Cooling measures

The government will lift a 15-month wait-out period imposed on private property owners looking to buy an HDB flat in the resale market, a market restriction rolled out in 2022 as prices in the public ...

Slowdown in economy is flagged as top risk amid robust housing demand at premium price points

Debt-limiting rules such as loan-to-value and mortgage servicing ratio are seen as more effective than ABSD

Increasing risks include fierce bidding for land and government action 

SOUTH Korea rolled out new steps to rein in property prices, after earlier measures failed to cool demand sufficiently and spurred central bank concerns over mounting mortgage debt levels.

OVER the last three decades, the Singapore government rolled out more than 10 rounds of measures to cool the property market, each time aiming to tame rapidly rising housing prices and calm fevered bu...

Don’t rule out locals paying 5 per cent ABSD for transactions over S$1 million

The tighter loan limit makes for prudent borrowing, which is sensible in a job market prone to disruptions

This group of buyers is ‘not insignificant’, forking out a median of S$20,000 to S$60,000 more than other flat buyers