Policy before and after · Policy relaxation

Singapore extends developer ABSD remission timelines for complex projects and the CORENET X qualifying period

Announced 5 March 2025 · Effective 6 March 2025

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Comparison anchored to effective date: 6 March 2025. Before: 7 September 2024 to 5 March 2025. After: 6 March 2025 to 1 September 2025. The same 180 days on each side; the anchor day counts as after.

Before · 7 Sep 2024 to 5 Mar 2025

6 land-sales awards

  • 29 land-sales steps in all
  • 2 other archive events
  • Singapore private residential transactions, all types of sale: 7,433 (Q4 2024)

The event

Announced 5 Mar 2025

Effective 6 Mar 2025

The effective date is the anchor.

After · 6 Mar 2025 to 1 Sep 2025

9 land-sales awards

  • 29 land-sales steps in all
  • All 180 days observable
  • Singapore private residential transactions, all types of sale: 5,128 (Q2 2025)

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Recorded

  • 1 verified claim on this event records a before and an after value.
  • 6 land-sales awards in the 180 days before the effective date, and 9 in the 180 observable days after.
  • 3 of 3 tracked series have a whole period on both sides, so a before and after figure is stated for them.

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  • That this event moved any figure on this page. The comparison is by date; nothing here is attributed to the event.
  • A reading of the concurrent land sales and events as responses to this one. They are listed by date alone.
About this eventIssuing authority, category, affected market, primary source, summary
Announced
5 March 2025
Effective
6 March 2025
Issuing authority
Ministry of National Development, Ministry of Finance, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore
Category
Policy relaxation
Affected market
Residential land acquired by licensed housing developers on or after 6 March 2025, where the project falls within at least one of four qualifying categories of complex project, and separately private residential projects with gross floor area under 30,000 sqm making a first submission under the CORENET X approval process.
Primary source
Revisions to Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty Regime for Housing Developers to Support Complex Projects and Onboarding to CORENET X

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. A project falling within one of four qualifying categories of complex project gained 6 months on its commencement, completion and sale timelines, and a project falling within more than one gained 12. A separate leg extended the CORENET X qualifying period for smaller new projects to first submissions made until 31 December 2026. No ABSD rate moved, no buyer outside the licensed developer regime was touched, and the underlying 2-year and 5-year timelines were left in place for every project outside the categories.

In brief

In brief

  • Singapore private residential transactions, all types of sale totalled 7,433 in the whole periods inside the 180 days before the effective date (Q4 2024) and 5,128 in those inside the 180 days after (Q2 2025).
  • Private Residential Property Price Index, All Residential was 209.4 in Q4 2024, the latest whole period before the effective date, and 213.2 in Q2 2025, the latest whole period in the 180 days after.
  • 6 GLS site awards were recorded in the before window and 9 in the after window.

What changed

No policy matrix is recorded for this event. These are its verified claims that store a before and an after value.

As recorded in the claimBeforeAfterChangeSource
Under the March 2025 framework a Category 1 large en bloc site carried a commencement timeline of 2.5 years and completion and sale timelines of 5.5 years, against 2 years and 5 years for a regular en bloc site.months6066+10%Claim 20

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The same statistic over the 180 days before and after the anchor. Figures describe what was recorded in each window; they do not attribute a change to this event.

Singapore private residential transactions, all types of sale

units · Total over whole quarterly periods inside each 180-day window

Before

7,433

Q4 2024

Coverage 92/180 days

After

5,128

Q2 2025

Coverage 91/180 days

Difference

-2,305

-31%

Qualified: whole periods cover 92/180 days before and 91/180 days after. Days outside a whole period are not counted and are not treated as zero. The two totals span different numbers of days.

Provenance
Source
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Series kind
FLOW
Basis
Observation periods wholly inside each window, values as originally recorded.
Origin
Calculated (sum of published period values)
Shown because
Mapped to this kind of event

Private Residential Property Price Index, All Residential

index (2009Q1=100) · Value in the latest whole quarterly period inside each 180-day window

Before

209.4

Q4 2024

Coverage 92/180 days

After

213.2

Q2 2025

Coverage 91/180 days

Difference

+3.8

+1.8%

Qualified: whole periods cover 92/180 days before and 91/180 days after. Days outside a whole period are not counted and are not treated as zero.

