Wednesday 28 October 2015

Release of 3rd Quarter 2015 Public Housing Data - HDB

This press release provides the data for the HDB resale and rental markets in 3rd Quarter 2015.

HDB Resale Market


2          The Resale Price Index fell by 0.3%, from 135.0 in 2nd Quarter 2015 to 134.6 in 3rd Quarter 2015 (see Annex A).

3      Resale transactions fell by 7.4%, from 5,286 cases in 2nd Quarter 2015 to 4,893 cases in 3rd Quarter 2015 (see Annex B).

4      The median resale prices in the various towns are tabulated in Annex C.

HDB Rental Market


5      The median subletting rents in the various towns in 3rd Quarter 2015 are tabulated in Annex D.

6      The number of applications approved for subletting of HDB flat decreased by 4.7%, from 10,510 cases in 2nd Quarter 2015 to 10,018 cases in 3rd Quarter 2015 (see Annex E).  As at 30 Sep 2015, 49,796 HDB flats were sublet, an increase of 0.6% over 2nd Quarter 2015 (49,480 units).

Upcoming Supply 


7      In 1st Half 2015, HDB offered 8,039 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats and 5,387 balance flats.

8      In November 2015, HDB will offer about 7,000 BTO flats in Bidadari, Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang, Hougang, Punggol Northshore, and Sengkang.  An additional 5,000 flats will be offered in a concurrent Sale of Balance Flats exercise.  More information on the BTO flats to be offered in November 2015 is available on the HDB InfoWEB.

Source: HDB (23 Oct 2015)