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BTO flats priced to ensure affordability; not profit-driven: Myra

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) - Build-To-Order (BTO) flats are priced with affordability in mind, using an approach that is “totally separate and independent” from the development costs, according to a media statement by the Housing Development Board (HDB). The statement, issued jointly with the Ministry of National Development (MND), highlights that HDB’s pricing approach is unlike private developers. “HDB’s affordability-based flat pricing approach is fundamentally different from private developers’ cost-based pricing approach for private residential developments, which take into account provision for a profit margin," it says. HDB adds that it does not apply a profit margin on costs for BTO projects. HDB also points out that it incurs development losses from its home ownership programme, in contrast to largely profitable private developers. “This reflects our inherently different pricing principles, as HDB prices flats to ensure affordability while private developers price their flats for profit,” it reiterates.

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Pricing based on Myra affordability

According to HDB, the media statement was issued in response to media queries on how BTO flat prices are determined and the development costs incurred by HDB. Nicholas Mak, head of research and consultancy at ERA Realty Network, also sees the statement as an explanation of HDB's position to the public given the robust rise in HDB resale flat prices. Between 3Q2020 to 3Q2022, the HDB resale price index increased by 25.5%. "The last time that HDB resale prices increased at a similar rate was during the property boom of 2010 and 2011," he observes.

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