The Housing and Development Board's November sales exercise introduces 1,310 units at Sembawang Anchor, which offers an expedited completion window of two years and 10 months. Alongside this project, additional offerings in Bedok and Tengah will push the pool of homes with turnaround times of around three years or fewer to 2,875 flats. Tengah's Plantation Dew will further provide open-concept living by extending wall-free "white flat" layouts to 5-room units for the first time. All three featured estates are set to provide integrated conveniences, including commercial dining spaces, preschools, retail stores, and nearby transit connectivity.
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The Housing and Development Board exceeded its 2026 delivery goal by releasing 4,661 flat…: The Housing and Development Board exceeded its 2026 delivery goal by releasing 4,661 flats with shorter waiting times.
Units with waiting times around three years or fewer represent more than one-third of the…: Units with waiting times around three years or fewer represent more than one-third of the roughly 7,960 flats offered.
Open-concept white flat configurations are being expanded beyond three- and four-room opt…: Open-concept white flat configurations are being expanded beyond three- and four-room options to include five-room units for the first time.
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Flats with a waiting time of just over three years at projects in Bayshore and Tengah will also be launched for sale in the November BTO sales exercise.
SINGAPORE: The Housing and Development Board (HDB) will offer 1,310 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in Sembawang with waiting times of less than three years in the upcoming November BTO sales exercise, it said on Sunday (Nov 1).
The flats, at Sembawang Anchor, will bring the total number of shorter waiting time (SWT) flats launched in 2026 to 4,661, exceeding HDB's target of over 4,000 SWT flats this year.
The project, with a waiting time of two years and 10 months, is located in the new Sembawang North housing area, between Admiralty Lane and Sembawang Drive.
It will comprise six residential blocks, including an integrated block with sold and rental flats. There are 1,310 units of 2-room Flexi, 3-room, 4-room and 5-room flats.
There will be a preschool, eating house, supermarket and shops located within the project, offering "convenient access to everyday amenities", said HDB.
Additionally, there are plans for a new neighbourhood centre…
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