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HDB, private resale markets continue decline
The resale property market remained lacklustre last month with fewer transactions in both the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and private segments, indicating the latest round of cooling measures...
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HDB priority scheme a hit with married couples
HDB’s recent initiative to help married couples with children below 16 years own a home is reportedly doing well. More than 12,000 first-timer households under the Parenthood Priority Scheme (PPS) took...
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COV for resale flats could continue downward trend
The HDB resale market may be showing signs of cooling, according to the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX). The overall median cash-over-valuation (COV) for HDB resale flats reached a peak of...
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My Waterway@Punggol wins Gold award
The Housing & Development Board’s (HDB) My Waterway@Punggol has won the Gold award at the FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards 2013. HDB is the only public agency this year to clinch the coveted global...
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HDB launches 8,000 flats for sale under joint BTO and SBF exercise
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched 8,000 flats for sale under the joint Build-To-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercise. Three new housing measures to help first-timers,...
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Balance flats a hit with those under priority scheme
Completed new flats proved popular with married couples who are expecting a child or have one aged under 16 in the most recent sales exercise. Applications under the Parenthood Priority Scheme (PPS)...
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HDB launches sale of site for new integrated development in Yishun
Yishun will soon have a new integrated development. It will boast an air-conditioned bus interchange, residences, commercial retail spaces and the first community club in a mall. This is part of the...
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HDB resale prices up 0.5% on-quarter in Q2
Prices of private homes and Housing and Development Board (HDB) resale flats hit a new all-time high in the second quarter of the year. According to flash estimates from the Urban Redevelopment...
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HDB to study if temporary rental housing scheme for married couples can be...
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) said it will assess the need to adjust the temporary rental housing scheme to help even more married couples. For the 1,150 flats made available under this...
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Singles over 35 can now buy new HDB flats
Up to 30% of new BTO two-room flats kept aside for eligible singles earning S$5,000 and under a month. Singles over 35 years of age and who meet certain criteria can buy new flats directly from the HDB...
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Property cooling measures to remain
Real estate consultancy Savills says home prices would have gone up by an additional 9.2 per cent in 2012 over 2009 if not for the implementation of property cooling measures. Demand for private homes...
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First batch of BTO flats for singles to be in Sengkang, Yishun
Additional CPF housing grant also extended to help this group buy resale flats. The first batch of two-room Build-to-Order (BTO) flats set aside for singles aged 35 and above will be built in Sengkang...
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BTO flats for singles in high demand
There has been high demand for the Build-To-Order two-room flats for eligible singles launched yesterday (July 30), with the number of applicants being much more than the number of flats available. As...
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Income ceiling for 2-room flats in non-mature estates now S$5,000
With effect from yesterday’s Build-to-Order (BTO) launch, the income ceiling for two-room flats in non-mature estates has been raised from S$2,000 to S$5,000 — bringing it in line with the income...
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New housing policy for singles well-received: Khaw Boon Wan
National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said new ground has been broken with the Housing & Development Board’s (HDB) July’s Build-To-Order (BTO) exercise where eligible singles can buy new...
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In a bind when new flat’s ready but old one’s still unsold
Some home buyers can’t dispose of existing units, as required by HDB. FOR Mr Balaji Lakshmanan, the four-year wait for his new Housing Board flat ended this week when he collected his keys. But another...
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Cooling resale market: Not time to boost demand
THE cooling demand for resale Housing Board flats has put some sellers in a quandary. These sellers are those who have already got, or will soon get, their keys to newly completed Build-To-Order (BTO)...
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Striking a precious housing balance
FEWER applicants for new flats and five consecutive quarters of resale price falls have seen the Housing Board market going off the boil. The operative word is “going”, denoting an incomplete market...
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3,500 applicants barred after cancelling HDB booking
Since March 2012, about 3,500 applicants who cancelled their booking for a HDB flat have been barred from buying BTO flats for one year. In a written response to a query in yesterday’s parliamentary...
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