Friday, April 27, 2018

Allow CPF to be used for shorter HDB leases

Owners of HDB flats with remaining lease less than 60 years find it difficult to sell their flats. The new buyer is not able to get a bank loan or to use CPF to pay for these flats, with a few exceptions.

A possible solution is to allow CPF to be used to pay for HDB flats that are less than 60 years, but longer than 30 years.

I asked this question in the Wisdom of the Crowd - Should the government allow CPF to be used for leases of at least 30 years?

51% of the respondents supported this move as it would free up the market for old HDB flat. 20% said that all leasehold properties are depleting assets as it is a matter of degree.

A total of 71% support this change in policy.

The remaining 29% are against this change for two reasons - they said that CPF should not be used for a depleting asset and they said that the HDB flat prices should be allowed to drop sharply to attract buyers.

See the breakdown of the votes in
http://www.wisdomofthecrowd.sg/chart.aspx?ID=597

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