SINGAPORE – The Housing Board launched 9,655 Build-To-Order flats for sale on Wednesday, in what was the biggest sales exercise since the BTO system was implemented in 2002. The units are spread across 10 housing projects in five estates. Three of these – two in Queenstown and one in Kallang/Whampoa – fall under the prime location[…]
SINGAPORE – Two upcoming Build-To-Order (BTO) projects in Tengah will pilot construction technologies such as 3D concrete printing to increase productivity and cut material wastage, and this may set the standards for future BTO developments. The 2,077 units in Garden Waterfront I and II @ Tengah will have one of the shortest waiting times –[…]
Big resale flats with price tags above that figure aren’t news. What’s worth tracking are 4-room resale flat prices. Each time I see news headlines about yet another Housing Board resale flat selling for more than $1 million, I shake my head. I make myself read the article – because I’m a journalist who writes[…]
SINGAPORE – Three out of 10 Build-To-Order (BTO) projects to be launched in the November sales exercise will come under the prime location public housing (PLH) model. Two – Ulu Pandan Banks and Ghim Moh Natura – are in the mature estate of Queenstown. The third is Kallang Horizon in Kallang Whampoa, also a mature estate.[…]
SINGAPORE – A petition for the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers) to be put on hold and thoroughly reviewed has been turned down by the Government, as it does not expect many more sites to be eligible for the “highly selective” scheme. Most of the projects with high redevelopment potential have already been selected,[…]
SINGAPORE – Barrier-free communal spaces and linkways to the neighbourhood centre and transport nodes provide residents at Waterfront I & II @ Northshore with seafront living without having to give up comfort or accessibility. These features helped the project clinch the Building and Construction Authority’s (BCA) Universal Design Excellence Award. The Housing Board’s Build-To-Order project in[…]
SINGAPORE – The 606 Ang Mo Kio households whose flats were picked for the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers) will receive compensation that is about 7.5 per cent higher than previous estimates, due to resale market movements and their flat condition. In a statement on Wednesday, the Housing Board said its officers went door to door[…]
SINGAPORE – Rents for Housing Board flats and private apartments climbed in October as demand rose further following the latest round of cooling measures, with more tenants turning to HDB flats for comparatively lower rents. HDB rents grew by a slower pace of 1.8 per cent in October, compared with September’s 3.3 per cent, with rents of[…]
SINGAPORE – An MP has called for measures to limit access to Housing Board rooftop gardens to reduce inconvenience and nuisance to residents caused by visitors. In her adjournment motion on Tuesday, Ms Joan Pereira (Tanjong Pagar GRC) said residents in her Henderson-Dawson ward have encountered dirty lifts, overflowing dustbins, littering, illegal smoking and loud[…]
SINGAPORE – About 3 per cent of Housing Board flat owners own at least one private residential property, and 45 per cent of this group do not live in their flats as they have rented out their entire unit, said National Development Minister Desmond Lee. The proportion of flat owners who own private property has[…]
SINGAPORE – About 9,200 households have signed up for the Housing Board’s Lease Buyback Scheme since it was introduced in March 2009, said Minister for National Development Desmond Lee. When the scheme was first introduced, only owners of three-room or smaller flats were eligible, but it has now been expanded to include owners of all flat[…]
Record-high prices for HDB resale flats have fuelled anxiety over rising housing prices across the board. In fact, new BTO flat prices in non-mature estates have held constant – but can this continue forever? The same month the news was all about how crazy-expensive Housing Board prices have become, a young man I know shared in a[…]
