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SAFRA CLUBHOUSE FOR NS MEN OR FOREIGNERS? *** Open for discussion and hope there will be some response from SAFRA and the government. ...

More Holding on to HDB Flats after Minimum Occupation Period
According to data from the Housing & Development Board (HDB), the percentage of home owners who sold their property within the year after fulfilli...

HDB housing sizes did Shrink
HDB flat sizes not shrinking: Khaw Boon Wan ...

Incentives for Estate Cleanliness
Some Town Councils are offering incentives to encourage residents to keep their estates clean. The Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council (BTPTC), for i...

Why is rational for new HDB Resale Levy cut off at 03 Mar 2006?
I am curious to find out, what's the rationale for HDB to decide new HDB Resale Levy cut off at 03 Mar 06? With ref to HDB Web: http://www.hdb...

Home Mortgage Tax on Banks
Due to our monetary policy, MAS is not able to set interest rate. Singapore needs to follow the interest rate of US and Europe, which is at historical...

More restriction for landed property
To follow up on the recent hot debate on the White Paper, I would like to ask our government to consider imposing more restriction on landed property ...

Freehold property and foreigner
Singapore should not allow foreigners to buy freehold property in the country. This include apartments, condos, etc. This restriction should include P...

Singapore of the Future Won’t be a Concrete Jungle
National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday that the Singapore of the future will not be a concrete jungle to house a bigger population...

Walking down Bishan wet-market...missed "Old Singapore" destroyed by PM Goh Chok Tong "Densely Packed HDB Estates"
It is ages since I walked in a "wet market". Today due to rains, I need to walk thru' th BIshan Wet Market at my mother's place. It hit me insta...

Affordable Public Housing - Paying S$485,000 for a 35th Storey 87 sq.m 4-room unit in Queenstown.
Kopi tiam TCSS session. He told me that the resale value of surrounding 4-room HDB units are going for S$700,000 to S$750,000. A young c...

Poor regulation of sales of private property
1. The way that Singapore's sales of private property is carried out is appalling and shocking.  It is made up of poorly education sales agents sellin...

Minimum age for Singles to build new BTO flats
Minister Khaw Boon Wan aims to implement its policy of allowing singles to buy new Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats for owner-occupation this...

Q4 2012 Housing Data
HDB's Resale Price Index (RPI) had increased by 2.5% from the 3rd to 4th quarter last year. Compared to previous years, the RPI growth for the whole o...

Solar energy for more HDB blocks
More HDB blocks are going green with solar energy!  Another eighty blocks of public housing in Punggol Eco-Town will have solar panels install...

Public Housing Issue
Too many priority schemes with non-transparency balloting system will end up to zero value.

Averting a Property Bubble
In their editorial on Saturday (19 January 2013), “Averting a property bubble”, The Straits Times (ST) welcomed the Government’s latest measures to co...

Permanent Residents should not be allowed to buy landed housing. Reach, please feedback to government and close this loophole.
Permanent Residents should not be allowed to buy landed housing. Reach, please feedback to government and close this loophole.

Minister Khaw Explains Why the Cooling Measure is Necessary, And Assures There will Be Nearly 200,000 New Homes by 2016
National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan explained that last week’s package of property cooling measures is necessary to soften the market and to p...

Singapore cooling: Discounts offered but raises concerns
Property developers are providing "incentives" to home buyers in response to the government's latest round of cooling measures which is expected to ...

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