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新措施买屋可留两万公积金存款 惟房价攀升仍是民众隐忧

《联合早报》报导,建屋发展局公布新措施,从今开始,国人申请房屋贷款购屋时,可灵活选择是否保留最多两万元公积金普通户头(OA)存款,以备不时之需。

目前,尚未领取新家钥匙的屋主,或今天起提交转售组屋申请的买家,都可选择是否保留最多两万元的公积金存款。

此前,国人需动用所有公积金普通户头存款付款,剩余款项才能向建屋局贷款。

《亚洲新闻台》采访国立大学房地产系副教授程天富,后者欢迎上述具弹性的政策,让申请者对自己的房贷有多些选择,再者把部分储蓄留在公积金中也能累积利息。

当前,公积金利率为3.5巴仙,而建屋局的房贷利率仍抱持2.6巴仙。不过,程天富认为,买家若选择更大的贷款,意味着他每月的债务负担也更高,知识其中的风险相对较小,因为组屋按揭贷款的优惠利率比起商业银行波动的利率相比,相对稳定。

新加坡橙易产业研究与咨询主任Christine Sun则指出,如果购买私人产业,很多人都选择贷款,而不用光公积金的存款。但至少现在组屋买家也可作选择,特别是积蓄能够作为应对财务困难的缓冲。这也表示国人需要作更长远的打算,包括在贷款时,需要考量未来是否有足够积蓄退休。

新政策能提供买屋的民众较弹性房贷选择,虽然乐见能保留储蓄在户头里应对不时之需,不过大部分民众并未因此感到特别雀跃。

房价飙升过快

有网民则点出房价攀升比公积金利息更为迅猛,更合理房价才是国民需要的。

网民Tech 提出,以前买房都只是以公积金扣房价首期,可是后来经济不景,建屋局却改成一次把户头的钱全部扣光,结果那些刚结婚买屋的家庭,丈夫户头不够扣,妻子要带孩子几年没法工作,就急需现今。

在经济不好时,一失业更糟,没有公积金就要掏现金来还房贷,间接引起的社会问题又该谁来买单?

网民HockSeng Lim就提到,即使人民公积金储蓄多了,但是屋价攀升也快,曾经一年涨价三次。他的观点认为,公积金是养老用的,但也追不上屋价飞升,到最后恐怕也没剩多少钱。

Winson Tan在《亚洲新闻台》的脸书留言道,这是公积金局早就该做的事,储蓄里必须有笔应急资金,而不是却都用在买房;Adrian Lim则警示可能是选举要到了,政府其实不傻,只是一直以来他们不落实原本符合逻辑的政策。

吁正视公积金政策缺陷

Prabu Ramachandran也认为,新措施只不过是障眼法,国民面对的关键问题是公积金也被征收利息、在退休时无法提取全额储蓄,以及高昂房价几乎侵蚀掉我们大部分的公积金储蓄,致使国人根本没有逃脱退休危机的方案。

Wong Yking指出年龄介于28左右青年家庭购屋的困境,他们刚结婚也刚工作不久,户头里恐怕没有多少积蓄,大部分还是得用现钱来偿还首期。

Ben Lim则建议买房尽量别用公积金,“理论上公积金储蓄和银行储蓄户口没两样,有点基本财经常识都知道,借贷才会产生利息。但既然拿公积金储蓄不是借,我们为何要偿还利息?”

对此Matthias Leonard Lim则认为,现金(薪资和储蓄投资等)都属流动性,如果妥善理财应能储蓄足够的退休储备。至于公积金的门槛时常变动,比较理想就是直接用公积金买房,因为到了20-30年乃至40年后我们退休时,我们都不可能拿回公积金现钱,所以用它来买房更实际。

 

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