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Posted Date: July 31, 2008 12:00 AM
Buying a Property in Singapore
Living in SingaporeLand is a scarce commodity in Singapore. Due to this, residential properties are mainly in the form of high rise apartments or condominiums. Landed properties are a luxury as they a...

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Tags: Buying Property (Singapore), ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: July 30, 2008 12:00 AM
Choosing the Right Agent
A guide to selecting the right agent to administer your property transactionChoosing the right real estate agent to help you in your search for a home or to find a tenant for your property is not some...

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Tags: Choosing an agent (Singapore), ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: July 29, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Loans and Financing
MORTGAGES What Are Mortgages?Mortgages are an advance given by financial institutions. A Borrower will need to put up their property title as collateral for the mortgage. Most property purchases are ...

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Tags: capital mortgage, cash back mortgage, combo mortgage, fixed rate mortgage, home loan, hybrid mortgage, interest-offset mortgage, interest-only mortgage, Loans and Financing (Singapore), mortgage, mortgage brokers, mortgages, ms-singaporehdb, payment holiday mortgage, refinancing, repayment scheme, variable rate mortgage
Posted Date: July 28, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Planning Your Budget
Planning your budget Planning your budget when buying a HDB flatBuying a property is a huge commitment that needs to be planned meticulously beforehand as there are other secondary co...

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Tags: CPF, CPF Housing grant, HDB, HDB flats, Issues and Challenges (Singapore), ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: July 26, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Helpful Tips About Houses For Rent In Singapore
Whether you are an expatriate stationed in Singapore for a period of time, a bachelor looking for your own pad or urgently need a place to stay but are unable to afford a whole new home yet, then rent...

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Tags: Common Issues with Renting (Singapore), ms-singaporehdb, rent, rental
Posted Date: July 30, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Buying a HDB Apartment
Introducing the HDB FlatSingapore’s public housing authority, better known as the Housing & Development Board (HDB) is a statutory board under the nation’s Ministry of National Development. This b...

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Tags: Buying a HDB, Buying Property (Singapore), executive flat, HDB, MND, ms-singaporehdb, studio apartment, type of HDB flats
Posted Date: July 29, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Selling a HDB Flat in Singapore
Contrary to the processes involved to own a HDB flat, selling one is relatively much easier as illustrated below: Eligibility ConditionsThe eligibility conditions for selling a HDB flat are as foll...

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Tags: ms-singaporehdb, Selling a HDB, Selling property (Singapore)
Posted Date: September 20, 2010 12:00 AM, By: Joseph Jones
Renting a HDB Flat: Renting from HDB
Renting a HDB Flat/RoomSingaporeans: Those Singapore citizens who are not yet able to purchase a HDB flat, are given the option of renting a whole flat or just a room(s) via Government-approved scheme...

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Tags: Bedok, Bukit Merah, Common Issues with Renting (Singapore), flat rental, HDB, Jurong, ms-singaporehdb, public rental scheme, Rent & Purchase scheme, Renting a HDB, Sitting Tenants Scheme, sublet, Tampines, Woodlands
Posted Date: July 27, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Useful Information About Singapore HDB Flats For Sale
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) is Singapore’s public housing authority. Its aim was to resolve housing shortage issues after Singapore gained independence in 1965, building flats mainly for...

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Tags: balloting exercise, BE, BTO, built to order, Buying a HDB, Buying Property (Singapore), central provident fund, CPF, HDB, HDB flats, ms-singaporehdb, studio apartments
Posted Date: July 29, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Guide to renting property in Singapore
Who are potential renters? - Expatriates who are stationed overseas for a prolonged period of time.- Couples who are saving to purchase their own home- Singles who need to have their own privacy Wha...

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Tags: Common Issues with Renting (Singapore), IRAS, ms-singaporehdb, offer to rent, rent, rental
Posted Date: June 01, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Postal Code to District Conversion
    Old Postal District Streets / Localities New Postal Code 1 Battery RoadCecil StreetCross StreetEu Tong Sen StreetHavelock RoadMarinaMa...

