Private housing supply: URA's end-September 2026 pipeline

Private housing supply in Singapore, on the latest official count, stood at 44,738 homes including executive condominiums (ECs) in the pipeline with planning approval at the end of September 2026, of which 20,300 were unsold. Another 12,508 unsold units sat on sites without planning approval yet. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) published these third-quarter figures on 23 October 2026; this page sets them out against the end-June count, says what they do and do not tell you about homes you can buy, and records what changed in the quarter.

These are counts of supply in the system, not a list of homes on sale, and none of them is a forecast of prices.

All figures are from URA's third-quarter 2026 statistics, released on 23 October 2026, unless stated.

• Pipeline with planning approval: 44,738 units including ECs at the end of September 2026 (end-June: 42,472); 20,300 unsold (end-June: 15,810).
• Without planning approval yet: 12,508 unsold units including ECs (end-June: 18,153). With the unsold units above, URA says approximately 32,800 units could be made available for sale in the next one to two years, including about 4,745 units (735 of them EC units) on the second half 2026 Confirmed List of government land sales.
• Expected completions: about 57,200 private homes and ECs in the coming years: about 22,300 by 2028 and about 34,900 from 2029 (end-June: about 60,600, 25,900 and 34,700).
• Completed in the quarter: 3,559 units including ECs, the highest quarterly figure since the third quarter of 2024. Over the first nine months of 2026, 5,170 private homes and 872 ECs obtained their Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP).
• Vacancy: 7.2% of completed private homes (excluding ECs) at the end of September, up from 6.4%.
• Prices: the overall private residential price index rose 1.4% in the quarter, the same as URA's 1 October flash estimate.

How much private housing is in the pipeline?

URA separates supply into stages. Homes with planning approval, 44,738 of them including ECs at the end of September, are projects that can be built; 20,300 of those had not been sold. A further 12,508 unsold units were on sites that have not yet received planning approval. URA adds the two unsold counts together: approximately 32,800 units "could be made available for sale in the next one to two years".

The quarter moved units between the stages. Our arithmetic from URA's two releases: the unsold count with planning approval rose by 4,490, while the unsold count without approval fell by 5,645, so the two together fell by about 1,155, from 33,963 to about 32,800. Our reading: much of the shift is likely to be projects that received planning approval in the quarter, but URA's release does not break the movement down, so treat that as an inference.

URA's 3 June 2026 programme release put the pipeline at around 61,000 units once the second half 2026 Confirmed List is counted, including around 32,000 unsold units "that could be released by developers for sale in the next two years or so". Our reading: "could be released" and "could be made available" describe possible launches, not homes in a show flat today.

How quickly are new homes selling?

URA's October release says developers sold 1,183 private homes excluding ECs in the third quarter of 2026, against 2,141 in the second, and launched 1,140 units, against 1,783. They sold 68 EC units in the third quarter, after 175 in the second, and launched no EC units in either quarter. URA's second-quarter release gives the first quarter: 2,013 private homes and 1,168 EC units sold.

A rough way to read the unsold figure, our arithmetic and not a URA measure:

• At the third-quarter pace: 20,300 unsold ÷ 1,251 sold (1,183 private plus 68 EC units) ≈ 16.2 quarters of sales.
• At the second-quarter pace: 20,300 ÷ 2,316 (2,141 plus 175) ≈ 8.8 quarters.
• At the first-quarter pace: 20,300 ÷ 3,181 (2,013 plus 1,168) ≈ 6.4 quarters.

That is only a scale check. Sales vary with launches, and with only 1,140 private units launched in the quarter, a slow quarter for sales partly reflects a thin quarter for launches. The unsold count also includes projects that have not been released for sale at all.

What does the vacancy rate say if you plan to rent out?

URA put the vacancy rate of completed private homes, excluding ECs, at 7.2% at the end of September 2026, up from 6.4% at the end of June. By region it was 8.4% in the Core Central Region, 7.4% in the Rest of Central Region and 6.5% in the Outside Central Region, against 8.3%, 6.1% and 5.6% in June. In the third quarter the stock of completed homes rose by 3,491 units, while occupied homes fell by 305.

Our reading: the jump follows the quarter's large completion count, since newly completed homes count as vacant until they are occupied. A buyer who plans to let a unit after completion should treat these figures as background and test rental demand for the specific location and unit size, as our rental yield guide shows. URA also reports that private home rentals rose 1.3% in the quarter. A higher completion count in a given year means more homes competing for tenants and buyers in that year.

What changed between June and September?

Set against the end-June figures this page carried before 23 October:

1. Pipeline with planning approval: 44,738, up from 42,472; the unsold portion 20,300, up from 15,810.
2. Unsold units without planning approval: 12,508, down from 18,153.
3. Expected completions: about 22,300 by 2028 (from about 25,900) and about 34,900 from 2029 (from about 34,700); about 57,200 in all (from about 60,600). Our reading: the 3,559 homes completed in the quarter have left the pipeline.
4. Developers' sales for the quarter: 1,183 private homes and 68 ECs, against 2,141 and 175.
5. The vacancy rate: 7.2%, against 6.4%, and higher in all three regions.
6. The overall price index: up 1.4%, unchanged from the 1 October flash estimate; the second quarter's rise was 0.5%.

URA's data release calendar (last updated 4 September 2026) runs only to November 2026, so the date of the fourth-quarter statistics is not listed yet.

How should a buyer use these numbers?

As context, written down with their dates. A line for your research file: "End-September 2026 (URA, 23 October): 20,300 unsold units with planning approval incl. ECs; vacancy 7.2%; about 22,300 completions due by 2028. Replace after the fourth-quarter release." Then return to what matters for one purchase: the project's own price list, completion date and location, compared side by side in our project comparison method. For land that has not reached the pipeline yet, our Marina Gardens Lane tender note explains how a government site becomes supply. More dated notes sit under research.

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