The Housing Board's final sales launch of 2026 spreads nearly 8,000 homes across seven developments categorized under Prime, Plus, and Standard models. Applicants face varying resale restrictions, including an 11 percent subsidy clawback and a 10-year minimum occupation period for the sole Prime project near Caldecott MRT station. Standard flats in Tengah and northern estates retain traditional five-year occupation periods without subsidy recovery clauses. Additionally, the Tengah development features customizable open-concept white flats without pre-built internal partition walls.
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Revised income ceilings of $16,000 for families and $8,000 for singles have officially ta…: Revised income ceilings of $16,000 for families and $8,000 for singles have officially taken effect for applicants.
Housing classifications across Prime, Plus, and Standard tiers enforce differentiated cla…: Housing classifications across Prime, Plus, and Standard tiers enforce differentiated clawback subsidies and minimum occupancy periods.
Standard projects in Sembawang, Tengah, and Yishun offer buyers faster completion timelin…: Standard projects in Sembawang, Tengah, and Yishun offer buyers faster completion timelines and standard five-year occupation conditions.
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SINGAPORE – The Housing Board launched 7,964 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats for sale on Nov 4, including about 1,300 flats in Sembawang North with shorter waits of under three years.
In all, seven projects are on sale across Bedok, Geylang, Sembawang, Tengah, Toa Payoh and Yishun in the last sales exercise of 2026.
The higher income ceilings of $16,000 for families and $8,000 for singles also take effect from this launch.
The only Prime project – Toa Payoh Hillside next to Caldecott MRT station – has a subsidy clawback of 11%.
There are three Plus projects - Bayshore Oasis and Bayshore Sails in Bedok, and Merpati Meadow in Geylang. The Bedok projects have subsidy recovery rates of 9%, while the Geylang one is set at 8%.
Prime and Plus flats, which are closer to the city centre, transport nodes and amenities, come with stricter resale conditions, such as a 10-year minimum occupation period (MOP) and a subsidy clawback upon resale.
The clawback means that when such flats are sold, owners will have to pay HDB a percentage of the resale or…
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