Singapore Residential Price Index : NUS Institute of Real Estate Studies

INTRODUCTION

The National University of Singapore (“NUS”) Singapore Residential Price Index Series (“SRPI”) is a transactions-based index that tracks the month-on-month price movements of private non-landed residential properties in Singapore. Developed by a team of researchers at IRES, the SRPI provides a resource for the development of property derivatives that would help to expand the suite of financial products offered in Singapore, particularly in the context of obtaining exposure to and managing risks associated with the real estate market. It will also complement existing property information on the state of the residential market.

Currently, SRPI indexes are published in the form of value-weighted indexes. The SRPI is the index for the overall non-landed residential market in Singapore based on the whole SRPI property basket. Two sub-indexes are also produced for the Central and non-Central regions. The Central region sub-basket comprises properties within the overall SRPI basket located in Postal Districts 1 through 4 and 9 through 11 while properties in the other postal districts are in the non-Central region sub-basket.

NUS - Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI)

January 2010 Flash SRPI Values
SRPI Basket as at December 2009	Index Value (Dec 2001= 100)	Month-on-month change
SRPI Overall	141.8	2.0%
SRPI Central	151.1	1.2%
SRPI Non-Central	138.1	2.6%
(Reflective of transactions received as at 21 Feb 2010)

December 2009 Revised SRPI Values
SRPI Basket as at December 2007	Index Value (Dec 2001= 100)	Month-on-month change
SRPI Overall	139.0	-0.6%
SRPI Central	149.3	-1.0%
SRPI Non-Central	134.5	-0.3%
(Reflective of transactions received as at 21 Feb 2010)