Commentaries / Op-Eds
2025
Expectations of market cooling measures are rising among real estate players, as households continue to take on more housing debt amid falling interest rates.
The Business Times, 18 Nov 2025
房地产发展商对市场信心在第三季继续改善，但对政府或进一步出手降温的担忧也同步升高。新加坡国立大学城市与房地产研究院，星期一（11月17日）发布2025年第三季房地产行情指数（Real Estate Sentiment Index，简称RESI）透露这一发现。
Lianhe Zaobao, 17 Nov 2025
Sentiment among real estate players in Singapore continued to improve in the third quarter of 2025, buoyed by easing financial conditions and economic growth.
The Business Times, 17 Nov 2025
Singapore’s property market sentiment has plummeted in the wake of sweeping tariffs announced by the Trump administration, according to the latest Real Estate Sentiment Index (RESI) report.
EdgeProp, 6 June 2025
Real estate leaders in Singapore were significantly more pessimistic in the first quarter of 2025, as sentiment soured after the rollout of tariffs in the United States caused heightened economic uncertainty.
The Business Times, 5 June 2025
Land scarcity, high land prices and sustainability requirements in Singapore are keeping data centre investors and asset managers at bay, a poll by the National University of Singapore (NUS) suggests.
The Business Times, 5 June 2025
As household liabilities grew for the sixth straight quarter, Prof Qian cautions that households may bear higher risks of repaying their loans, such as rising bad debts, delinquency or bankruptcy rates.
The Straits Times, 29 May 2025
新加坡国立大学房地产与城市研究院（IREUS) 星期一（4月28日）发布预估数据显示，3月非有地私宅整体转售价格指数为191.8，较2月的191.3略有上升。
Lianhe Zaobao, 29 Apr 2025
Prices of private non-landed residential properties inched up in March, reversing from the decline recorded in February, according to the National University of Singapore (NUS) Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies (IREUS).
EdgeProp Singapore, 28 Apr 2025
Industry players and experts believe that buy now, pay later services enjoy certain advantages, such as greater transparency, and that they make it easier for some consumers to obtain loans, so they will continue to have a place in the credit market.
Channel 8 News, 7 Apr 2025
Flash estimates of the SRPI indicate that condo prices grew by 1.3% m-o-m from December 2024 to January this year. The SRPI measures the m-o-m movement of private non-landed residential properties in Singapore based on a basket of 818 completed condo developments.
EdgeProp Singapore, 28 Feb 2025
Sentiment among property companies in Singapore continued to improve in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Berita Harian, 26 Feb 2025
On the back of a robust private resale market and with interest rates remaining low, property sentiment stayed bouyant in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Lianhe Zaobao, 25 Feb 2025
Around four in five property players believe that executive condominiums remain relevant and desirable despite growing prices, a survey conducted by IREUS found.
The Business Times, 25 Feb 2025
Sentiment among real estate players in Singapore continued to improve in the fourth quarter of 2024, with more new residential projects expected to be pushed out and launch prices seen pitched “moderately higher”, a quarterly poll indicated..
The Business Times, 24 Feb 2025
IREUS director, Prof Qian Wenlan discusses how property, like other goods, are also subject to supply and demand dynamics, as well as cyclical trends.
ChannelNews Asia, 28 Jan 2025
国立大学房地产与城市研究院（IREUS）发布2024年第四季房地产行情指数显示，当前指数为6.2，环比上扬0.3。调查也显示，78%的受访者表示，政府若降温，是未来六个月房地产市场的最大潜在风险。
Lianhe Zaobao, 25 Jan 2025
2024
新加坡国立大学房地产与城市研究院（IREUS）12月27日发布的11月非有地私宅价格指数（NUS SRPI）预估数据显示，2024年11月的整体转售价格指数上涨0.4%，比10月份的涨幅0.7%有所放缓。
Lianhe Zaobao, 28 Dec 2024
Contrary to popular belief, being born in a Chinese Dragon year may not be as advantageous as it seems. Children in this cohort face more intense competition, both in school and at work.
Business Insider, 29 Nov 2024
Competitive rental is the most important factor that determines how industrial space users decide where to move, as our recent "Hot Topic" survey found.
