Policy before and after · Tax policy
Singapore raises Land Betterment Charge rates for five of nine use groups from 1 September 2026
Announced 31 August 2026 · Effective 1 September 2026
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Comparison anchored to effective date: 1 September 2026. Before: 3 June 2026 to 31 August 2026. After: 1 September 2026 to 29 November 2026. The same 90 days on each side; the anchor day counts as after.
Before · 3 Jun 2026 to 31 Aug 2026
5 land-sales awards
- 16 land-sales steps in all
- 4 other archive events
The event
Announced 31 Aug 2026
Effective 1 Sep 2026
The effective date is the anchor.
After · 1 Sep 2026 to 29 Nov 2026
2 land-sales awards
- 4 land-sales steps in all
- 32 of 90 days observable so far; the last 58 are after 2 Oct 2026
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Recorded
- 7 verified claims on this event record a before and an after value.
- 5 land-sales awards in the 90 days before the effective date, and 2 in the 32 observable days after.
- None of the 2 tracked series has a whole period on both sides of a 90-day window, so no market figure is compared.
Cannot be concluded
- That this event moved any figure on this page. The comparison is by date; nothing here is attributed to the event.
- Anything about the last 58 of the 90 days after: they are after the date of this reading.
- 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
- 31 August 2026
- Effective
- 1 September 2026
- Issuing authority
- Singapore Land Authority, Urban Redevelopment Authority
- Category
- Tax policy
- Affected market
- Land in Singapore on which Land Betterment Charge is assessed by the Table of Rates method, where the chargeable consent is a Provisional Permission granted on or after 1 September 2026, or a second or subsequent extension to a Provisional Permission granted on or after that date. The table covers 118 geographical sectors and nine use groups, with Use Groups A to E stated per sq m of gross floor area and Use Groups F to H per sq m of land area. Cases assessed under the Valuation method rather than the Table of Rates method sit outside the table.
- Primary source
- Revision of Land Betterment Charge Rates 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. Rates rose on average in five of the nine use groups: commercial by 1.7%, landed residential by 3.5%, non-landed residential by 3.4%, industrial by 3.9%, and places of worship and civic and community institutions by 2.9%. Use Group C, covering hotel and hospital uses, and Use Groups F, G and H did not move in any of the 118 geographical sectors. The largest single move is in sector 54, where the non-landed residential rate rose from S$7,700 to S$9,940 per sq m of gross floor area, and sectors 55 and 56 rose from the same base to S$9,520. Boundary adjustments were made to sectors 7, 16, 23 and 35. The new rates apply where Provisional Permission, or a second or subsequent extension to it, is granted on or after 1 September 2026.
In brief
In brief
- 5 GLS site awards were recorded in the before window and 2 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 claim | Before | After | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sector 54 non-landed residential LBC rate, from S$7,700 per sq mS$ per sq m of gross floor area | 7,700 | 9,940 | +29.1% | Claim 18 |
| In sectors 55 and 56, the Use Group B2 rate rose from S$7,700 to S$9,520 per square metre of gross floor area, from the same March 2026 base as sector 54.S$ per sq m of gross floor area | 7,700 | 9,520 | +23.6% | Claim 19 |
| In sector 96, the Use Group A rate rose from S$7,350 to S$8,750 per square metre of gross floor area, the largest commercial increase in this revision.S$ per sq m of gross floor area | 7,350 | 8,750 | +19% | Claim 20 |
| In sector 67, the Use Group B1 rate rose from S$20,650 to S$22,330 per square metre of gross floor area, which is both the largest landed residential increase and the highest landed residential rate in the table.S$ per sq m of gross floor area | 20,650 | 22,330 | +8.1% | Claim 21 |
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| In sector 43, the Use Group B2 rate rose from S$14,700 to S$15,540 per square metre of gross floor area, the highest non-landed residential rate in the table.S$ per sq m of gross floor area | 14,700 | 15,540 | +5.7% | Claim 23 |
| In sector 111, the Use Group D rate rose from S$2,758 to S$2,898 per square metre of gross floor area, the highest industrial rate in the table.S$ per sq m of gross floor area | 2,758 | 2,898 | +5.1% | Claim 24 |
| In sector 42, the Use Group A rate rose from S$17,850 to S$18,550 per square metre of gross floor area, the highest commercial rate in the table.S$ per sq m of gross floor area | 17,850 | 18,550 | +3.9% | Claim 22 |
Observed around this event
View linked outcomesThe same statistic over the 90 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 periodic periods inside each 90-day window
Before
None
Coverage 0/90 days
After
None
Coverage 0/90 days
Difference
Not stated
No whole periodic period of this series falls inside either window, so no comparison is stated. A longer window may contain one.
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 periodic period inside each 90-day window
Before
None
Coverage 0/90 days
After
None
Coverage 0/90 days
Difference
Not stated
No whole periodic period of this series falls inside either window, so no comparison is stated. A longer window may contain one.
