Holiday homes in Singapore prices rose for the tenth straight quarter, climbing 2.7 per cent higher in the July to September period from the previous quarter. This is the tenth straight climb and biggest quarter-on-quarter gain in more than six years. A few luxury properties in prime districts have sold at prices last seen in 1996, before the Asian financial crisis. Prices of luxury apartments rocketed 21% in the first nine months of this year, far exceeding the 7% growth chalked up for the whole of 2005. Prices for private property are now almost 12% higher than the rock-bottom days of early 2004, but still 31% below the mid-1990s peak. It is expected to go up by a further 5% by the end of the year, and put on a further 10-15% next year. While prices of private property have gone up, prices for HDB flats for the quarter have dipped 0.2%.