We might be a little over-reliant on visuals, when it comes to property info.
Recently, I came across a comment about some HDB-provided updates. This was on the topic of flat availability; a topic that, as most Singaporeans know, is only slightly less incendiary than playing with blowtorches in a fireworks factory:
They themselves published it and try to phrase it as a good thing
Look at the stupid chart in the article. Each bar from 2021 to 2025 is the yearly launch amount, which is ~20k. Then the last bar, which jumps to 30k flats, looks like such a big improvement! MND is doing something! But when you look down, that bar is for the combined launch from 2026 to 2027 lmao.
From their wording it’s the same story. 100k for 2021 to 2025, 5 years 20k per year. Then new statement is 50k for 2025 to 2027. 2025 is included to mask the decrease in 2026/2027....