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
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
20 lines
16 land-sales steps (5 awards) · 4 archive events
From the effective date
4 lines
4 land-sales steps (2 awards) · 0 archive events
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Before (20)
11 June 2026 · Land sales
Peck Hay Road: Tender closedResidential · status on 11 June 2026: Tender closed, award pending
16 June 2026 · Land sales
Peck Hay Road: AwardedResidential · status on 16 June 2026: Awarded · awarded to CDL Constellation Pte. Ltd. and Garden Estates (Pte.) Limited at S$542,400,000
18 June 2026 · Land sales
River Valley Green (Parcel C): Tender closedResidential · status on 18 June 2026: Tender closed, award pending
23 June 2026 · Land sales
River Valley Green (Parcel C): AwardedResidential · status on 23 June 2026: Awarded · awarded to SMCL Haven 3 Pte. Ltd. and CSC Land Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. at S$750,569,199
25 June 2026 · Land sales
Lorong Puntong / Sin Ming Avenue: Launched for tender, Confirmed ListResidential · status on 25 June 2026: Tender open
25 June 2026 · Land sales
Kitchener Link: Released on the Reserve ListResidential · status on 25 June 2026: On the Reserve List
30 June 2026 · Land sales
Admiralty Walk: Launched for tender, Confirmed ListExecutive Condominium housing · status on 30 June 2026: Tender open
3 July 2026 · Land sales
Town Hall Link: Launched for tender, moved from the Reserve List to the Confirmed ListWhite site · status on 3 July 2026: Tender open
15 July 2026 · Land sales
Bayshore Drive: Tender closedCommercial and residential · status on 15 July 2026: Tender closed, award pending
20 July 2026 · Land sales
Bayshore Drive: AwardedCommercial and residential · status on 20 July 2026: Awarded · awarded to Gemini Residential Pte. Ltd. and Gemini Trustee Pte. Ltd. (as trustee-manager of Gemini Mall Trust) at S$2,128,000,000
28 July 2026 · Land sales
Chitty Road and Veerasamy Road: Tender closedResidential: 18 conserved two-storey buildings of 1927, within the existing envelope under the Conservation Guidelines · status on 28 July 2026: Tender closed, award pending
28 July 2026 · Archive event
Singapore removes the 15-month wait-out for private-property owners buying non-subsidised HDB resale flats without an HDB housing loanAnnounced 28 July 2026
28 July 2026 · Archive event
Singapore lengthens developer ABSD remission timelines for large and mega en bloc redevelopmentsAnnounced 28 July 2026
4 August 2026 · Land sales
Berlayar Drive: Tender closedResidential · status on 4 August 2026: Tender closed, award pending
7 August 2026 · Land sales
Chitty Road and Veerasamy Road: AwardedResidential: 18 conserved two-storey buildings of 1927, within the existing envelope under the Conservation Guidelines · status on 7 August 2026: Awarded · awarded to YK Land Pte. Ltd. at S$35,288,000
7 August 2026 · Land sales
Berlayar Drive: AwardedResidential · status on 7 August 2026: Awarded · awarded to Intrepid Investments Pte. Ltd. and GuocoLand (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. at S$576,778,554
13 August 2026 · Land sales
Marina Gardens Lane (6,007.4 sqm parcel): Launched for tender, Confirmed ListResidential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 13 August 2026: Tender open
13 August 2026 · Land sales
Orchard Boulevard (3,438.0 sqm parcel): Launched for tender, Confirmed ListResidential · status on 13 August 2026: Tender open
23 August 2026 · Archive event
Singapore raises HDB and Executive Condominium income ceilings and adds a ballot chance for each childAnnounced 23 August 2026
23 August 2026 · Planning
Singapore sets out a long-term outer islands land strategy at the National Day RallyAnnounced 23 August 2026
After (4)
1 September 2026 · Land sales
New Upper Changi Road: Tender closedResidential · status on 1 September 2026: Tender closed, award pending
4 September 2026 · Land sales
New Upper Changi Road: AwardedResidential · status on 4 September 2026: Awarded · awarded to United Venture Development (Daisy) Pte. Ltd. and CL Sapphire Pte. Ltd. at S$1,425,388,000
15 September 2026 · Land sales
Lorong Puntong / Sin Ming Avenue: Tender closedResidential · status on 15 September 2026: Tender closed, award pending
18 September 2026 · Land sales
Lorong Puntong / Sin Ming Avenue: AwardedResidential · status on 18 September 2026: Awarded · awarded to Eco World Development (S) Pte. Ltd. at S$208,099,000
Methodology5 rules
- Comparison anchored to effective date: 1 September 2026. 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 (4)
Primary sources4
Revision of Land Betterment Charge Rates from 1 September 2026
Singapore Land Authority · Primary source · Published 31 August 2026
Revision of Land Betterment Charge rates from 1 March 2026
Singapore Land Authority · Primary source · Published 27 February 2026
Land Betterment Charge
Singapore Land Authority · Primary source · Publication date not recorded
Annex A, Table for Land Betterment Charge Rates per Square Metre, September 2026
Singapore Land Authority · Primary source · Publication date not recorded
Event checked against its primary sources on 1 September 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.