Price uptrend: A family at a HDB playground. At the current pace of price growth, a new peak may be formed by the second half of this year. SINGAPORE: Housing Board resale price rose for a fourth consecutive quarter, climbing 2.8% in the first three months of this year over the previous quarter, according to HDB flash estimates released last Thursday. Year-on-year, resale price was up by 8%. Last quarter’s HDB resale price is also just 5% lower than their peak price recorded in the second quarter of 2013, said Christine Sun, OrangeTee & Tie’s senior vice-president of research and analytics. At the current pace of price growth, a new peak may be formed by the second half of this year, she said.