exercise under a new classification framework. In total, HDB will offer 8,500 flats across 15 projects in nine HDB towns in the upcoming BTO sales exercise, in the largest number of projects launched in a BTO exercise to date,
The number of new flats launched will also account for more than 40 per cent of the new HDB flat supply for 2024.
What are the key changes? How will the overhauled framework impact the resale market?
Christine Sun, Chief Researcher and Strategist at OrangeTee & Tie shares with us more.

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22 February 2023
Culture Club: Higher HDB grants, more chances vs wealth tax: What does it all mean for your housing needs?’
At Budget 2023, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong announced more support measures and payout to help households, workers and businesses deal with inflation in his speech.
But how will these additional support measures impact Singapore’s red hot property market?
Christine Sun, Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics, OrangeTee & Tie.  shares her views.

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3 January 2023
Powering Your Property: What lies ahead for Singapore real estate in 2023?
Looking ahead to the new year, many will be watching the property market in Singapore with great interest. Will prices of private homes and HDB resale flats rise at a slower pace in 2023?
Prime Time’s Bharati Jagdish speaks with Christine Sun, Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics, OrangeTee & Tie for her outlook for the property market in 2023.

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18 October 2022
Executive condos highly attractive to HDB upgraders for their investment value
Executive condominiums prices are now at a record high. Almost 300 resale ECs have yielded profits of at least half a million dollars. On Powering Your Property, Prime Time's Bharati Jagdish finds out how windfalls from resale exec condos make them an alluring buy for HDB upgraders with Christine Sun, Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics, OrangeTee & Tie.

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21 June 2022
Cool-down in rent is not expected to come anytime soon in 2022 by experts
New private home sales have reached its highest point within 6 months. Compared to April, the figure of sold flats is double and even 51.5% higher than last year. At the same time, there seems no ease in the surge of housing prices among condominium and HDB. On SGExtra, Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Christine Sun, Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics, OrangeTee & Tie to find out more.

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9 November 2021
Powering Your Property: Why do property prices keep going up in Singapore?
Prices of resale non-landed private homes have also climbed for the 15th consecutive month in October - but is the only way up for private and public property prices?

In Powering Your Property, hosts Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly spoke to Christine Sun, Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics at Orange Tee & Tie to find out.

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22 June 2021
Powering Your Property: New private homes sales fall amid tightened Covid-19 measures
Fewer new private homes in Singapore were sold last month compared to the month before as Singapore's Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) measures kicked in.
But as Singapore continues to step up on the roll-out of vaccination and recently allowing Covid-19 measures to be further relaxed, how will the private property market fare in the months ahead?
In Powering Your Property, Rachel Kelly spoke to Christine Sun, Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics, OrangeTee & Tie for more insights.

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2 June 2021
Powering Your Property: What makes a $1 million HDB flat?
More HDB resale flats have been sold for a million dollars and such transactions have been grabbing headlines. Some owners may be wondering if their flats have what it takes to fetch a million dollars.
In Powering Your Property, Howie Lim spoke to Christine Sun, senior vice-president of research and analytics at OrangeTee & Tie for more insights on what makes a million-dollar flat.

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24 January 2021
Weekends: Christine Sun on the trends in private residential market
Glenn van Zutphen and Weekend Morning Guest Co-Host Joon-Nie Lau, Director, Asia at the World Association of News Publishers speak to Ms Christine Sun, Senior Vice-President of Research & Analytics at Orange Tee & Tie. about the Singapore property market trend and how has the pandemic impacted the demand for housing.

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12 November 2019
Powering Your Property: More HDB resale flats sold in October
It was reported last week that more HDB resale flats were sold in October, compared with previous months, since higher grants and income ceilings for first-time buyers took effect in September. In Powering Your Property, Christine Sun, head of research and consultancy, at OrangeTee & Tie brings us through all the latest property headlines.

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