Singapore's First Home Launch Since New Curbs Sells Over 90%
The LyndenWoods development sold 324 units Saturday, the first day it started to accept bookings, CapitaLand Development said in a statement the same evening. That's about 94% of the 343 units to be built at a business park in the city's south.
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