The reference shelf
Guides
Plain answers to the questions behind the numbers. Buying, selling, and understanding the records you see here.
- 5 min
When does an HDB sale become public?
What the transaction month means, how registration differs from completion, and when new HDB resale prices appear online.
- 6 min
URA caveats, explained
What a caveat is, why it becomes public record, and how to read transacted prices without paying for REALIS.
- 7 min
The HDB resale process
From Intent to Sell to key handover, what actually happens at each step and how long it takes.
- 4 min
COV: cash over valuation
Why you only learn the valuation after agreeing on price, and how recent block sales protect you.
- 4 min
MOP: the five-year clock
What the Minimum Occupation Period restricts, when it ends, and what selling right after MOP looks like in the data.
- 5 min
Who can buy an HDB flat
PRs, singles, condo owners, mixed households. The eligibility questions everyone asks, answered plainly.
- 5 min
HDB valuation, demystified
How HDB values a flat, why the number stays hidden until after OTP, and how to estimate yours from block history.
Prefer the raw numbers? Start with HDB towns, condo projects or landed by district.