Policy before and after · Eligibility change
Singapore introduces the Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) model, with a 10-year MOP and resale limited to BTO-eligible buyers
Announced 27 October 2021 · Effective 17 November 2021
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Comparison anchored to effective date: 17 November 2021. Before: 21 May 2021 to 16 November 2021. After: 17 November 2021 to 15 May 2022. The same 180 days on each side; the anchor day counts as after.
Before · 21 May 2021 to 16 Nov 2021
7 land-sales awards
- 25 land-sales steps in all
- 2 other archive events
- HDB Resale Price Index: 150.6 (Q3 2021)
The event
Announced 27 Oct 2021
Effective 17 Nov 2021
The effective date is the anchor.
After · 17 Nov 2021 to 15 May 2022
4 land-sales awards
- 14 land-sales steps in all
- All 180 days observable
- HDB Resale Price Index: 159.5 (Q1 2022)
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Recorded
- 4 policy parameters recorded with a before and an after value on this event.
- 7 land-sales awards in the 180 days before the effective date, and 4 in the 180 observable days after.
- 1 of 1 tracked series has a whole period on both sides, so a before and after figure is stated for it.
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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
- 27 October 2021
- Effective
- 17 November 2021
- Issuing authority
- Ministry of National Development, Housing & Development Board
- Category
- Eligibility change
- Affected market
- New HDB flats in projects launched under the Prime Location Public Housing model, the first being River Peaks I and II at Rochor in the November 2021 BTO exercise, and every later resale of those flats. Existing flat owners and flats not launched under the model are outside it.
- Primary source
- Joint MND-HDB Press Release on the Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) Model
On 27 October 2021 MND and HDB announced the Prime Location Public Housing model, first applied from 17 November 2021 to River Peaks I and II at Rochor in the November 2021 BTO exercise. PLH flats carry a 10-year MOP against 5 years for other BTO flats, no whole-flat rental even after the MOP, and a payment to HDB of a percentage of the resale price on sale, fixed at 6% for River Peaks I and II. Buying a PLH flat from HDB needs the prevailing BTO eligibility conditions, unchanged. Buying one on resale now needs them too: a citizen applicant, the S$14,000 income ceiling and no private property owned or disposed of in the last 30 months, none of which applied to a typical resale flat. The model was not applied retroactively to existing flat owners.
In brief
In brief
- HDB_MOP, plh: increased from 5 years to 10 years.
- HDB Resale Price Index was 150.6 in Q3 2021, the latest whole period before the effective date, and 159.5 in Q1 2022, the latest whole period in the 180 days after.
- 8 GLS site awards were recorded in the before window and 4 in the after window.
What changed
| Policy parameter | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDB_MOP · plh | 5 years | 10 years | Increased |
| HDB_MOP · non plh bto | 5 years | 5 years | Unchanged |
| HDB_SUBSIDY_RECOVERY · river peaks i and ii, plh | Unknown | 6% | Not stated |
| WAIT_OUT · PPO AND EX PPO, plh resale | Unknown | 30 months | Not stated |
Where these values come from
- Source
- Recorded on this event's policy matrix in Prevo's archive. The event's primary source: Joint MND-HDB Press Release on the Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) Model.
- Primary source published
- 27 October 2021
- Validity
- In force from the event's effective date, 17 November 2021. The row records no date of its own; the date is the event's.
- Basis
- Archive record. The matrix row carries no source reference of its own; the event's sources are listed below.
Observed around this event
View linked outcomesThe 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.
