{"id":76094,"date":"2018-01-09T12:25:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T05:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/most-bto-flat-buyers-in-mature-estate-are-first-timers\/"},"modified":"2018-01-09T13:02:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T06:02:47","slug":"most-bto-flat-buyers-in-mature-estate-are-first-timers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/most-bto-flat-buyers-in-mature-estate-are-first-timers\/","title":{"rendered":"Most BTO flat buyers in mature estate are first-timers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nArtist\u2019s impression of the Tampines GreenCourt BTO project. (Photo: HDB)<br \/>\nOn average, about 80 percent of people buying Build-to-Order (BTO) flats in mature estates from the Housing and Development Board (HDB) are first-timers, according to a written parliamentary reply from the Ministry of National Development on Monday (8 January).<br \/>\nIt stated this in reply to a question from Desmond Choo, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC).<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Choo asked whether the Ministry will consider extending the Special Housing Grant (SHG) to first-time buyers, whose parents reside within 2km of their BTO units in mature estates.<br \/>\n\u201cThere are currently no plans to extend the SHG to the purchase of flats in the mature estates. Eligible first-timer households can continue to enjoy up to $40,000 in the Additional CPF Housing Grant (AHG) when they purchase a flat in the mature estates,\u201d responded the Ministry.<br \/>\nIt explained that the SHG is intended to assists lower- to middle-income families purchase their first dwelling. But currently, this can only be obtained by households buying four-room or smaller HDB flats in non-mature estates.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis article was edited by Keshia Faculin.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyguru.com.sg\/property-management-news\/2018\/1\/167762\/most-bto-flat-buyers-in-mature-estate-are-first-timers\" target=\"_blank\">Most BTO flat buyers in mature estate are first-timers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Artist\u2019s impression of the Tampines GreenCourt BTO project. (Photo: HDB) On average, about 80 percent&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-jNk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107397,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hdb-launches-6753-flats-in-may\/","url_meta":{"origin":76094,"position":0},"title":"HDB launches 6,753 flats in May","date":"May 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r They comprise of 3,485 BTO and 3,268 SBF units.\u00a0 The Housing and Development Board (HDB) launched 6,753 flats for sale under its latest Build-To-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercise. 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