Property
HDB Jargon
By Living Healthy, Staying Wealthy  •  February 16, 2012
As I am now house hunting for my own residence, I dived into the housing market and discovered that it had a lingo all of its own. There were so many abbreviations thrown around that I feel HDB should compile a dictionary to help first time home seekers understand what is going own.

After hours of research, I decided to post my work for my future reference and perhaps hope it helps other apprehensive first timers as well.

First and foremost, HDB flat types:

2 bedroom flat
Consists of 1 bedroom, kitchen, living room with 2 versions
2 ‘I’ (Improved) & 2 ‘S’ (Standard)

3 bedroom flat
Consists of 2 bedrooms, kitchen, living room with more than half a dozen versions
- 3 ‘A’ (Modified)
- 3 ‘NG’ (Modified)
- 3 ‘A’
- 3 ‘NG’ (New Generation)
- 3 ‘I’ (Modified)
- 3 ‘S’ (Simplified)
- 3 ‘I’ (Improved)
- ......
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By Living Healthy, Staying Wealthy
Aaron Lau is a Independent Financial Adviser licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to provide financial advice to individuals in Singapore. The main reason he is in the Financial Advisory industry is to share what he has learned after studying and comparing the various insurance and investment instruments in the market. He strongly feels that proper, quality financial planning is important to all individuals and sincerely would like to reach out to help as many as possible.
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