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Plans to Mitigate Speculative Behaviour and Volatility in Property Market

Debated in Parliament on 6 Nov 2023.

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Mr Derrick Goh inquired about the Government's plans to address speculative behaviour and prevent circumvention of ownership rules via digital real-estate tokens.
Minister Desmond Lee stated the tokenisation industry is nascent and has not yet introduced volatility or rule circumvention.
The Government is monitoring the situation and will adjust policies to ensure a stable and sustainable property market.

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Derrick Goh

#1

Mr Derrick Goh asked the Minister for National Development regarding the growing interest in and usage of digital real-estate tokens which fractionalise a property to lower capital outlays and investment barriers, what are the Government’s plans to (i) mitigate speculative behaviour and volatility in Singapore’s property market and (ii) prevent circumvention of property ownership or investment rules by these market participants.

Desmond Lee

#2

Currently, the real estate tokenisation industry in Singapore is still nascent and unlikely to introduce volatility to the property market. There is also currently no evidence to suggest that it has led to the circumvention of property ownership or investment rules.

Nevertheless, we are monitoring the situation closely and will adjust our policies as necessary to promote a stable and sustainable property market.

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Mr Derrick Goh inquired about the Government's plans to address speculative behaviour and prevent circumvention of ownership rules via digital real-estate tokens.
Minister Desmond Lee stated the tokenisation industry is nascent and has not yet introduced volatility or rule circumvention.
The Government is monitoring the situation and will adjust policies to ensure a stable and sustainable property market.

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