Provenance
Source
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Series kind
INDEX
Basis
Observation periods wholly inside each window, values as originally recorded.
Origin
Source fact (latest whole period)
Shown because
Mapped to this kind of event

HDB Resale Price Index

index (2009Q1=100) · Value in the latest whole quarterly period inside each 180-day window

Before

197.9

Q4 2024

Coverage 92/180 days

After

202.9

Q2 2025

Coverage 91/180 days

Difference

+5

+2.5%

Qualified: whole periods cover 92/180 days before and 91/180 days after. Days outside a whole period are not counted and are not treated as zero.

Provenance
Source
Housing & Development Board
Series kind
INDEX
Basis
Observation periods wholly inside each window, values as originally recorded.
Origin
Source fact (latest whole period)
Shown because
Mapped to this kind of event

Concurrent planning and land activity

Land sales and other archive events dated inside the windows, listed by date only. Each land-sales line shows the site as the record stood on that day.

Before the effective date

31 lines

29 land-sales steps (6 awards) · 2 archive events

From the effective date

30 lines

29 land-sales steps (9 awards) · 1 archive event

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Before (31)

  1. 12 September 2024 · Land sales

    Faber Walk: Launched for tender

    Residential · status on 12 September 2024: Tender open

  2. 13 September 2024 · Land sales

    Jurong Lake District Master Developer site: Not awarded, moved to the Reserve List

    White site · status on 13 September 2024: Tender not awarded

  3. 19 September 2024 · Land sales

    Media Circle (long-stay serviced apartments): Tender closed

    Residential for long-stay serviced apartments only, with commercial at 1st storey · status on 19 September 2024: Tender closed, award pending

  4. 19 September 2024 · Land sales

    Tampines Street 94: Tender closed

    Mixed commercial and residential · status on 19 September 2024: Tender closed, award pending

  5. 26 September 2024 · Land sales

    Chencharu Close: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Mixed commercial and residential, integrated with a bus interchange and a hawker centre · status on 26 September 2024: Tender open

  6. 3 October 2024 · Land sales

    Media Circle (long-stay serviced apartments): Not awarded

    Residential for long-stay serviced apartments only, with commercial at 1st storey · status on 3 October 2024: Tender not awarded

  7. 10 October 2024 · Land sales

    Tampines Street 94: Awarded

    Mixed commercial and residential · status on 10 October 2024: Awarded · awarded to Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd and Sunway Developments Pte. Ltd. at S$668,280,000

  8. 16 October 2024 · Archive event

    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

    Effective 16 October 2024

  9. 17 October 2024 · Land sales

    Lentor Gardens (20,640.8 sqm parcel): Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential · status on 17 October 2024: Tender open

  10. 17 October 2024 · Land sales

    River Valley Green (Parcel B): Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey, including long-stay serviced apartments · status on 17 October 2024: Tender open

  11. 17 October 2024 · Land sales

    Marina Gardens Lane (6,007.4 sqm parcel): Released on the Reserve List

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 17 October 2024: On the Reserve List

  12. 17 October 2024 · Land sales

    Woodlands Drive 17 (EC): Released on the Reserve List

    Executive Condominium · status on 17 October 2024: On the Reserve List

  13. 24 October 2024 · Land sales

    Tampines Street 95: Tender closed

    Executive Condominium housing · status on 24 October 2024: Tender closed, award pending

  14. 8 November 2024 · Land sales

    Tampines Street 95: Awarded

    Executive Condominium housing · status on 8 November 2024: Awarded · awarded to Sim Lian Land Pte Ltd and Sim Lian Development Pte Ltd at S$465,000,000

  15. 19 November 2024 · Land sales

    Faber Walk: Tender closed

    Residential · status on 19 November 2024: Tender closed, award pending

  16. 26 November 2024 · Land sales

    Media Circle (Parcel A): Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 26 November 2024: Tender open

  17. 26 November 2024 · Land sales

    Media Circle (Parcel B): Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 26 November 2024: Tender open

  18. 26 November 2024 · Land sales

    Bayshore Road: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential · status on 26 November 2024: Tender open

  19. 26 November 2024 · Land sales

    Faber Walk: Awarded

    Residential · status on 26 November 2024: Awarded · awarded to GuocoLand (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., TID Residential Pte. Ltd. and Intrepid Investments Pte. Ltd. at S$349,857,988

