The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched the sale of a new site in Simei under its Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS). Analysts said the plot of land near the Simei MRT station should attract medium-sized developers and construction companies to bid between S$49 million and S$76 million. With an area of over 16,000 square metres, an estimated 320 to 360 units can be built there. A higher...
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Income ceiling for extended family scheme is too low My husband and I are buying a resale flat. We are first-time applicants and our combined monthly income is below $8,000, so we would qualify for the Housing and Development Board (HDB) concessionary loan. To encourage first-time applicants and young couples to stay with their parents, the HDB recently introduced the extended family scheme, with a new...
Prices of HDB resale flats rose 3.4 percent in the January to March period over the previous three months, according to flash estimates released by the HDB. The increase was lower than the 5.7 percent pace in the fourth quarter. The slower rise in resale flat prices comes as no surprise to industry watchers who attribute it to the cautious sentiment in the overall property market. They say buyers are not...
Private residential property prices in Singapore rose 4.2 percent in the first quarter this year, according to the latest preliminary estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The pace was slower than the 6.8 percent clip recorded in the fourth quarter of last year. On a quarter on quarter basis, the biggest rise in property prices for non-landed properties came from the central districts just...
Jade Spring, the second batch of Built-To-Order flats in Yishun, is over-subscribed by almost five times. Homebuyers, who are considering the housing project, have until Monday midnight to file their forms. The project offers 576 units of two-, three- and four-room flats. Launched on 18 March this year, the project received 241 applications on its first day. The overwhelming response prompted the...
Instead of ballots, cater to individual applicants I REFER to the letter “Oh, that elusive HDB flat” (March 28). I emphathise with Samuel Lee and his frustration about the balloting system. My family (myself, my husband and two children) is in urgent need of a flat. As such, I was advised by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to join in the bi-monthly ballots where no priorities are given. I...
Impact minimal as increase is small: Housing agents Starting next month, single Singaporeans aged 35 and above looking to buy Housing and Development Board (HDB) resale flats to live with their parents may apply for a higher Central Provident Fund (CPF) housing grant of $20,000. While this is up from the current $11,000 for singles who live alone, property agents TODAY spoke to said the impact would be...
Board should do more to weed out insincere applicants My fiancee and I are young executives who are looking for a place to live after we get married. We have applied for a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) and the Build-To-Order (BTO) schemes several times, but have repeatedly drawn very high queue numbers. The application fee of $10 should be raised...
Starting next month, single Singaporeans aged 35 and above who buy HDB resale flats to live together with their parents may apply for a higher CPF housing grant of S$20,000 if they meet the eligibility conditions. The Housing and Development Board said this higher-tier singles grant will also apply to eligible singles buying the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) flats with their parents. Under the...
The Housing and Development Board is releasing two parcels of land for condominium housing under the Reserve List of the Government Land Sales programme.One of them, at Jurong West Street 42, is for executive condominium housing, while the other at Chestnut Avenue is for private apartments. Among the two sites, the one at Chestnut Avenue is expected to get more attention from developers. Analysts said this...