HDB Resale Price Index
index (2009Q1=100) · Value in the latest whole quarterly period inside each 180-day window
Before
150.6
Q3 2021
Coverage 92/180 days
After
159.5
Q1 2022
Coverage 90/180 days
Difference
+8.9
+5.9%
Qualified: whole periods cover 92/180 days before and 90/180 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
27 lines
25 land-sales steps (7 awards) · 2 archive events
From the effective date
17 lines
14 land-sales steps (4 awards) · 3 archive events
Explore concurrent eventsHide concurrent events
Before (27)
25 May 2021 · Land sales
Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1: Tender closedResidential · status on 25 May 2021: Tender closed, award pending
25 May 2021 · Land sales
Tengah Garden Walk: Tender closedExecutive Condominium housing · status on 25 May 2021: Tender closed, award pending
27 May 2021 · Land sales
Jalan Tembusu: Released on the Reserve ListResidential · status on 27 May 2021: On the Reserve List
27 May 2021 · Land sales
Tampines Street 62 (Parcel B): Released on the Reserve ListExecutive Condominium residential · status on 27 May 2021: On the Reserve List
2 June 2021 · Land sales
Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1: AwardedResidential · status on 2 June 2021: Awarded · awarded to United Venture Development (2021) Pte. Ltd. at S$381,381,000
3 June 2021 · Land sales
Tengah Garden Walk: AwardedExecutive Condominium housing · status on 3 June 2021: Awarded · awarded to Taurus Properties SG Pte. Ltd. at S$400,318,000
15 June 2021 · Land sales
Slim Barracks Rise (Parcel A): Launched for tenderResidential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 15 June 2021: Tender open
15 June 2021 · Land sales
Slim Barracks Rise (Parcel B): Launched for tenderResidential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 15 June 2021: Tender open
28 June 2021 · Land sales
Marina View: Reserve List site launched for tenderWhite site: mixed residential, hotel, commercial and/or serviced apartment · status on 28 June 2021: Tender open
28 June 2021 · Archive event
Singapore gives developers an additional six months of COVID-19 relief on ABSD commencement and completion timelines, for land bought up to 7 May 2021Announced 28 June 2021
29 June 2021 · Land sales
Jalan Anak Bukit: Tender closed, concept stageCommercial and residential integrated transport hub · status on 29 June 2021: Tender closed, award pending
29 June 2021 · Archive event
Singapore adds family and nominee routes to the shareholding test for exempting listed developers from the qualifying certificate regimeAnnounced 29 June 2021
22 July 2021 · Land sales
Lentor Central: Tender closedResidential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 22 July 2021: Tender closed, award pending
22 July 2021 · Land sales
Tampines Street 62 (Parcel A): Tender closedExecutive Condominium residential · status on 22 July 2021: Tender closed, award pending
29 July 2021 · Land sales
Lentor Central: AwardedResidential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 29 July 2021: Awarded · awarded to GLL D Pte. Ltd. at S$784,113,000
3 August 2021 · Land sales
Tampines Street 62 (Parcel A): AwardedExecutive Condominium residential · status on 3 August 2021: Awarded · awarded to QJ-OS Pte. Ltd. and Santarli Realty Pte. Ltd. at S$422,000,000
30 August 2021 · Land sales
Jalan Anak Bukit: Awarded, concept and priceCommercial and residential integrated transport hub · status on 30 August 2021: Awarded · awarded to FE Landmark Pte. Ltd., FEC Residences Trustee Pte. Ltd. (in its capacity as Trustee-Manager of FEC Residences Trust) and FEC Retail Trustee Pte. Ltd. (in its capacity as Trustee-Manager of FEC Retail Trust) at S$1,028,333,333
21 September 2021 · Land sales
Marina View: Tender closedWhite site: mixed residential, hotel, commercial and/or serviced apartment · status on 21 September 2021: Tender closed, award pending
28 September 2021 · Land sales
Slim Barracks Rise (Parcel A): Tender closedResidential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 28 September 2021: Tender closed, award pending
28 September 2021 · Land sales
Slim Barracks Rise (Parcel B): Tender closedResidential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 28 September 2021: Tender closed, award pending
29 September 2021 · Land sales
