If you’ve been following my series on affordable waterfront housing (which so far has spanned from HDBs to condos and cluster houses), you might have noticed that the vast majority of waterfront housing in Singapore is 99-years leasehold in nature.
Which made me wonder what were the freehold options for those hunting for waterfront housing in Singapore. Sure, the obvious choice is the ones at Roberson Quay, which, for most Singaporeans, aren’t really “affordable”. And from the comments on my previous article, it seems like some of you would like to know too.
As such, I will be looking exclusively at affordable waterfront properties that are 999-years leasehold (“as good as freehold”) or freehold in nature. (Note that these developments may have a higher asking PSF than the 99-year leasehold properties I’ve previously covered – freehold does come at a premium, after all – but they’ll...