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Tags: district, Location Guide (Singapore), ms-singaporehdb, postal code
Posted Date: July 30, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Owning a Property in Singapore
Living in SingaporeLand is a scarce commodity in Singapore. Due to this, residential properties are mainly in the form of highrise apartments or condominiums. Landed properties are a luxury as they ar...

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Tags: Buying Property (Singapore), ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: July 30, 2007 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB released figures of flats approved for rent
In an unprecedented move, the HDB has released new data on the number of approved flats available for rent according to different flat types. Currently, there are 14,600 approved flats for rent in t...

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Posted Date: August 19, 2007 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB resale prices for smaller flats likely to rise
Additional CPF Housing GrantOne of the goodies being handed out is the increase in the payout of Additional CPF Housing Grant to $30,000 from the current $20,000. The maximum grant is for household wh...

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Posted Date: August 19, 2007 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
New CPF annuity scheme to help the elderly
Unlike the current annuities, the new scheme will only kick in after the Minimum Sum is dried up and only a small portion of the Minimum Sum will be used to purchase the 'tail-end annuity'. CPF memb...

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Tags: annuity scheme, CPF, minimum sum, ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: September 11, 2007 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
More HDB resale activities in August
The upward crawl began in March this year where the resale transactions were at the lowest ebb.  Below shows the month-by-month progression: § January 2007 total transactions - 2,313§ ...

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Tags: HDB resale, ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: September 01, 2007 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
New ideas to rejuvenate HDB estates
Soon, extended families can live side by side each other, in separate but specially designed flats. Home owners can decide the specific facade they want for their units.  Construction will begin ...

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Tags: ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: September 15, 2007 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB resale prices going from strength to strength
Due to a better economy this year, purchasers are forking out more cash to own a resale flat compared to the beginning of 2006. Below show the upward trend of HDB resale prices in two typical HDB hea...

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Tags: Ang Mo Kio, executive apartments, HDB resale, ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: September 14, 2007 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
More HDB dwellers upgrading to private condos
This represents a 75% increase over the first quarter’s figure of HDB flat owners upgrading to private condo or apartments.   As of now, the mass market is still very stable, unlike the turb...

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Tags: buangkok mrt, ferraria park, ms-singaporehdb, northwood, paris ris, Sembawang, The Quartz, upgrader projects
Posted Date: August 22, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Demand for HDB rental flats triple in one year
The number of people seeking Housing Development Board (HDB) rental flats has tripled in just a year, as rentals for condominiums escalate. According to data from HDB, the average monthly rent of a fo...

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Tags: CPF, CPF life annuity, HDB, HDB flats, ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: August 29, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Lease buy-back scheme for elderly folk effective next year
Beginning January next year, elderly Singaporean home owners of small flats will receive S$550 per month if they take up the option to sell part of their lease back to the Housing Development Board (H...

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Tags: CPF, CPF life annuity, HDB, HDB flat, lease buy-back scheme, ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: September 03, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB launches Senja Green, adding 474 new flats for sale
The recent launch of a new Housing Development Board (HDB) project in Bukit Panjang provides homebuyers with an additional 474 new flats to choose from. In addition, 300 units in two new rental blocks...

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Tags: bukit panjang, downtown line, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, Senja green, senja LRT, senja road, senja way, Woodlands Road
Posted Date: September 25, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB up-graders snap up properties as property scene slows down
As the property scene in Singapore quiets down, foreign buyers trickle while the number of Housing Development Board (HDB) up-graders increase. According to DTZ’s analysis of caveats captured by Urban...

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Posted Date: October 21, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Hot News! Singapore Real Estate Market Outlook - Latest Analysis (October 2008)
How to deal with the impending recession In view of the impending recession, consumers should equip themselves and be prepared for the impact which could see some of the rich upper class falling stra...

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Posted Date: November 13, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
High HDB rents may fall soon
Rents of Housing Development Board (HDB) flats, which have been rising steadily, are increasing only slightly in the third quarter. The rates, which have been on the rise largely due to demand from fo...

