SINGAPORE – Recent media reports of seemingly vacant Build-To-Order (BTO) flats put up for sale on property portals have got some Singaporeans up in arms. These flats… Read More »Vacant BTO flats for sale: Outcry over MOP breaches reflects broader public housing woes
SINGAPORE – Any adjustment to the classification of public housing estates as mature or non-mature, which is now being studied, is likely to come with… Read More »Review of HDB town classification likely to come with policy changes: Desmond Lee
SINGAPORE – Just four towns for now will be considered prime locations for Housing Board public housing projects – the central area, Kallang/Whampoa, Queenstown, and… Read More »HDB prime location housing model only in 4 towns for now: Desmond Lee
SINGAPORE – In the coming years, the Housing Board will increase the proportion of Build-To-Order (BTO) flats with waiting times of under three years as… Read More »More BTO flats with shorter waiting times in coming years: Desmond Lee
SINGAPORE – Land supply for private housing and commercial offices in the first half of 2023 has been bumped up significantly. This includes the upcoming… Read More »Govt steps up supply of private homes, offices for first half of 2023; includes mega Jurong Lake District site
SINGAPORE – Prices of Housing Board resale flats inched up for the 29th straight month in November, with more units changing hands as the market… Read More »HDB resale flat prices rise for 29th straight month in Nov, fewer million-dollar flats sold
SINGAPORE – Build-To-Order (BTO) flats are priced such that they remain affordable for buyers – an approach that is “fundamentally different” from that of private… Read More »How are BTO flats priced, and what are the land and building costs? HDB gives the breakdown
SINGAPORE – First-time applicants for the Queenstown Build-To-Order (BTO) projects in the November launch stand a good chance of being invited to select a flat,… Read More »First-time BTO applicants in November HDB launch have good chance of booking Queenstown flats
SINGAPORE – The High Court has reversed a decision by the Strata Titles Board and ruled that it was not wrong for the owner of a minimart… Read More »High Court rules condo shop owner has right to reserved seat on council
SINGAPORE – Between 20 per cent and 24 per cent of first-time applicants managed to get a Build-To-Order (BTO) flat in a mature estate on… Read More »20-24% of first-time BTO applicants in mature estates successful on first try: Desmond Lee
SINGAPORE – Punggol is set to get a new office and retail development at a field next to Punggol MRT station in future. According to… Read More »New retail and office development to be built next to Punggol MRT station
SINGAPORE – About one in four buyers of resale Housing Board flats paid cash over valuation (COV) between January and October 2022, Minister for National… Read More »One in four resale HDB flat buyers paid cash over valuation in 2022
