 Redevelopment values in multi-family properties: Evidence from en bloc sales in SingaporeLiu Ee Chia and Tien Foo Sing Journal of Housing Economics, 2023, vol. 60, issue C Abstract: “Teardown” or redevelopment is an effective policy tool to increase supply elasticity in land-scarce cities. In Singapore, redevelopment of older multi-family properties requires the consent of majority owners to sell their units collectively in a process widely known as “en bloc” sales. Using the resale transaction data in Singapore from 1995 to 2018, we find that private multi-family properties with redevelopment potentials sell at significant premiums of at least 36.7% on average. The resale values of properties with redevelopment potentials increase by 5.5% to 8.3% after the consent of the majority owners to sell the redevelopment rights is obtained. The anticipative effects are observed in resale transactions as early as one year before the en bloc sale events. The price premiums increase from 8.4% to 13.64% when resale transactions occur in 7 to 12 months and within 6 months from the en bloc event. The results are robust and orthogonal to supply constraints in the markets. Keywords: Teardown; Redevelopment options; En bloc sales; Multi-family houses; Anticipative effects (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jhouse:v:60:y:2023:i:c:s1051137723000190 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2023.101932 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Housing Economics is currently edited by H. O. Pollakowski More articles in Journal of Housing Economics from Elsevier |
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