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Posted Date: December 03, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Singapore’s HDB market Performance - Latest Update
(G) Overall performance of the HDB resale market Despite the general gloom in the private property sector, the HDB resale market is a picture of boom in Q3 of 2008. Below shows the encouraging s...

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Tags: HDB, HDB resale, ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: December 24, 2008 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Defaults on HDB loans expected to rise
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan expects the number of defaults on Housing Development Board (HDB) home loans to increase if the economy “goes down even further”, saying that further job loss...

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Tags: HDB, HDB flats, HDB loan, mortgage, ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: January 02, 2009 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB offers new flats in Yishun at below-market resale prices
Singapore’s Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched Dew Spring @ Yishun, offering two-, three- and four-bedroom flats. The 216 three-bedroom flats are priced between S$120,000 and S$146,000,...

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Tags: BTO, built-to-order, Dew Spring, HDB, HDB resale, ms-singaporehdb, Yishun
Posted Date: January 16, 2009 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB resale market & Government Land Sale programme
(F) Overall performance of the HDB resale market [E.1] Punggol BTO flats more than three times subscribed 2,344 Singaporeans are vying for 750 new flats at Punggol Arcadia, the latest Build-To-Orde...

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Tags: Bishan, BTO, built-to-order, Bukit Merah, City View Boon Keng, DBSS, Design, Build and Sell Scheme, HDB, marina parade, ms-singaporehdb, Natura Loft, Park Central Ang Mo Kio, Premiere Tampines, Punggol, Punggol Arcadia, queenstown, rosewood woodlands, sublet rent
Posted Date: February 25, 2009 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Updates on the GLS Programme and HDB resale market
(F) News on Government Land Sale (GLS) Programme [F.1] 2009 Government Land Sales Programme will be halted Ministry of National Development (MND) has decided not to add any new sites to the Governme...

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Tags: GLS, HDB, HDB loan, HDB resale, MND, ms-singaporehdb, Punggol Road, URA
Posted Date: April 21, 2009 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Market Update: Long festivals dwarfed HDB resale figures in Jan 09
In fact, it has been a norm for HDB resale transactions to be slightly lower during the traditional festive seasons, such as Christmas and Chinese New Year (CNY). This is because of the lack of urgenc...

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Tags: HDB, HDB resale, ms-singaporehdb
Posted Date: April 20, 2009 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Market Update: HDB resale prices may ease due to crisis
Q: Many real estate agents have complained that HDB resale flats are harder to sell now and the cash-over-valuation (COV) portion are coming down. Is the party for HDB resale boom OVER? A: As I ...

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Tags: Bukit Merah, Choa Chu Kang, Eunos, Geylang, HDB, HDB resale, Hougang, ms-singaporehdb, transacted prices, Woodlands
Posted Date: April 19, 2009 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Market Update: Should be plain sailing for HDB resale market in 2009
Prices of HDB Resale Flats to be Uneven in 2009 – though generally firm According to HDB's Resale Price Index released on 23 January 2009, prices of HDB resale flats rose 1.4 per cent in the fou...

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Tags: HDB, HDB flats, HDB Price index, HDB resale, HDB Resale Price Index, ms-singaporehdb, queenstown, Tiong Bahru
Posted Date: May 27, 2009 12:00 AM, By: Sam Gian
Market Update: Foreign interest & HDB resale market
(E) Foreign Interest in Singapore Real Estate [E.1] Foreign funds and banks start looking at Singapore real estate According to a Business Times report on 20 March 2009, SG Private Banking, which j...

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Tags: Bukit Merah, COV, GLS, HDB, HDB resale, ms-singaporehdb, queenstown, Singapore, Tiong Bahru
Posted Date: June 03, 2009 12:00 AM
HDB launches Fernvale Crest under Built-To-Order System
A total of 700 flats at Built-To-Order (BTO) Fernvale Crest are available for application now with the Housing Development Board (HDB). The flat supply comprises of 140 units of 2-room flats, 372 uni...

