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Private home prices during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how private home prices changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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1 Lee Hsien Loong12 Aug 2004 – 15 May 2024 +154% Q2 2004 → Q1 2024+4.8%/yr
2 Goh Chok Tong28 Nov 1990 – 12 Aug 2004 from Q1 1991+91.0% Q1 1991 → Q2 2004+5.0%/yr
3 Lawrence Wong15 May 2024 – now +8.9% Q1 2024 → Q3 2026+3.5%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, 1Q2009 = 100 · Urban Redevelopment Authority via SingStat Table Builder (M212261), private residential property price index, landed and non-landed, not adjusted for inflation · Singapore data · as of Sep 2026.

Sources: Singapore Department of Statistics (SingStat Table Builder: national accounts, labour force, consumer prices, the HDB resale and URA property indexes, population, crime), Singapore Land Authority (the coast, via data.gov.sg), World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy