Singapore (VNA) - Private residential homes in Singapore continue to be the most expensive in the Asia-Pacific for the second year in a row, according to a report by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) released on May 21.
ULI said the median price of Singapore’s private homes stood at 1.3 million USD in 2023, the most expensive out of the 48 cities in 11 countries that the report studied.
It was followed by Hong Kong (China), which recorded an average home price of 1.15 million USD. Homes in Sydney, the next highest market, had a median price of 1.06 million USD.
In terms of price per square metre, however, Hong Kong was the most costly private housing market in the region with an average price of 18,331 USD per sq m.
This was followed by Singapore private homes, which had a median of 11,749 USD per sq m, and Shenzhen in China with an average of 10,142 USD per sq m./.
Decrees to facilitate enforcement of laws on housing, real estate
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a hybrid conference on May 21 to discuss some draft decrees on the enforcement of the 2023 Law on Housing and 2023 Law on Real Estate Business.