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The swankiest home address? It's Marina Bay, not Orchard Road

District 1,2 Q1 home prices rose 9.3% y-o-y to S$2,147 psf - compared to a 6.2% increase to S$2,046 psf in the Orchard-anchored Core Central Region

Sales of projects such as Wallich Residence helped District 2 prices rise 14.5 per cent year on year in the first quarter.

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Singapore

MARINA Bay and its surrounds may be deposing the Orchard area as the place to live in as its work-live-play concept takes hold and mega-office complexes like the Marina Bay Financial Centre and Asia Square Tower draw expatriates to luxury homes in the business district.