Number of Singles Who Have Bought HDB Resale Flats

Debated in Parliament on 14 Oct 2020.

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From 2015 to 2019, singles bought an average of about 6,000 HDB resale flats per year, out of around 22,000 total resale transactions annually.
Approximately 46% of these flats purchased by singles were 3-room or smaller, 39% were 4-room, and 15% were 5-room or larger.
The figures cover singles buying under the Single Singapore Citizen Scheme or the Joint Singles Scheme.
The breakdown provides a five-year snapshot of resale flat purchases by singles.
The information was presented in response to a parliamentary question by Mr Gan Thiam Poh.

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Gan Thiam Poh

Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Minister for National Development in each of the past five years, what is the number of singles who bought HDB resale flats, broken down by type of flats.

The Second Minister for National Development (Ms Indranee Rajah) (for the Minister for National Development)

Mr Speaker, in the past five years, from 2015 to 2019, out of an average of around 22,000 transactions of resale flats per year, about 6,000 resale flats per year were bought by singles under the Single Singapore Citizen Scheme or the Joint Singles Scheme. Of these, about 46% were 3-room or smaller flats, 39% were 4-room flats and 15% were 5-room or bigger flats.

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Number of Singles Who Have Bought HDB Resale Flats

Debated in Parliament on 14 Oct 2020.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

From 2015 to 2019, singles bought an average of about 6,000 HDB resale flats per year, out of around 22,000 total resale transactions annually.
Approximately 46% of these flats purchased by singles were 3-room or smaller, 39% were 4-room, and 15% were 5-room or larger.
The figures cover singles buying under the Single Singapore Citizen Scheme or the Joint Singles Scheme.
The breakdown provides a five-year snapshot of resale flat purchases by singles.
The information was presented in response to a parliamentary question by Mr Gan Thiam Poh.

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Gan Thiam Poh

Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Minister for National Development in each of the past five years, what is the number of singles who bought HDB resale flats, broken down by type of flats.

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Gan Thiam Poh

The Second Minister for National Development (Ms Indranee Rajah) (for the Minister for National Development)

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Gan Thiam Poh

The Second Minister for National Development (Ms Indranee Rajah) (for the Minister for National Development)

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