The Business Times, 27 Nov 2024
Property buying sentiment in Singapore has turned a corner in 3Q2024, according to the latest Real Estate Sentiment Index (RESI).
EdgeProp, 26 Nov 2024
Following interest rates cuts by the US Fed beginning in September, property market sentiment has markedly improved with the anticipation of further monetary easing in the pipeline.
The Business Times, 26 Nov 2024
国大指数显示，非有地私宅的转售价格保持平稳，9月份的整体转售价格指数与前个月相同。分析师预测，10月和11月有更多新私宅开盘，加上房贷利率下滑，私宅转售市场接下来几个月内会保持平稳。
Lianhe Zaobao, 29 Oct 2024
我国非有地私宅的转售价格保持平稳，整体转售价格指数在7月劲升1.1%后，8月份环比维持不变。分析师普遍认为，买家之前因为预期美国在9月宣布降息，选择推迟购房决定。如今，降息周期正式启动，预料让私宅转售市场更加热络。
Lianhe Zaobao, 1 Oct 2024
The rise of alternative work arrangements and competition from other commercial spaces are putting pressure on older business parks, which need to reinvent themselves to stay in the running.
The Straits Times, 2 Sep 2024
In the Q2 RESI survey, respondents polled showed a more optimistic sentiment in view of an anticipated interest rate cut by the US Fed later part of the year.
The Business Times, 29 Aug 2024
市场分析师认为，6月学校假期结束后，非有地私宅市场回暖，而部分买家为了避开农历七月的“鬼节”，提前在7月购买转售非有地私宅。
Lianhe Zaobao, 29 Aug 2024
In the event of a hard landing for the US economy following the 5 August stock market slump, will China be dragged down or can it offer an alternative safer haven for capital?
ThinkChina, 7 Aug 2024
新加坡国立大学房地产与城市研究院（IREUS）7月29日发布的6月份非有地私宅价格指数（NUS SRPI）预估数据显示，新加坡所有公寓和小型公寓的价格均有下滑。
Lianhe Zaobao, 30 July 2024
我国5月份非有地私宅整体转售价格指数上扬0.2%，延续前一个月的上升趋势。与去年同期相比，指数上升3.9%，今年首5个月，非有地私宅整体转售价格上扬1.1%。
Lianhe Zaobao, 4 July 2024
A study on China’s Housing Purchase Restriction policy shows investors misallocating capital after property market curbs were implemented, resulting in significant trading losses.
The Business Times, 27 Jun 2024
About 65% of respondents who are senior executives in the real estate industry felt that co-working spaces would not entirely replace traditional office space.
The Business Times, 4 Jun 2024
The first three months of this year saw sentiment in the local real estate market continue improve after turning the corner in the last quarter of 2023.
EdgeProp, 3 Jun 2024
Amid improving sentiment on the overall, industry players have turned markedly more pessimistic on the prime residential sector, as well as the office and the business park/hi-tech space sectors.
The Business Times, 3 Jun 2024
While overall sentiment improved, industry players have turned markedly more pessimistic on the prime residential sector, as well as the office and business park/high-tech segments.
The Straits Times, 3 Jun 2024
最新的新加坡国立大学房地产价格指数（SRPI）显示，4月份非有地私宅整体转售价格指数上扬0.5%，逆转3月份下跌的情况。
Lianhe Zaobao, 29 May 2024
新加坡国立大学房地产与城市研究院星期一（4月29日）发布3月的非有地私宅价格指数（NUS SRPI）预估数据显示，3月本地非有地私宅整体转售价转跌，但与去年同期相比仍上涨3.5%。今年前3个月，非有地私宅整体转售价格上涨0.3%。
Lianhe Zaobao, 30 Apr 2024
新加坡国立大学房地产与城市研究院星期三（2月28日）发布1月的非有地私宅价格指数（NUS SRPI）预估数据显示，本地非有地私宅整体转售价微涨0.3%，较前一个月0.7%涨幅放缓。不包括小型公寓的非中央区私宅转售价环比上涨0.5%，上个月则环比上涨0.4%，连续上涨两个月。
Lianhe Zaobao, 29 Feb 2024
国立大学房地产与城市研究院星期一（1月29日）发布去年12月非有地私宅价格指数（NUS SRPI）预估数据显示，本地非有地私宅整体转售价稍微上升，与11月份的下跌0.6%相反。
Lianhe Zaobao, 30 Jan 2024
2023
市场分析师在接受《联合早报》记者采访时指出，房价增长速度与现在的通胀率大致持平，这意味着业主与私宅挂钩的财富并未受到通胀侵蚀。
Lianhe Zaobao, 31 Oct 2023
Flash estimates for the overall SRPI on Oct 30 indicate that prices of resale private non-landed residential properties in Singapore grew 0.7% m-o-m in September.
