SINGAPORE'S private home prices fell for a fourth straight quarter as the economic slowdown weighed on demand.

The price index of private residential property fell 5.9 per cent to 131.7 in the second quarter from 139.9 the previous three months, according to flash estimates released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority on Wednesday.

The decline was not as sharp as the 14 per cent fall in the first quarter, the most in at least 16 years.

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