Property
Financing the purchase of a HDB flat, new or old.
By A Singaporean Stockmarket Investor (ASSI)  •  July 31, 2014
I revealed in my last blog post that I have been exploring HDB's website and there is really plenty of useful information for anyone who is thinking of buying a flat, new or resale. One question that some might wonder is whether they can afford a flat. Another question some people might wonder is how much of their CPF-OA money can be used to pay for a flat.
I would like to share what I have found with anyone who might be interested: "Some measures of housing affordability use the Home Price-Income ratio (HPI), where a figure of 6, for instance, would indicate that the property being purchased is priced at six times the buyer’s current annual income. "In Singapore, HDB uses the Debt Servicing Ratio, or DSR as a more accurate indicator of actual housing affordability. The DSR refers to the proportion of the monthly household income set aside......
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