Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on the increase in resale HDB prices per square foot excluding resale of flats under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme, in the past five years
Jan 10, 2022
Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for National Development in the past five years, what has been the increase in resale HDB prices per square foot excluding resale of flats under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme.
Answer:
Based on resale flat transactions registered from Jan 2017 to Sep 2021, excluding those sold under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme, the median HDB resale flat price, on a per square metre basis, decreased by about 2% from 2017 to 2019, and increased by about 16% from 2019 to 2021. Over the past five years, this represented an increase of about 14%. The median HDB resale flat price per square metre was $4,260 in 2017; $4,189 in 2018; $4,172 in 2019; $4,345 in 2020 and $4,839 in 2021.
The recent increase in resale prices can be attributed to a broad-based increase in demand for housing, supported by the current low interest rate environment. On 15 Dec 2021, the Government announced a set of measures to cool the private residential and HDB resale markets, and will continue to monitor the housing market conditions closely to ensure that Singaporeans have access to affordable public housing.