New private home sales down 58% in December on the back of cooling measures

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Sales for the whole of 2021, however, hit an eight-year high.

introduced by the Government in December to cool the private residential and Housing Board resale markets.

“The market caught a chill after the Government imposed cooling measures on Dec 16, 2021,” said Huttons Asia senior director for research Lee Sze Teck. OrangeTee & Tie's senior vice president of research and analytics at OrangeTee & Tie Christine Sun had a similar sentiment. She noted, however, that the full impact of the new cooling measures is yet to be seen, as a number of deals were closed before the property curbs kicked in.

 

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Selective reporting of statistics. Records will show that December to February are a lull for private properties. Year on year or month on month from march to august will be the real gauge.

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