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Industrial property was the sector that moved fastest in the third quarter of 2026. Stacked Homes reported on 9 October that industrial investment activity doubled from the previous quarter, led by government land sales, with purpose-built workers' dormitories singled out as the main driver. The figure arrives inside a report on big-ticket real estate transfers that Stacked Homes describes as a record for the first nine months of 2026.
Government land sales sit at the start of the supply chain, because land awarded through GLS is built out over the years that follow. An investor tracking industrial activity therefore watches who is acquiring land as well as which completed buildings change hands. In the third quarter, Stacked Homes indicated, the land route carried the sector. The same report left commercial volume lower in the quarter after it had led since the end of 2025, so the weight of activity shifted between asset types within a few months. Workers' dormitories leading the land route is a reminder that industrial demand has several faces, from factory floors to accommodation for the workforce that staffs them.
Stacked Homes reported that transactions of at least S$10 million, plus bulk or land sales of that size and institutional asset transfers, totalled S$42.4 billion between January and September. That is above the S$40.7 billion for all of 2025 and the S$35.5 billion of 2017, according to Stacked Homes. By quarter the totals were S$16.2 billion, S$15.5 billion and S$10.7 billion. Looking ahead, the consultancy expects the year to end near S$50 billion, as reported by Stacked Homes. For earlier years, Stacked Homes noted that volumes fell from S$30.9 billion in 2022 to S$21.1 billion in 2023, so the 2026 pace follows a lower year.
Financing sets the tone for any capital-intensive purchase. Stacked Homes cited the benchmark SORA at about 1.2%, compared with nearly 4% in the US, 3.75% in London and 4.35% in Sydney. A mortgage broker told Stacked Homes that the commercial property loan rate was 1.08% at the start of 2026, about 1.04% by mid-2026 and 1.20% at the time of the report, with about 1.6% to 1.7% for larger loan quanta. The consultancy adds that rate-hike expectations may motivate parties in negotiation to complete deals by year-end. Set side by side, the Singapore benchmark and the overseas rates quoted by Stacked Homes show a wide gap, and that gap forms part of the financing backdrop reported alongside these transfers.
Outside industrial, Stacked Homes named the S$1.1 billion purchase of Wheelock Place as a top commercial deal of the quarter. Hospitality saw one transaction in the quarter, the S$134 million acquisition of Coliwoo Midtown by CapitaLand Ascott Trust, and Stacked Homes counted seven hotel deals worth S$1.5 billion over the nine months.
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