Singapore property policy archive
Each event is traced to its sources, compared with precedent and followed to its outcomes. Every claim shows its own verification level, and where a source is not yet held, the record says so.
31 August 2026
Singapore raises Land Betterment Charge rates for five of nine use groups from 1 September 2026
On 31 August 2026 the Singapore Land Authority published revised Land Betterment Charge rates for the half year from 1 September 2026 to 28 February 2027.
23 August 2026
Singapore sets out a long-term outer islands land strategy at the National Day Rally
On 23 August 2026 the Prime Minister set out long-term plans for Singapore's outer islands at the National Day Rally, covering a new western island formed by merging several islands south of Jurong Island, an integrated Sentosa and Pulau Brani destination, Long Island, and further reclamation at Pulau Tekong.
23 August 2026
Singapore raises HDB and Executive Condominium income ceilings and adds a ballot chance for each child
On 23 August 2026 the Government raised the monthly household income ceiling for most new HDB flats, for resale flats bought with a CPF Housing Grant and for HDB housing loans from S$14,000 to S$16,000, and the ceiling for new Executive Condominium units from S$16,000 to S$18,000.
28 July 2026
Singapore lengthens developer ABSD remission timelines for large and mega en bloc redevelopments
For en bloc sites purchased on or after 29 July 2026, a licensed housing developer whose redevelopment yields 700 to 1,399 residential units may have its ABSD remission completion and sale timelines set at 6 years, and one yielding 1,400 or more at 7 years, against 5.5 years under the 2025 Category 1 alone.
28 July 2026
Singapore removes the 15-month wait-out for private-property owners buying non-subsidised HDB resale flats without an HDB housing loan
The Government removed the temporary 15-month wait-out with immediate effect on 28 July 2026 for private residential property owners and former owners purchasing qualifying non-subsidised HDB resale flats without an HDB housing loan.
8 May 2026
Singapore doubles the MOP for future EC projects, removes deferred payment and delays full privatisation to year 15
On 8 May 2026 Singapore revised the Executive Condominium Housing Scheme, with effect the same day, for executive condominiums developed on Government Land Sales sites whose tender closing date falls on or after 8 May 2026.
1 December 2025
Singapore gazettes Master Plan 2025 as its statutory land use plan
On 1 December 2025 URA gazetted Master Plan 2025, with immediate effect, as Singapore's statutory land use plan for the next 10 to 15 years, succeeding Master Plan 2019.
3 September 2025
Singapore extends the CORENET X qualifying period for the developer ABSD remission timeline extension to September 2026 and September 2027
On 3 September 2025, the date IRAS gives, Singapore extended the qualifying window for the CORENET X extension of housing developers' ABSD remission timelines.
3 July 2025
Singapore extends the SSD holding period to four years and raises every residential tier by four percentage points
On 3 July 2025 Singapore extended the Seller's Stamp Duty holding period for residential property from three years to four and raised the rate in every tier by four percentage points, with effect from 4 July 2025 for property acquired on and after that date.
5 March 2025
Singapore extends developer ABSD remission timelines for complex projects and the CORENET X qualifying period
On 5 March 2025 Singapore extended the deadlines attached to the developer Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty remission, for projects on residential land acquired on or after 6 March 2025.
7 February 2025
Singapore reissues the CBD Incentive and Strategic Development Incentive schemes to 2030 and adds a conditional commercial conversion option in Anson and Cecil
On 7 February 2025 the Urban Redevelopment Authority issued revised CBD Incentive and Strategic Development Incentive schemes, in effect that day and running to 6 February 2030.
19 August 2024
Singapore lowers the HDB housing-loan LTV limit from 80% to 75%
On 19 August 2024 MND and HDB lowered the loan-to-value limit for housing loans granted by HDB from 80% to 75%, effective from 20 August 2024, 12.00am, for complete resale applications received by HDB on or after that date and for BTO applications from the October 2024 BTO exercise onwards.
16 February 2024
Singapore lowers the ABSD clawback for housing developers that sell at least 90% of units on time
From 16 February 2024 a licensed housing developer that sells at least 90% but less than 100% of the units in a development within the sale timeline has less of its remitted ABSD clawed back, for residential land bought under an instrument executed on or after 6 July 2018, provided it also met the commencement and completion conditions.
20 August 2023
Singapore introduces the Standard, Plus and Prime flat classification for new BTO flats, with a 10-year MOP and subsidy recovery for Plus and Prime
Announced at the National Day Rally on 20 August 2023 and applied by HDB from the October 2024 BTO exercise, which opened on 16 October 2024, new BTO projects are classified Standard, Plus or Prime by location.
19 July 2023
Singapore brings foreign purchases of Commercial and Residential zoned land under Residential Property Act approval, with transitional exemptions
From 20 July 2023 Commercial and Residential is no longer an entry on the Residential Property Act schedule of non-residential land, so a foreign person generally needs approval to buy land zoned or permitted for that use, as the Ministry of Law and SLA announced on 19 July 2023.
26 April 2023
Singapore raises ABSD, doubling foreign-buyer rate from 30% to 60%
Singapore increased ABSD rates effective for acquisitions on or after 27 April 2023, to pre-emptively moderate investment demand and prioritise owner-occupation after private residential prices accelerated 3.3% QoQ in Q1 2023.
14 February 2023
Singapore raises the top marginal Buyer's Stamp Duty rates to 6% for residential and 5% for non-residential property
On 14 February 2023 Singapore raised the top marginal Buyer's Stamp Duty rates for property acquired on or after 15 February 2023.
29 September 2022
Singapore raises property-loan stress-test floors, cuts the HDB housing-loan LTV limit to 80%, and introduces a temporary 15-month HDB resale wait-out
On 29 September 2022 MAS, MND and HDB jointly announced a four-instrument package effective 30 September 2022.
8 May 2022
Singapore imposes 35% ABSD on residential property transferred into a living trust
On Sunday 8 May 2022 Singapore announced Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (Trust) of 35% on any transfer of residential property into a living trust by an instrument executed on or after 9 May 2022.
4 April 2022
URA tightens the conditions on CBD Incentive and Strategic Development Incentive redevelopments, leaving the incentives unchanged
On 4 April 2022 URA revised the conditions attached to every redevelopment proposal submitted from that date under the CBD Incentive and Strategic Development Incentive schemes.