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Foreign property developer
The following is a rule for foreign property developer under the Residential Property Act. When it comes to buying a private residential site, ...

Record high HDB resale and private property prices
URA and HDB have just announced that HDB resale and private property prices hit new highs again. Cooling measures announced by the government have not...

New Roads in Towns to Support BTO Boom
To cope with the bumper crop of Build-to-Order (BTO) projects, the Housing & Development Board (HDB) said that it has already begun constructing n...

HDB Ups Supply of Flats to 27,000 Units
The Housing Board will be increasing of the supply of new Built-to-Order (BTO) flats this year by 2000 units to hit 27,000 units. This is to meet the ...

Ensuring Affordable Housing for First-Time Buyers
The Government will ensure that public housing remains within the reach of young Singaporeans. This means building enough HDB flats and setting their ...

MOH to Proceed Building the Lions Home for the Elders at Bishan Street 13
In a blog post, Minister of State for Health Dr Amy Khor urged younger and able-bodied Singaporeans to accept the presence of nursing homes and elderc...

bto, dbss and exec condo - mop
The minimmum occupation period for new bto, dbss and exec condo is 5 yrs. But why there double standards in enforcement of the regulations. When a hdb...

No subleting for SPR HDB flat owner.
The resale HDB flat prices are up and up. I suggest that  HDB should not  allow SPR HDB flat owner to Sublet their flat if 1) they are priva...

Why Singaporean Marry Singaporean Must Buy HDB Flat?
Why cannot stay with parents? Girl should marry into guy family, why must buy new flat? How many Singaporean couples fully utilize the big new ...

NS Dorms for the 2 years?
Hello readers, I am 18, and will be going to NS next month. I was wondering if there are NS dorms for NS men to live in during the 2 years (or ...

More Than 1,000 DBSS Flats Not Sold
Since the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) scheme was suspended last year, more than 1,000 DBSS flats remained unsold. A hybrid form of pub...

‘Cleaning up’ Litterbugs
Can a volunteer from a non-governmental organisation hand out summons to a litterbug, instead of a government official? This was an idea floated by Mi...

Building flats ahead of demand to increase fertility rates
A Straits Times’ commentary proposed that HDB builds and holds a buffer of completed flats ahead of demand to raise birth rate. Read the Strait...

HDB Flats sold for Record-breaking Prices
Another HDB flat, this time in Queenstown, has been sold for a record-breaking price of $1million, surpassing the record set last week.The 17-year-old...

Unwanted Bad  Attitude of Outsiders
Singapore is now facing a new form of threat from non-citizens, especially PRCs.  With power, China has been in the news fighting with Vietnam, Japan,...

Singles can buy BTO, what about SG/Foreigner?
Then what about Singaporeans with Foreigner Spouse? Can Mr. Khaw or MM Lee answer this?

Possible Restrictions For Singles When Purchasing Flats
In his latest blog post ‘Singles I Hear You’, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan asked for more ideas and views on how to address the housing...

Downtown East hooligans
Just read that those youths will be charged for the killing at the Downtown East. They are now around 20 years old. This is really sad. ...

Advice to Senior Citizens
Life is hard especially for senior citizens living ALONE.   An impersonator can presents himself or herself as a government officer or a cont...

New Policy to Discourage Shoebox Units
The government is capping the total number of units that can be built on a site for non-landed private residential developments outside the central ci...

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