Your most relevant FAQs for preparing for RES exam
- Young couples with a combined monthly income of about $3,000 to $4,000 may not be able to afford 4- or 5-room flats from the open market. What are their options?
- Can singles buy flats directly from HDB?
- Why did HDB decide not to provide sanitary fittings for new flats anymore?
- What exactly are the measures that second-timers can look forward to?
- How do the new regulations on home loans affect me if I am buying an HDB flat with a bank loan?
- What are the latest cooling measures introduced by the Government and when will they take effect?
- Will the increased allocation of BTO flats in non-mature estates for second-timers affect first-timers?
- What are the Silver Housing Bonus (SHB) and the enhanced Lease Buyback Scheme (LBS)?
- If I am eligible for a flat under the Parenthood Priority Scheme (PPS), can I still apply under other priority schemes within the same application?
- Why has the Lease Buyback Scheme (LBS) been enhanced and how is it better?
- Why is there a need to provide more help to second-timers, who have previously enjoyed a subsidised flat?
- Why was a size cap imposed on Executive Condominiums (EC) instead of a maximum price ceiling?
- Why were the new measures for Executive Condominiums (EC) not introduced earlier when the EC Housing Scheme was launched?
- Why are there stringent requirements in place for divorcees applying for another subsidised flat?
- Will the change in balloting rules under the Parenthood Priority Scheme (PPS) affect first-timers who do not have children?
- Why are vacant flats being allocated for use under the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) instead of being rented out to the needy?
- Minister Khaw said in his 2013 MND Budget speech in Parliament that he is looking to bring down prices of flats in non-mature estates to around four years of one’s salary. Has this been effected?
- What are the reasons for imposing a cap on the subletting period for non-Singapore citizen subtenants?
- What is the difference between SAPS, APPS and MCPS?
- Why is there a need to introduce the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) when there are other rental schemes/ options available?
- Why are first-timer married couples with citizen children allocated priority over other first-timers under the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS)?
- Now that the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) has been expanded to include all first-timer married couples, will HDB increase the supply of PPHS flats in the future?
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