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Tags: BTO, Fernvale Crest, HDB, Jalan Kayu, ms-singaporehdb, Sengkang West Way, Singapore
Posted Date: June 23, 2009 12:00 AM
Market update: The HDB influence in the market
In a continuation of my analysis of the current market situation in Singapore, here we look at the important of the HDB resale market.   1.       HDB resale prices...

Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates, Market Reviews & Market Outlooks

Tags: HDB, HDB resale, Hougang, kim tian road, Lease Buyback Scheme, ms-singaporehdb, resale flats, Sengkang, Strathmore Avenue, Woodlands, Yishun
Posted Date: July 23, 2009 12:00 AM, By: Sam Gian
Market update: Performance of the HDB resale market
[G.1] Median HDB Flat Rents Falling Median rents for five-room flats dropped from $2,000 to $1,800 a month in the first three months of this year, while those for four-room flats fell from $1,800 to ...

Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates, General, HDB

Tags: Bukit Batok, HDB, HDB flats, HDB rent, HDB resale, Holland, Jurong West, Median rent, ms-singaporehdb, Normanton Park, Punggol, Queensway, Tampines, Telok Blangah, Woodlands
Posted Date: December 17, 2009 12:00 AM
HDB looks to residents to help combat killer litter
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Tags: HDB, Housing Development Board, killer litter, ms-singaporehdb, Town Council
Posted Date: January 13, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB flat owners must register sub-letting of rooms
Starting from 1 February 2010, Housing Development Board (HDB) flat owners who sub-let rooms in their HDB apartments must register with HDB within seven days of sub-letting. In addition, they will hav...

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Tags: , apartments, flats, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, sub-let, tenants
Posted Date: January 15, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB launches tender for 2 EC sites
On 15 January 2010, Housing Development Board (HDB) will put up two Executive Condominium (EC) sites in Sengkang and Yishun for tender. The sites are expected to yield a total of about 900 units. Th...

Related Categories: Daily Property News and Updates, HDB, Private Residential

Tags: CBRE, Compassvale Bow, condominium, EC, executive condominium, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, PropNex, Sengkang, Yishun
Posted Date: January 25, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Rentals for private homes and HDB sublets increased in December
Rentals for both private homes and Housing Development Board (HDB) sublets increased in 4th Quarter last year. Private residential property rentals inched up by 0.6 % in the last quarter as compared w...

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Tags: flat, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, private homes, rentals, sublet
Posted Date: January 25, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB resale prices increased in December
The price index of HDB resale flats increased by 3.9% in 4th Quarter while the number of transactions decreased by 23% in the same quarter. This brings the price gain for the whole year of 2009 to 8.2...

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Tags: BTO, Build-To-Order, Cash-Over-Valuation, COV, flats, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, resale, transactions
Posted Date: January 27, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB to build its one millionth flat this year
At Housing Development Board’s (HDB) 50th anniversary celebrations, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that the government will continue to keep new HDB flats affordable, addressing the recent concer...

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Tags: flats, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, resale
Posted Date: January 29, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB relooking rules to stamp out speculation and rental investing
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said the Housing Development Board (HDB) is reviewing its rules to stamp out speculation and illegal rental of flats. In doing so, HDB is looking to ensure th...

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Tags: flats, HDB, MND, ms-singaporehdb, rental, resale, speculation
Posted Date: February 12, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB launches 2 new BTO projects
The Housing Development Board (HDB) has launched two new Build-To-Order (BTO) projects in Punggol and Woodlands, offering a total of 1,534 flats. In Punggol Crest, there will be 750 standard flats, ...

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Tags: BTO, flats, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, Punggol, Punggol Crest, Sembawang, Sengkang, Treegrove, Woodlands
Posted Date: February 19, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
12 percent of HDB population are PRs and foreigners
In a 5-yearly survey conducted by HDB in 2008 on the demographic and socio-economic profile of HDB residents, it was revealed that Permanent Residents (PRs) and foreigners make up 12 percent of the to...

