Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on resale flats
Apr 4, 2017
Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for National Development
(a) how many five-year old to ten-year old HDB flats have been sold in the last five years;
(b) what are the reasons for these sales; and
(c) how many flats have been sold under each of these reasons.
Answer:
Between 2012 and 2016, close to 33,000 HDB flats which had been owned by their sellers for between five to ten years, were sold in the open market, or an average of about 6,600 flats sold per year.
Resale flat sellers are not required to disclose their reasons for sale to HDB.