Prices of public housing in Singapore have reached new highs, but with measures introduced recently to mitigate this surge, how far will it go to make home ownership more affordable for Singaporeans?
Singles will soon be able to apply for new two-room HDB flats in any location. The Institute of Policy Studies’ Tan Poh Lin considers the implications.
Some sellers might leverage the new classification and term their own property as a “Plus” flat in order to charge a premium, said one property analyst.
In the days after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech, “young seniors” became a buzzword on and offline. Writer Tracy Lee, 51, weighs in.