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Cheapest New Launches in Singapore (2026)

Filter Singapore's new-launch market by price — say, anything under $1.5M — and you will see a CCR studio, an OCR 2-bedroom, and a Tanjong Pagar building where nearly every unit is still available, all sitting in the same results column. Same budget. Completely different products. And

S&P 500 vs Private Property: Which Performed Better Over 10 Years?

Most people who bought a $1.5M condo in 2013 and sold it a decade later will tell you they "roughly broke even." They paid $1.5M. They sold for maybe $1.35M. Small loss, they say — held through the cooling measures, survived the cycle, not bad. That

The 1-Bedroom New Launch Nearly Vanished. The Market That Killed It Still Has More Than the Market That Never Wanted It.

Here is the finding that should not be possible: OCR — the heartland region, where buyers stepping up from HDB shop for their first private home — now has fewer new-launch projects offering a 1-bedroom unit than CCR, the region where the foreign investor who drove 1-bedroom demand was

The AFC Took 11 Years to Recover. The GFC Took 2.5. SARS Barely Registered. The Difference Was Never the Size of the Crisis.

Every time a new crisis hits the news — tariffs, rate shocks, geopolitical tension — the same question surfaces: should I sell before it gets worse, or hold and wait it out? The data from four decades of Singapore private property gives an answer. Not the reassuring "Singapore always recovers"

The Win-Rate Column Is Lying to You. Here Is the $4.5 Million Proof.

Here is the full ranking. Win rate first, then what it is hiding. Project Region Tenure Completion Txns Win Rate Avg Gross Profit Typical Size (sqft) Avg Hold (yrs) Ardmore Park CCR D10 Freehold — 12 100% +$4,841,612 2,885 15.7 Grange Residences CCR D10 Freehold — 10 100%

The Only New-Launch 4-Bedroom Under $2M in Singapore Starts at Around 1,000 Sqft — Smaller Than the HDB Down the Road

Five new-launch 4-bedrooms in Singapore currently start below $2.7M. The cheapest begins at $1,814,000. But that floor price buys around 1,000 sqft — which is smaller than a resale HDB 4-room in Pasir Ris, the same town, selling for roughly $700,000. The private

The Promotions List Is Sorted Backwards. Here Is How to Read It Correctly.

Singapore's private new-launch market is rising — prices climbed 1.3% in Q1 2026, the strongest quarterly gain in five quarters. Into that backdrop, nine projects are currently running promotions. A buyer browsing the list will naturally sort by the headline saving. That instinct produces the wrong answer.

You Can Still Buy a CCR New Launch for Under $2M. Here Is What $1.49M Actually Gets You.

You Can Still Buy a CCR New Launch for Under $2M. Here Is What $1.49M Actually Gets You. Four CCR new launches have at least one unit type starting under $2M right now. The cheapest entry — $1,488,000 at Midtown Bay (Tan Quee Lan Street, D7, within walking