HDB launches 9,144 BTO flats, including first projects at Mount Pleasant and former Keppel Club site
Berlayar Residences has a 14% subsidy clawback and 10-year MOP. Prices range from $218,000 to $788,000 without grants.
3,300 BTO flats with shorter waits to be launched in October
HDB will offer 3,300 BTO flats with waits under three years in Bedok, Sengkang, and Yishun, comprising over a third of the 9,100 units in October.
HDB resale flat prices up 0.4% in Q3; fourth straight quarter of slowing growth
Fewer resale flats were sold in the third quarter of 2025 than in the same period in 2024, with 7,157 transactions, down 10.9 per cent from 8,035 units.
S’pore home loan growth continues uptrend, but analysts see no sign of financial stress
Mr Gan noted that housing affordability for new borrowers will continue to improve for the rest of 2025, because of lower interest rates and slowing housing price gains.
Higher BTO supply and ‘right conditions’ will allow for higher income ceiling, lower singles’ eligibility age: Sun Xueling
Ms Sun noted that there may be young Singaporeans doing well at work and earning more, and are hence afraid they will exceed the HDB income ceiling and not be eligible for a BTO flat.
Investing in property is no longer top choice for many retirement planners: Poll
It found that only about 35 per cent of the poll participants would now consider property to be one of their top two retirement priorities, a significant decline from 65 per cent previously.
US mortgage rates post biggest drop in a year, spurring refinance rush
Borrowing costs have been trending lower for months, and took another leg down after a recent disappointing jobs report increased the likelihood of more rate cuts from the US Federal Reserve.
With Vers, it’s time to get real with lease decay and the asset value of HDB flats
Under Vers, flat owners in selected precincts that are aged about 70 and older will vote if they want their homes to be acquired by the Government for redevelopment, before their leases run out.
Sora expected to remain low, but analysts say further decline limited
The impact of impending US rate cuts is also unclear, given that Singdollar rates seem to have decoupled from US dollar rates for a large part of this year,
Singapore million-dollar flat sales hit record in Q2, market data shows
A record 415 apartments were sold at prices above S$1 million in the second quarter, a 75.8 per cent increase compared with the same period in 2024, after 348 sales in the first quarter.
ST Explains: What is Vers and which HDB estates could it be rolled out in?
Vers, which has yet to be rolled out, will allow owners of flats aged 70 years and older to vote on whether the Government should buy back their homes before their leases run out.
Property stamp duty takings up 9.5% at S$6.4 billion in FY2024 after two years of declines
The FY2024 total, based on revised unaudited estimates from the Accountant-General’s Department, is 12 per cent higher than an earlier projection of S$5.7 billion for the period April 2024 to March 2025.