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DEAL WATCH: Third unit at Ardmore II sold below $2,500 psf this year

By Tan Chee Yuen

/ The Edge Property |

October 20, 2015 4:00 PM SGT

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A 2,024 sq ft high-floor unit in ArdmoreII was sold for $5.05 million ($2,496 psf) in September, based on caveats listed by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). The price was slightly below The Edge Fair Value of $2,530 psf.

The sale represented the third value deal in the project this year. In September, a mid-floor unit changed hands for the same price as the subject property. Another mid-floor unit was sold for $4.7 million ($2,323 psf) in March.

Based on URA caveats, prices last touched the $2,500 psf level in December 2011 and March 2012 when comparable units were sold at $2,574 psf and $2,570 psf respectively. Ardmore II is a luxury freehold development in District 10 that was completed in 2010. Prices in the 118-unit project hovered between $2,800psf and $3,000 psf in 2013 (see Table 1). No caveat was lodged in 2014.

According to flash estimates by the URA, prices of non-landed homes in the high-end segment, or Core Central Region, softened by another 1.3% q-o-q in 3Q2015, putting it at 9% below their peak in 1Q2013.

A location scan of properties within 500m of Ardmore II shows potential value deals at below $2,000 psf, or just over $2,000 psf. Gross rental yields were generally between 2.2% and 2.6% (see Table 2).

Table 1: Transaction volume and prices in Ardmore II (2011 to 2015)

Year	Sales volume (units)	Price range ($psf)
2011	9	2,574 – 2,940
2012	6	2,520 – 2,841
2013	2	2,841 – 2,950
2014	-	-
2015	4	2,323 – 2,866

Source: URA, The Edge Property

Table 2: Location scan of properties within 500m of Ardmore II

Project Name	Tenure	Completion	Average Price (S$ psf)	Sales Volume	Average Rent (S$ psf pm)	Rental Volume	Rental Yield (%)
THE DRAYCOTT	Freehold	1980	1,729	2	3.1	20	2.2
7 DRAYCOTT DRIVE	Freehold	2000	1,900	1	-	-	-
THE ARC AT DRAYCOTT	Freehold	2008	1,913	1	5.1	11	3.2
ST REGIS RESIDENCES SINGAPORE	999 years	2008	2,152	3	4.6	26	2.6
ORION	Freehold	2008	2,269	1	4.2	9	2.2
THE CLAYMORE	Freehold	1985	2,539	1	3.8	24	1.8
ARDMORE II	Freehold	2010	2,619	3	4.8	23	2.2
ARDMORE PARK	Freehold	2001	2,957	5	5.5	62	2.3

Source: URA, The Edge Property

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This article appeared in The Edge Property Pullout, Issue 699 (October 19, 2015) of The Edge Singapore.

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