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Tags: flats, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, PR, residents
Posted Date: March 08, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
New HDB measures introduced to tackle speculation
The Housing Development Board (HDB) announced new property measures that will curb speculation in the HDB resale market. The most notable measure was the extension of the second HDB concessionary lo...

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Tags: CPF, CPF Housing grant, downgrader, HDB, HDB Resale Price Index, measure, MOP, ms-singaporehdb, PR, resale, RPI
Posted Date: March 16, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB launches 2 new BTO projects in Sengkang and Sembawang
The Housing Development Board (HDB) announced today that it will be launching two new Build To Order (BTO) projects in Sengkang and Sembawang, offering a total of 828 flats in the batch. 95% of these ...

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Tags: BTO, Build-To-Order, Fernvale Ridge, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, Punggol, Sembawang, Sembawang RiverLodge, Sengkang, Woodlands
Posted Date: March 23, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB to launch tender for Tampines Road site
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) has accepted an application under the Reserve List System to put up a residential land parcel at Tampines Road for public tender. HDB will launch the tender f...

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Tags: HDB, ms-singaporehdb, residential, Tampines Road
Posted Date: March 26, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
Bras Basah HDB flat sold for $650,000
According to the Straits Times today, a four-room HDB flat in Bain Street was reportedly sold for $650,000. The high price set a new record for HDB resale prices. The buyers were a Taiwanese couple ...

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Tags: Bain Street, Bras Basah Complex, City Hall, flats, four-room, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, resale
Posted Date: April 14, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
4 sites from HDB
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) released two residential sites at Sembawang Road/Canberra Drive and Sengkang East Avenue/Buangkok Drive for sale on 14 Apr 2010. Additionally, HDB will also...

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Tags: Buangkok Drive, Canberra Drive, EC, executive condominium, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, Punggol, residential sites, Sembawang, Sengkang, Yishun
Posted Date: April 23, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB resale prices hits new high
The Housing Development Board (HDB) Resale Price Index (RPI) hit a record high of 155 points in Q1 2010. The index rose by 2.8% in Q1 2010 over the previous quarter. However, this was a slower pace ...

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Tags: BTO, Build-To-Order, COV, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, resale, Resale Price Index
Posted Date: April 28, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB releases Pasir Ris site in reserve list
The Housing Development Board (HDB) has released a Pasir Ris state land parcel in the Reserve List, making it available for application from today onwards. The residential site is located at the junct...

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Tags: condominium, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, Pasir Ris, residential site
Posted Date: May 06, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB launches 2 sites in Punggol and Yishun
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) launched two residential sites in Punggol and Yishun yesterday. The Punggol site is slated for Executive Condominium (EC) housing and is located at Punggol ...

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Tags: Canberra Drive, EC, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, Punggol, Yishun
Posted Date: June 04, 2010 12:00 AM, By: The Business Times
20,258 HDB owners register for subletting
The HDB has announced that as of April 30, 20,258 owners have registered their subletting of homes with HDB. This figure includes those with tenancies commencing before and after Feb 1, 2010. On Jan ...

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Tags: flats, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, sublet, subtenant
Posted Date: June 08, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB Public Talk - "Home Owners Seminar"
As part of its series of talks to engage with the community more, the Housing Development Board (HDB) will conduct a “Home Owners Seminar” public talk in the HDB Auditorium on 19 June 2010. The semin...

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Tags: HDB, Home Owners Seminar, monetise, ms-singaporehdb, public talk, seminar
Posted Date: June 11, 2010 12:00 AM
It's official: HDB estates are clean but...
HDB residents can now gauge how well their town councils are doing their job, following the release of the first report card on the performance of the 16 councils in Singapore. The two best performer...

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Tags: Ang Mo Kio, HDB, HDB residents, Hougang, ms-singaporehdb, performers, Potong Pasir, report card, town councils, Yio Chu Kang
Posted Date: June 22, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB to launch another DBSS site
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) will launch a residential site located at Tampines Avenue 5 / Central 8 for sale by public tender under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) on 23 Jun 2010....

