By Jessica Cheam HOME buyers can look forward to an unprecedented surge in supply of new Housing Board flats this year and next – enough to fill a town as big as Toa Payoh. The HDB said on Monday it will offer 16,000 new flats this year, and up to 22,000 next year under its [...]

Buy HDB flat – Resale or brand-new? By Goh Mei Yi (Compiled by Chew Hui Min) There are two methods through which one can buy HDB flat: Either purchase a new flat directly from the HDB, or a resale flat on the open market. A new flat from HDB tends to be much cheaper than [...]

HDB to keep up demand By Joyce Teo HOME buyers could have more than 16,000 new build-to-order (BTO) flats to chose from next year if demand continues at its present pace, said National Development Minister Mah Bow. The flats will be offered in mature HDB estates such as Tampines and Pasir Ris as well as [...]

By Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 05 March 2010 1847 hrs SINGAPORE: HDB resale flat owners must occupy their flats for at least three years before they can sell them. The move is to further curb speculation in the HDB resale market. But the board’s also extending help to genuine buyers by revising [...]