  20. 3 December 2024 · Land sales

    Holland Link: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential · status on 3 December 2024: Tender open

  21. 3 December 2024 · Land sales

    Holland Plain: Released on the Reserve List

    Residential · status on 3 December 2024: On the Reserve List

  22. 3 December 2024 · Land sales

    Chuan Grove: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential · status on 3 December 2024: Tender open

  23. 3 December 2024 · Land sales

    River Valley Green (Parcel C): Released on the Reserve List

    Residential · status on 3 December 2024: On the Reserve List

  24. 14 January 2025 · Land sales

    Dairy Farm Walk (21,881.8 sqm parcel): Tender closed

    Residential · status on 14 January 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  25. 14 January 2025 · Land sales

    Tengah Garden Avenue: Tender closed

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 14 January 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  26. 21 January 2025 · Land sales

    Dairy Farm Walk (21,881.8 sqm parcel): Awarded

    Residential · status on 21 January 2025: Awarded · awarded to SNC2 Realty Pte. Ltd., Apex Asia Alpha Investment Two Pte. Ltd., Soon Li Heng Civil Engineering Pte Ltd and Kay Lim Realty Pte. Ltd. at S$504,515,000

  27. 21 January 2025 · Land sales

    Tengah Garden Avenue: Awarded

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 21 January 2025: Awarded · awarded to Intrepid Investments Pte. Ltd., CSC Land Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and GuocoLand (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. at S$675,000,000

  28. 7 February 2025 · Land sales

    River Valley Green (Parcel B): Tender closed

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey, including long-stay serviced apartments · status on 7 February 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  29. 7 February 2025 · Planning

    Singapore reissues the CBD Incentive and Strategic Development Incentive schemes to 2030 and adds a conditional commercial conversion option in Anson and Cecil

    Announced 7 February 2025

  30. 13 February 2025 · Land sales

    River Valley Green (Parcel B): Awarded

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey, including long-stay serviced apartments · status on 13 February 2025: Awarded · awarded to GLL B Pte. Ltd. at S$627,835,896

  31. 4 March 2025 · Land sales

    Media Circle (Parcel A): Tender closed

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 4 March 2025: Tender closed, award pending

After (30)

  1. 13 March 2025 · Land sales

    Media Circle (Parcel A): Awarded

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 13 March 2025: Awarded · awarded to CNQC Realty (Bloomsbury) Pte. Ltd., Forsea Residence Pte. Ltd. and Hoovasun Holding Pte. Ltd. at S$315,000,000

  2. 18 March 2025 · Land sales

    Bayshore Road: Tender closed

    Residential · status on 18 March 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  3. 21 March 2025 · Land sales

    Senja Close: Launched for tender, moved from the Reserve List to the Confirmed List

    Executive Condominium residential · status on 21 March 2025: Tender open

  4. 28 March 2025 · Land sales

    Bayshore Road: Awarded

    Residential · status on 28 March 2025: Awarded · awarded to Sing-Haiyi Garnet Pte. Ltd. at S$658,888,998

  5. 3 April 2025 · Land sales

    Lentor Gardens (20,640.8 sqm parcel): Tender closed

    Residential · status on 3 April 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  6. 8 April 2025 · Land sales

    Lakeside Drive: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 8 April 2025: Tender open

  7. 8 April 2025 · Land sales

    Dunearn Road: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential · status on 8 April 2025: Tender open

  8. 8 April 2025 · Land sales

    Woodlands Drive 17 (EC): Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Executive Condominium · status on 8 April 2025: Tender open

  9. 9 April 2025 · Land sales

    Lentor Gardens (20,640.8 sqm parcel): Awarded

    Residential · status on 9 April 2025: Awarded · awarded to Kingsford Huray Development Pte Ltd at S$429,230,000

  10. 29 April 2025 · Land sales

    Media Circle (Parcel B): Tender closed, no bids

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 29 April 2025: Tender closed, no bids received

  11. 13 May 2025 · Land sales

    Chuan Grove (14,514.3 sqm parcel): Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential · status on 13 May 2025: Tender open

  12. 29 May 2025 · Land sales

    Sembawang Road: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Executive Condominium housing · status on 29 May 2025: Tender open