Marina View: AwardedWhite site: mixed residential, hotel, commercial and/or serviced apartment · status on 29 September 2021: Awarded · awarded to Boulevard View Pte Ltd at S$1,508,000,101
30 September 2021 · Land sales
Lentor Hills Road (Parcel A): Launched for tenderResidential · status on 30 September 2021: Tender open
30 September 2021 · Land sales
Lentor Hills Road (Parcel B): Released on the Reserve ListResidential · status on 30 September 2021: On the Reserve List
30 September 2021 · Land sales
Jalan Tembusu: Launched for tenderResidential · status on 30 September 2021: Tender open
11 October 2021 · Land sales
Slim Barracks Rise (Parcel A): AwardedResidential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 11 October 2021: Awarded · awarded to EL Development Pte Ltd at S$320,100,000
11 October 2021 · Land sales
Slim Barracks Rise (Parcel B): AwardedResidential with commercial at 1st storey · status on 11 October 2021: Awarded · awarded to Gao Xiuhua at S$162,388,000
21 October 2021 · Land sales
Dairy Farm Walk: Launched for tenderResidential · status on 21 October 2021: Tender open
After (17)
30 November 2021 · Land sales
Pine Grove (Parcel A): Released on the Reserve ListResidential · status on 30 November 2021: On the Reserve List
30 November 2021 · Land sales
Pine Grove (Parcel B): Released on the Reserve ListResidential · status on 30 November 2021: On the Reserve List
15 December 2021 · Archive event
Singapore raises ABSD, tightens TDSR to 55% and lowers HDB loan LTV to 85%Announced 15 December 2021
23 December 2021 · Land sales
Bukit Batok West Avenue 8: Launched for tender, Confirmed ListExecutive Condominium housing · status on 23 December 2021: Tender open
18 January 2022 · Land sales
Jalan Tembusu: Tender closedResidential · status on 18 January 2022: Tender closed, award pending
18 January 2022 · Land sales
Lentor Hills Road (Parcel A): Tender closedResidential · status on 18 January 2022: Tender closed, award pending
26 January 2022 · Land sales
Jalan Tembusu: AwardedResidential · status on 26 January 2022: Awarded · awarded to CDL Triton Pte. Ltd. at S$768,000,000
26 January 2022 · Land sales
Lentor Hills Road (Parcel A): AwardedResidential · status on 26 January 2022: Awarded · awarded to Intrepid Investments Pte. Ltd., GuocoLand (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and TID Residential Pte. Ltd. at S$586,591,288
24 February 2022 · Land sales
Pine Grove (Parcel A): Launched for tenderResidential · status on 24 February 2022: Tender open
8 March 2022 · Land sales
Dairy Farm Walk: Tender closedResidential · status on 8 March 2022: Tender closed, award pending
8 March 2022 · Land sales
Bukit Batok West Avenue 8: Tender closedExecutive Condominium housing · status on 8 March 2022: Tender closed, award pending
11 March 2022 · Land sales
Dairy Farm Walk: AwardedResidential · status on 11 March 2022: Awarded · awarded to Sim Lian Land Pte Ltd and Sim Lian Development Pte Ltd at S$347,001,000
14 March 2022 · Land sales
Dunman Road: Launched for tender, Confirmed ListResidential · status on 14 March 2022: Tender open
14 March 2022 · Land sales
Kampong Bugis: Removed from the Reserve ListWhite site · status on 14 March 2022: Removed from the Reserve List
22 March 2022 · Land sales
Bukit Batok West Avenue 8: AwardedExecutive Condominium housing · status on 22 March 2022: Awarded · awarded to CNQC-OS (2) Pte. Ltd. and SNC Realty Pte. Ltd. at S$266,000,000
4 April 2022 · Planning
URA tightens the conditions on CBD Incentive and Strategic Development Incentive redevelopments, leaving the incentives unchangedAnnounced 4 April 2022
8 May 2022 · Archive event
Singapore imposes 35% ABSD on residential property transferred into a living trustAnnounced 8 May 2022
Methodology5 rules
- Comparison anchored to effective date: 17 November 2021. 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
Joint MND-HDB Press Release on the Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) Model
Ministry of National Development · Primary source · Published 27 October 2021
The Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) Model
Housing & Development Board · Primary source · Published 27 October 2021
HDB Launches 6,299 Flats in November 2021 BTO and SBF Exercises
Housing & Development Board · Primary source · Published 17 November 2021
Event checked against its primary sources on 27 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.