Prime Location Housing model (PLH)
PropertyBT: Chasing restriction-lite HDB resale flats in popular locations (Ep 26)
Does it make sense to chase after restriction-lite HDB resale homes in sought-after locations? Senior correspondent Leslie Yee gets insights and tips from veteran commentator Nicholas Mak of Mogul.sg.
Should the prime Raffles Town Club site be earmarked for HDB homes?
Singapore’s various social and recreation clubs offer their members use of a wide range of dining and sports facilities as well as opportunities to network and participate in curated events. I enjoy b...
PropertyBT: Making sense of HDB’s Standard, Plus and Prime model (Ep 24)
Who benefits from this new model? Senior correspondent Leslie Yee discusses with Professor Qian Wenlan from the National University of Singapore.
Stay cool and don’t go overboard chasing after million-dollar HDB flats
SOME Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats are pricey, fetching well over S$1 million in the resale market.
Over 5,000 new homes could rise from 3 new Tanjong Rhu plots on city fringe
NEW high-rise housing developments can now be built on three plots of land in Tanjong Rhu that analysts estimate could yield more than 5,000 new homes in this location on the city fringe.
Buying a prime-location HDB flat means stepping off the property ladder, for better or worse
IN 2015, it was reported that a four-room Pinnacle@Duxton Housing Development Board flat somewhere between the 34th and 36th floor was sold for S$900,000.
Rental curbs, S$14,000 income cap on resale buyers put in place for new HDB Plus flats
30-month waiting period also set for private homeowners looking to buy Plus flats
National Day Rally: Tighter restrictions for new class of BTO flats to reduce ‘lottery effect’, keep lid on resale prices
Clawback of subsidies, 10-year minimum occupation period, income ceiling on resale buyers for new Plus category
Consider building executive condos in prime locations
Relief may be in sight for aspiring private home buyers. It looks like home prices and interest rates will not rise further and may even soften.
10 years minimum occupancy, clawback of resale proceeds – but PLH flats can still be good buys
One wonders if prime location public housing (PLH) flats are proving not all that popular with eligible Housing and Development Board (HDB) build-to-order (BTO) flat buyers. In the last BTO exercise, ...
