Browsing Category

Housing

213 posts

About 3,500 rental tenants bought first home in BTO or SBF

Around 3,500 rental tenants have bought their first home in the Build-to-Order or…

Singapore housing prices seriously unaffordable: Survey

by PropertyGuru House prices in Singapore are considered “seriously unaffordable”, with a…

Lease Buyback Scheme (LBS) to be extended to all HDB flat types with effect from 1 January 2019

The Lease Buyback Scheme (LBS) will be extended to all HDB flat…

HDB extends LBS to 5-room and larger units as resale value of old flats continues to slide

It was reported in the media on the first day of the…

Increase in maximum tenancy period for renting out of HDB flat to non-Malaysian non-citizen tenants

Flat owners applying to rent out their flat or bedroom(s) to non-Malaysian…

88 per cent of Singaporeans “dissatisfied” over current property market; 69 per cent of millennials do not have “a structured savings plan” to purchase their own homes: PropertyGuru survey

A significant majority of Singaporeans are worried about astronomical property prices in…

MND releases report on town councils; AHTC claims MND’s wording potentially lowers public esteem of AHTC

The Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC)’s corporate governance has shown an improvement —…

HDB to launch the sale of about 15,000 BTO flats in 2019

About 15,000 new flats of BTO (Build-to-Order) will be launched in 2019,…

Cash strapped because retirement funds spent on chasing after the illusion of property ownership

I was chatting to a British friend of mine recently. He had…
  • ghui
  • 17 November 2018

Lawrence Wong advises elderly couple to “right-size” their house to get cash for retirement

National Development Minister Lawrence Wong published a blog today (16 Nov) relating…