The Housing Board will offer Sembawang Anchor alongside 2,875 flats across two projects in Bayshore and Tengah's Plantation Dew during the November exercise. Plantation Dew represents the first launch in its neighbourhood since October 2023 and will feature open-concept "white flats," including their debut for five-room layouts. Additional developments will concurrently launch across Bedok, Geylang, Toa Payoh, and Yishun under raised income ceilings of $16,000 for families and $8,000 for singles.
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The release of Sembawang Anchor brings 2026 flats with sub-three-year wait times to 4,661…: The release of Sembawang Anchor brings 2026 flats with sub-three-year wait times to 4,661, exceeding the official target.
Tengah's Plantation Dew marks the third housing project to offer open-concept "white flat…: Tengah's Plantation Dew marks the third housing project to offer open-concept "white flats" and introduces the layout to five-room units.
HDB remains on schedule to deliver 12,000 shorter-wait homes between 2025 and 2027 after…: HDB remains on schedule to deliver 12,000 shorter-wait homes between 2025 and 2027 after offering 9,351 units to date.
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SINGAPORE – A total of 1,310 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in the new Sembawang North housing estate will be offered in November, Housing Board’s last sales exercise of 2026.
The wait for these flats is two years and 10 months.
Two other projects, in Bayshore and Tengah, with a total of 2,875 flats will also be offered in the November sales exercise, HDB said on Nov 1.
These flats have a wait of three years and two months.
In all, 4,661 flats with shorter waits of less than three years would be launched in 2026, fulfilling the board’s commitment to launch more than 4,000 such flats this year.
HDB said it is on track to meet its target of launching 12,000 flats with shorter waiting time from 2025 to 2027. Including the flats to be launched in November, it has offered a total of 9,351 such flats so far.
It did not reveal the date of the November sales exercise, which will see the increased income ceiling of $16,000 for families and $8,000 for singles take effect.
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