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Tags: Bedok Reservoir Crescent, DBSS, Design, Build and Sell Scheme, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, residential site, Tampines, Upper Serangoon
Posted Date: June 23, 2010 12:00 AM
HDB concession loans used for downsizing
More than 1,200 public flat owners have made use of a recent rule relaxation to obtain a second concessionary loan from the Housing & Development Board, hoping to move to a smaller or similar-size...

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Tags: 1,200 public flat owners, concession loan, CPF, HDB, loan business, ms-singaporehdb, second concessionary loan
Posted Date: June 29, 2010 12:00 AM
Savills puts 6 HDB shops up for sale
Real estate consultancy Savills yesterday launched six HDB commercial shops for sale through expressions of interest.   The shops are in the mature estates of Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bukit Batok, Yi...

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Tags: Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bukit Batok, food stalls, HDB commercial shops, ms-singaporehdb, Savills, Tampines, Yishun
Posted Date: July 01, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB launches largest batch of BTO flats
HDB has launched three new BTO projects – Waterway Terraces in Punggol, Fernvale Foliage and Rivervale Arc in Sengkang. The largest number of BTO flats offered in a single launch by far, a total of ...

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Tags: BTO, eco-town, Fernvale Foliage, First waterfront housing, HDB, ms-singaporehdb, Punggol, Rivervale Arc, Sengkang, Waterway Terraces
Posted Date: July 02, 2010 12:00 AM
HDB resale prices rising faster
The rise in Housing Board resale flat prices is accelerating again - after taking a slight breather early this year.   Preliminary estimates released by the HDB yesterday show resale HDB flat p...

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Tags: COV, flats, HDB, increases, ms-singaporehdb, peak, resale
Posted Date: July 02, 2010 12:00 AM, By: iProperty.com
HDB launches 3 sites
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) launched three sites for sale by tender today under the Government Land Sale (GLS) Programme. The two residential sites are the Executive Condominium (EC) s...

Related Categories: Private Residential, Non-Residential

Tags: Bedok, EC, executive condominium, GLS, HDB, Jurong West, Miltonia Close, ms-singaporehdb, New Upper Changi, sale by tender, three sites
Posted Date: July 03, 2010 12:00 AM
HDB resale market still going strong
The still-strong but slowing private homes sector is being left behind by the HDB resale market where prices and transaction activity are surging.   Agencies report that the high demand seen ea...

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Tags: COV, HDB, HDB resale, high demand, ms-singaporehdb, prices, transactions
Posted Date: October 12, 2010 12:00 AM
'Landed' HDB units fetch top dollar
Extremely rare, highly sought- after and only the cash-rich need apply.'Landed' public flats, which come with an initial 99-year lease, are in hot demand, with some fetching cash-over-valuation (COV) ...

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Tags: COV, HDB, HDB flat, HDB resale, Jalan Bahagia, Jalan Ma'mor, Jalan Tenteram, ms-singaporehdb, queenstown, Stirling Road, Whampoa
Posted Date: October 18, 2010 12:00 AM, By: Peter Breitkreutz
At Home in the Heartlands
(Sengkang Sculpture Park. Image courtesy of Singapore Tourism Board)Moving to Singapore I’m not unaccustomed to living abroad. I lived and worked in Shanghai previously – where I met my wife, who...

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Tags: condominium, Expat, Fernvale, HDB, HDB resale, heartlands, ms-singaporehdb, permanent resident, relocation, Sengkang, sengkang west, Woodlands, woodsvale
Posted Date: December 16, 2010 12:00 AM, By: Peter Breitkreutz
Buying a Resale HDB - Part 5: HDB, Legal, and Taking Possession
Australian expatriate and award-winning blogger, who wrote about his experience of living as a foreigner in a HDB in Woodlands here, Peter Breitkreutz, takes us through his own experience of buying a ...

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Posted Date: December 16, 2010 12:00 AM, By: Peter Breitkreutz
Buying a Resale HDB - Part 4: Purchasing
Australian expatriate and award-winning blogger, who wrote about his experience of living as a foreigner in a HDB in Woodlands here, Peter Breitkreutz, takes us through his own experience of buying a ...

