Date issued : 24 Oct 2014
This press release provides the housing data for the HDB resale and rental markets in 3rd Quarter 2014.
HDB Resale Market
2The Resale Price Index fell by 1.7% from 195.7 in 2nd Quarter 2014 to 192.4 in 3rd Quarter 2014 (see Annex A 
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3Resale transactions increased by 2.8% from 4,389 cases in 2nd Quarter 2014 to 4,513 cases in 3rd Quarter 2014 (see Annex B (PDF 9KB)).
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HDB Rental Market
5The median subletting rents in the various towns in 3rd Quarter 2014 are tabulated in Annex D (PDF 91KB).
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6Subletting transactions increased by 5.5% from 8,455 cases in 2nd Quarter 2014 to 8,923 cases in 3rd Quarter 2014 (see Annex E (PDF 9KB)). The total number of HDB flats approved for subletting rose by 1.5% from 47,015 units in 2nd Quarter 2014 to 47,707 units in 3rd Quarter 2014.
(PDF 9KB)). The total number of HDB flats approved for subletting rose by 1.5% from 47,015 units in 2nd Quarter 2014 to 47,707 units in 3rd Quarter 2014.
Upcoming Sales Launches
7Since January 2014, HDB has offered 18,178 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats and 3,383 balance flats under the BTO and Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercises. HDB is on track to launch 22,400 BTO flats for the whole of 2014.
8In November 2014, HDB will offer about 4,290 BTO flats in Sembawang, Sengkang, Tampines and Yishun. An additional 3,000 flats will be offered in a concurrent SBF exercise. More information on the BTO flats to be offered in November 2014 is available on the HDB InfoWEB.
Source: HDB