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Consider waiving Buyer’s Stamp Duty for some young Singaporean couples buying their first home

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Leslie Yee

Leslie Yee

Published Mon, May 22, 2023 · 03:54 PM
    • Maybe more help can be extended on the homeownership front to local couples who bust the income ceiling to buy BTO flats.
    • Maybe more help can be extended on the homeownership front to local couples who bust the income ceiling to buy BTO flats. PHOTO: BT FILE

    YOUNG local couples have been getting plenty of help on the housing front recently. 

    Among measures unveiled, married couples aged 40 and below, who are buying their first home, get an additional ballot chance for their Housing and Development Board (HDB) Build-To-Order (BTO) applications from the August BTO exercise.

    Eligible first-timer couples buying an HDB resale flat can now get a CPF Housing Grant of S$80,000, up from S$50,000, for a two-room to four-room flat, and S$50,000, up from S$40,000, for a five-room or larger flat.

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