EdgeProp, 30 Oct 2023
Prof Qian talks about the new classification system and what it entails for BTO and resale owners and buyers.
The Business Times, 26 Oct 2023
新加坡国立大学房地产与城市研究院院长钱文澜教授接受《联合早报》访问时说，私宅转售市场在政府于4月推出新一轮降温措施后放缓。从观察到的转售价格和交易量来看，市场已趋向平稳。尽管目前经济面对未知数，但新加坡的政治稳定，治安良好，私宅需求仍然存在。
Lianhe Zaobao, 29 Sep 2023
新加坡国立大学房地产（房地产系和房地产与城市研究院的统称）星期三（8月30日）发布今年次季房地产行情指数（Real Estate Sentiment Index，简称RESI）显示，黄金地段住宅房地产第二季当前行情百分比净值（current net balances）为负40%，意味净40%的受访者对这个领域表示悲观。
Lianhe Zaobao, 31 Aug 2023
As corporates here voice concern about the cost of deploying solar energy, they requested for government support to help defray costs.
The Business Times, 31 Aug 2023
As the two successive rounds of cooling measures exert their effects on the market, prime residential was the most adversely affected in 2Q 2023.
The Business Times, 30 Aug 2023
新加坡国立大学房地产与城市研究院8月28日发布预估数据，7月份非有地私宅整体转售价格指数环比涨1.0%，扭转前一个月下跌0.6%的情况。
Lianhe Zaobao, 29 August 2023
根据国立大学房地产与城市研究院7月27日发布的预估数据，6月非有地私宅整体转售价格指数环比跌0.7%，扭转之前一个月上扬0.2%的涨势。
联合早报, 28 July 2023
From deferring launches to offering discounts, developers polled in the 1Q 2023 Real Estate Sentiment Index (RESI) survey share their strategies for coping with the ABSD revisions.
The Business Times, 31 May 2023
国大房地产与城市研究院院长钱文澜教授说，随着新加坡在2021年12月推出房地产降温措施，以及美国联邦储备局没有放弃加息的迹象，市场情绪自2022年初以来一直处于下降趋势。
Lianhe Zaobao, 31 May 2023
A combination of property cooling measures, elevated interest rates and the banking crisis in the West have led to declining sentiments in the real estate sector since early 2022.
The Business Times, 30 May 2023
Prof Qian said those two rounds of cooling measures in December 2021 and September 2022 have reduced market transaction volume and slowed the growth of prices in the private and HDB resale market, although price levels continue to rise.
Channel NewsAsia, 21 May 2023
As the market appears to turn the corner, should homebuyers now wait to see how prices will pan out? Prof Qian lays out the considerations.
Channel NewsAsia, 17 Apr 2023
国立大学房地产与城市研究院（IREUS）2月28日发布1月非有地私宅价格指数（NUS SRPI）预估数据显示，整体非有地私宅转售价与去年12月持平；主要是因为非中央区的私宅（不包括小型公寓）和小型私宅的价值指数分别萎缩0.3%和0.5%；中央区的私宅价格指数则上扬0.6%。
Lianhe Zaobao, 1 March 2023
向富人提高征税对他们本身的消费并没有多大影响，而政府通过更高的税收推出援助政策，可带动低收入者的消费，起到了财富再分配的作用。
Lianhe Zaobao, 11 February 2023
每年12月是房地产市场传统上的淡季，尽管交易量下跌，去年12月的非有地私宅整体转售价格指数环比上升0.5%，延续之前一个月的上涨势头。
Lianhe Zaobao, 31 January 2023