  13. 29 May 2025 · Land sales

    Hougang Avenue 10 / Hougang Central: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Mixed commercial and residential, integrated with a bus interchange · status on 29 May 2025: Tender open

  14. 3 June 2025 · Land sales

    Lakeside Drive: Tender closed

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 3 June 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  15. 9 June 2025 · Land sales

    Lakeside Drive: Awarded

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 9 June 2025: Awarded · awarded to CDL Polaris Properties Pte. Ltd. and CDL Polaris Commercial Pte. Ltd. at S$608,000,000

  16. 24 June 2025 · Land sales

    Dorset Road: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential · status on 24 June 2025: Tender open

  17. 24 June 2025 · Land sales

    Upper Thomson Road (Parcel A), 2025 tender: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 24 June 2025: Tender open

  18. 24 June 2025 · Land sales

    Telok Blangah Road: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential · status on 24 June 2025: Tender open

  19. 26 June 2025 · Land sales

    Dunearn Road: Tender closed

    Residential · status on 26 June 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  20. 3 July 2025 · Land sales

    Dunearn Road: Awarded

    Residential · status on 3 July 2025: Awarded · awarded to CSC Land Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Sekisui House, Ltd. and Frasers Property Phoenix II Pte. Ltd. at S$491,454,208

  21. 3 July 2025 · Archive event

    Singapore extends the SSD holding period to four years and raises every residential tier by four percentage points

    Announced 3 July 2025

  22. 8 July 2025 · Land sales

    Chuan Grove: Tender closed

    Residential · status on 8 July 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  23. 17 July 2025 · Land sales

    Chuan Grove: Awarded

    Residential · status on 17 July 2025: Awarded · awarded to Sing Holdings Residential Pte. Ltd. and Sunway Developments Pte. Ltd. at S$703,600,000

  24. 29 July 2025 · Land sales

    Holland Link: Tender closed

    Residential · status on 29 July 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  25. 5 August 2025 · Land sales

    Senja Close: Tender closed

    Executive Condominium residential · status on 5 August 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  26. 5 August 2025 · Land sales

    Woodlands Drive 17 (EC): Tender closed

    Executive Condominium · status on 5 August 2025: Tender closed, award pending

  27. 7 August 2025 · Land sales

    Holland Link: Awarded

    Residential · status on 7 August 2025: Awarded · awarded to Sim Lian Land Pte Ltd and Sim Lian Development Pte Ltd at S$368,368,368

  28. 26 August 2025 · Land sales

    Bukit Timah Road: Launched for tender, Confirmed List

    Residential · status on 26 August 2025: Tender open

  29. 26 August 2025 · Land sales

    Senja Close: Awarded

    Executive Condominium residential · status on 26 August 2025: Awarded · awarded to CDL Constellation Pte. Ltd. at S$252,899,000

  30. 26 August 2025 · Land sales

    Woodlands Drive 17 (EC): Awarded

    Executive Condominium · status on 26 August 2025: Awarded · awarded to CDL Divine Pte. Ltd. at S$360,899,000

Methodology5 rules
  • Comparison anchored to effective date: 6 March 2025. The anchor is the effective date where one is recorded, otherwise the announcement date.
  • The windows are the same number of days on each side of the anchor, and the anchor day belongs to the after window.
  • A series counts toward a window only for observation periods wholly inside it, with values as originally recorded, not as later revised.
  • Where no whole period falls inside a window, no value and no difference is stated; a day no whole period covers is missing, never zero.
  • Concurrent land sales and archive events are listed by date alone. Nothing on this page is attributed to the event.

Sources

The event's sources (3)

Primary sources3
  • Revisions to Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty Regime for Housing Developers to Support Complex Projects and Onboarding to CORENET X

    Ministry of Finance · Primary source · Published 5 March 2025

    Open original source

  • Revisions to Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty Regime to Support Housing Developers Undertaking Large-scale En Bloc Redevelopments

    Ministry of Finance · Primary source · Published 28 July 2026

    Open original source

  • Additional Buyer Stamp Duty (ABSD) Extension for projects that aim to achieve higher productivity targets

    Building and Construction Authority · Primary source · Publication date not recorded

    Open original source

Event checked against its primary sources on 24 August 2026. Each claim keeps its own verification status.

Observed series come from the published statistics named on each card. Land-sales lines link to the site record and its releases.