The authority's data mirror estimates from the Housing and Development Board, which showed prices of resold public housing rising 1.3% quarter-to-quarter in the April-June period, a reversal of the slowdown in price growth in the previous two quarters.

WSJ: Singapore Home Prices Swing Higher

Prices for previously-owned public units rose 2.5% in the fourth quarter from the third, accelerating from a 2.0% rise in the third quarter, according to preliminary estimates published Wednesday by the Housing and Development Board.

WSJ: Singapore Residential Property Prices Rise

In Virginia, Mark Warner, the new Democratic governor, has renewed an old argument by tussling with the governing board installed by his Republican predecessor at the Housing Development Authority, which gives low-interest loans to help residents of the state buy houses.

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