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HDB Sale of Balance Flats: Guide to SBF & Open Booking (2024)
Although the SOP for buying an HDB BTO flat has been well-documented, buying a flat via HDB’s Sale of Balance ...
24 June 2024
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Buying an HDB BTO Flat in Singapore: A Step-By-Step Guide (2024)
The Jun 2024 BTO sales exercise is upon us—and with it, renewed interest in buying a BTO flat. Buying an ...
21 June 2024
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HDB BTO Jun 2024 Review: Locations, Prices, Site Plans, Expected Application Rates, and More
PSA: Apply for your Jun 2024 BTO flat by 26 Jun 2024 via the HDB Flat Portal. You know what’s special about ...
19 June 2024
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HDB Grants Guide 2024—Which Are The Best HDB Grants You Can Get For Your HDB BTO/Resale?
Thinking about buying an HDB flat in Singapore in this economy? It’s no secret that this can put a significant ...
29 May 2024
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Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD): What Is ABSD In Singapore? What Are The Rates? (2024)
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) just clawed back S$60 million from private property buyers. ...
8 May 2024
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HDB BTO Feb 2024 Review: Locations, Application Rates, Prices, and More
The Feb 2024 BTO and SBF Exercises are open from 21 to 28 Feb 2024, 11:59pm. Apply online via the HDB Flat ...
22 February 2024
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Breaking Up After Applying For a BTO Flat—How Much Money Do You Lose?
Breakups are one of the worst experiences some of us will ever go through. But it gets so much worse if ...
4 October 2023
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HDB BTO Sep 2023 Launch: Locations, Expected Application Rates, Prices, and More
The third HDB Built-to-Order (BTO) flat launch of the year is almost upon us. If you didn’t like what you ...
24 July 2023
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HDB BTO May 2023 Launch: Locations, Expected Application Rates, Prices, and More
Nothing caught your fancy in the HDB Feb 2023 Built-To-Order (BTO) launch? Or maybe something did, but ...
31 May 2023
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HDB BTO Feb 2023 Launch: Locations, Prices, Expected Completion Dates & Application Rates, and More
Planning on applying for a Built-to-Order (BTO) flat in 2023? Your first chance is here! In the first BTO ...
2 March 2023
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November BTO 2022 Review: Queenstown, Kallang, Whampoa, Bukit Batok, Tengah and Yishun
Editor’s Note: November 2022 is open for applications from 23 November 2022 to 1 December 2022. First-timers ...
23 November 2022
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HDB Loan vs Bank Loan – Which Is Better? 5 Things to Know Before You Commit
Choosing financing for your home is like a game of “Rathers“. You know, where everyone tackles hard questions ...
4 October 2022
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August BTO 2022 Review: Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Merah, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong East, Tampines, Woodlands
Editor’s Note: August 2022 opened for applications from 30 August 2022 – 5 September 2022 If this is your ...
6 September 2022
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May BTO 2022 Review: Queenstown, Bukit Merah, Toa Payoh, Jurong West, Yishun
Recently, a 5-room Henderson HDB resale flat at City Vue became the most expensive resale flat in Singapore’s ...
3 June 2022
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Using Your CPF to Purchase Property? 3 Important Facts to Know (2022)
You don’t have to wait till you’re old and wizened to use the money in your CPF account. The first time ...
20 April 2022
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HDB BTO Launch February 2022 Review: Tengah, Yishun, Kallang / Whampoa, Geylang
If you just got engaged or turned 35, HDB BTO launches will have taken on a new meaning for you. In that ...
28 February 2022
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Home Loan Interest Rates Are Set To Rise – Is It Time To Start Planning To Refinance Your Mortgage? (Dec 2021)
After living through the circuit breaker and pivoting to remote working, many Singaporeans have had enough ...
9 December 2021
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HDB 5-Year Bonds Review – What Is It? And Should I Buy? (Dec 2021)
Anyone who’s on the lookout for new ways to invest is already sick of the constant chatter about crypto. ...
9 December 2021
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HDB BTO Launch November 2021 Review: Choa Chu Kang, Hougang, Jurong West, Kallang/Whampoa & Tengah
November is the penultimate month of the year, usually signifying the beginning of the year-end sales season, ...
24 September 2021
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HDB Community Care Apartments — Are They Really Such a Good Deal?
There’s a new type of HDB flat in town. The new kid on the on the block is called the Community Care Apartment, ...
18 February 2021
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HDB BTO Launch Feb 2021 Review: Bidadari, Boon Keng, Tengah & Bukit Batok
After a crazy 2020, 2021’s first HDB BTO launch is a sign that the world goes on turning no matter what ...
5 February 2021
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HDB BTO August 2020 launch in mature estates – Geylang, Bishan, Pasir Ris, Ang Mo Kio and Tampines
This year, Singaporeans anxious to buy their own homes have had to wait a little longer. Due to COVID-19, ...
12 August 2020
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HDB BTO August 2020 launches in non-mature estates — Tengah, Choa Chu Kang and Woodlands
Spending so much time at home with your parents during the circuit breaker might have strengthened your ...
12 August 2020
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HDB BTO Launch Feb 2019 – Kallang/Whampoa, Jurong West & Sengkang BTO Review
The first HDB BTO launch of the year falls in February, making it prime fodder for Chinese New Year small ...
13 February 2019