Low real-estate prices—and sweet tax breaks—may make buying a condo preferable to student housing.

Singapore may introduce additional measures to cool the housing market after private home sales reached a record in the first quarter as more “shoebox” apartments were sold, property services company Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. and brokerages including Nomura Holdings Inc. said.

The Honolulu Board of Realtors released resale figures Monday for the month of April. According to its analysis, single-family home down are down by 5.2 percent when compared to the same month in 2011. Condominium sales are also down by 9.5 percent year-over-year. However, single-family home prices are up by 2.6 percent when comparing the same time periods.  The median home price on Oahu was ...