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Singapore Cooling Measures – History of cooling measures since 2009

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Stanley

Stanley loves crunching numbers in excel and analysing them. Naturally, he helps Stacked Homes generate articles based on his analysis as much as he can. When he’s not using Excel, he enjoys watching movies and eating chocolates.

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rikke
rikke
5 years ago

Very comprehensive and well-written! If at anytime the government removes the cooling measures, Singapore will see a huge growth in property prices again. There’s a lot of pent-up demand from buyers who were priced out from the measures.

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[…] Duties. Additional Buyers Stamp Duty (ABSD) and Sellers Stamp Duty (SSD), part of the cooling measures implemented by the government to prevent consistent hikes in housing prices. They can add to quite […]

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[…] a result of this, the government began introducing cooling measures from 2009 to soften the demand on residential housing – thus, ensuring a smooth and sustainable […]

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[…] we know, property market prices began to rocket as soon as economic sentiment returned post-crisis. Cooling measures were therefore introduced by the government in 2009 to ensure a smooth and sustainable property […]

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