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Tags: HDB, HDB flat, ms-singaporehdb, option to purchase, OTP, permanent resident, singapore property
Posted Date: December 16, 2010 12:00 AM, By: Peter Breitkreutz
Buying a Resale HDB - Part 3: Engaging a Property Agent
Australian expatriate and award-winning blogger, who wrote about his experience of living as a foreigner in a HDB in Woodlands here, Peter Breitkreutz, takes us through his own experience of buying a ...

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Tags: agent fee, district specialist, HDB, HDB flat, ms-singaporehdb, new regulations, permanent resident, property agency, property agent
Posted Date: December 15, 2010 12:00 AM, By: Peter Breitkreutz
Buying a Resale HDB - Part 2: Financing
Australian expatriate and award-winning blogger, who wrote about his experience of living as a foreigner in a HDB in Woodlands here, Peter Breitkreutz, takes us through his own experience of buying a ...

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Tags: CPF, financing, HDB, HDB flat, home loan, loans, mortgage, ms-singaporehdb, over valuation, permanent resident, PR, valuation
Posted Date: December 14, 2010 12:00 AM, By: Peter Breitkreutz
Buying a Resale HDB - Part 1: Budget and Specifications
Australian expatriate and award-winning blogger, who wrote about his experience of living as a foreigner in a HDB in Woodlands here, Peter Breitkreutz, takes us through his own experience of buying a ...

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Tags: budget, expatriate, financing, HDB, HDB resale, ms-singaporehdb, permanent resident, PR, resale flat, valuation, Woodlands
Posted Date: January 10, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Adam Tan
Buying a Second Property?
Property upgraders and those purchasing a second home, face an uphill financial battle, warns Adam Tan.(Buying a second property now requires more time and a greater financial outlay. Image courtesy o...

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Tags: anti-speculation measures, approval letter HDB, bank loan, Buying Property (Singapore), condominium, cooling measures, CPF, downpayment, first-time property buyer, HDB, HDB upgraders, home upgrade, loan-to-value, LTV ratio, MOP, mortgage, ms-singaporehdb, sale purchase agreement, second property, singapore property
Posted Date: January 17, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Joseph Jones
Ask the iExpert: New Developments and MRT Stations
In Singapore, property and real estate are more than just bricks and mortar: it’s a lifestyle. The country has one of the highest owner-occupier rates in the world (And I know that technically a 99-ye...

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Tags: balmoral, Circle Line, Cube 8, downtown line, HDB, Holland, Holland Residences, MRT, ms-singaporehdb, new homes, Newton, orchard, tanglin, Toa Payoh
Posted Date: January 28, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Joseph Jones
BTO Flats launch in Yishun and Bukit Batok
With homes for Singaporeans still a massive issue for the PAP government, HDB has announced that three new BTO developments are to be launched with an estimated Delivery Possession Date of 2015. HDB a...

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Tags: , BTO, built to order, Bukit Batok, Golden Daisy, HDB, HDB flats, ms-singaporehdb, Orchard Spring, Vista Spring, Yishun
Posted Date: February 23, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Mrs Wong
District Guide: Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio could be considered the archetypal neighbourhood. Hawker centres, wet markets and HDB blocks abound in this heartland suburb – that also boasts PM Lee Hsien Loong as its constituent MP. (Im...

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Tags: Ang Mo Kio, Far Horizon Gardens, HDB, Lee Hsien Loong, ms-singaporehdb, Nuovo, PM Lee, price of amk hdb
Posted Date: February 28, 2011 12:00 AM, By: Joseph Jones
Property Prices on the Rise
Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) releasing its figures about the price of Singapore property recently, now seems a good time to look back at a year where the Singapore government took unprecedent...

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Tags: condo, condominium, condominiums, condos, cooling measures, COV, HDB, measures, ms-singaporehdb, private property, property market, rental property, residential property, singapore property, URA

 
         
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