HDB: A runaway train that needs to be slowed down?
“Changing land pricing to cut cost of HDB flats risks destabilising entire property market: DPM Wong” (ST, Feb 26) Instead of trying to make sense…
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Chinese 1% of private property transactions – “Telling you half a story”?
“Non-residents from China accounted for 1% of private property transactions in 2022: Indranee” (Feb 14) “Non-residents from China are not involved in a significant number…
HDB 2-room flexi: 50-year lease $127,000 vs 99-year lease $109,000 – $173,000 (average $141,000)?
After I wrote “HDB starts to sell 3-rm at shorter 50-year lease – no wonder become more affordable?” (Jan 24) https://www.facebook.com/laoliang/posts/pfbid027JqGAP8eUd4TB7ddhswv4DHm3UdTk2Qg2vDUar7eSCeUrszn5QHQSFJf7cq9SLbNl – someone remarked that…
HDB starts to sell 3/4-rm at shorter 50-year lease – no wonder become more affordable?
“Over 700 families in rental flats bought homes in 2022: HDB” (ST, Jan 24) “Madam Lee, 53, moved into a two-room Housing Board flexi flat…
Average HDB BTO 4-room prices increased by 41% for non-mature estates, against just 18% for mature estates. and 90% for resale flats (HDB Resale Price Index), from 2007 to 2013
Average HDB BTO 4-room prices increased by 41% for non-mature estates, against just 18% for mature estates. and 90% for resale flats (HDB Resale Price…
HDB BTO 2-room: Increased 135.8% vs 77.9% Income increase of Service & Sales Workers 2004 – 2021?
The average prices of non-matured estates HDB BTO 2-room flats increased from $99,500 in 2004 to $234,662 in 2021 https://stackedhomes.com/……/are-btos-still……/…… This works out to an…
Malaysians leaving S’pore to live, but work here – S’poreans too?
“Record-high HDB rents driving Malaysians working in S’pore to live in JB” (ST, Jan 22) “A common room, or a bedroom without an attached toilet,…
Cumulative total loss (for illustrative and conceptual purposes) when HDB becomes 0 at end of 99-year lease: $1.2t, at age 65 $500.6m?
Someone asked if I could try to calculate how much one would have, in a sense. lost until age 65, and in his lifetime, when…
The “Illogical Triple Whammy” of HDB land costs?
Firstly, you are charged market rates , and the sums cannot be used to help S’poreans now, because it goes into the Reserves, which can…
6 reasons why the “cannot lower BTO prices” narrative is not so convincing?
“Drastically lowering BTO prices without regard for land costs will end up hurting S’poreans: Sim Ann” (ST, Dec 12) “Drastically lowering prices of Build-To-Order (BTO)…