13/04/2022
Upcoming units at Keppel Club site will attract keen interest from home buyers:
โ4-room BTO flat at Keppel Club site could cost $700kโ โ ST, Pg A7, Apr 13, 2022
โ6,000 HDB flats to be built on Keppel Club siteโ -
โ4-room BTO flats on Keppel Club site could cost over S$700,000, high demand expected: Analystsโ โ TODAY Online, Link, Apr 13, 2022
Analysts expect the upcoming public and private housing units on the site currently occupied by Keppel Club to prove a hit with home buyers, thanks to the prime location and the appeal of waterfront living.
According to real estate agency PropNex, the land parcels yielding some 3,000 private homes will be sold through the Government Land Sales Programme and could be done via a dual-envelope concept and price model. They could be launched for tender over the next 2 to 3 years, reckoned chief executive Ismail Gafoor, adding that the announcement of the fresh supply is unlikely to result in a correction in today's market since it will not be available in the near term.
PropNex estimated that private homes on the site could eventually be launched for sale at S$2,500-2,700 per square foot (psf) or higher, depending on market conditions at the time. However, Gafoor also cautioned that development costs could rise should developers have to use more complicated construction procedures, owing to environmental constraints and the need for ecological preservation. This in turn would have an impact on bid prices, and ultimately, selling prices.
Meanwhile, analysts expect the Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) model to apply to the future build-to-order HDB flats at the Keppel Club site, given the prime location and to alleviate the so-called "lottery effect". PropNex's head of research, Wong Siew Ying, said: "The supply of 6,000 new HDB flats that will be offered on the Keppel Club site is considered fairly sizable, but they would likely still sell out, given the overwhelming demand among Singaporeans for flats in prime locations." Wong added: "Flats here will likely have a high potential for capital appreciation and could see strong resale demand, after they exit the minimum occupation period."