Hdb Launches 2601 Prime Bto Flats July 2025 Exercise 10209 Bto And Sbf Flats Launched 0
Four Build-to-Order (BTO) projects totalling 2,601 flats were recently launched in the July 2025 BTO sales exercise. The new classification introduced in October 2024 saw this as the highest proportion of Prime flats offered in a single BTO exercise.
Two of the Prime projects are located in Bukit Merah, including the 498-unit Alexandra Peaks and the 609-unit Alexandra Vista. The other two projects are the 753-unit Clementi Emerald in Clementi and the 741-unit Toa Payoh Ascent in Toa Payoh.
In total, HDB is offering 10,209 BTO flats in this sales exercise, which comprises 5,547 new BTO flats across eight projects and 4,662 Sale of Balance (SBF) flats across the country. Interested applicants can submit their applications for this BTO sales exercise from July 23 to July 30.
Eugene Lim, key executive officer at ERA Singapore, notes that the total number of SBF flats offered this year has increased to 10,252 units, with 5,590 flats launched in February and 4,662 units launched this month. He believes that this reflects a strong and concerted effort to bring up the housing supply in Singapore.
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PropNex estimates the BTO application rate to be around 3 to 3.5 times, which is slightly higher than the application rate of 2.6 times for the February 2025 BTO exercise.
The four Prime BTO projects in Bukit Merah, Clementi, and Toa Payoh are expected to be highly sought after. Prime flats in Bukit Merah, Clementi, Toa Payoh are expected to be in high demand. This area is close to the city center and popular among residents according to Lim of ERA Singapore. According to him, this will be the first time in May 2022 since May 2022 when the last project in this area, Kim Keat Heights, achieved a subscription rate of 9.7. He expects that this will be the hottest project in this area.
The other BTO projects in this month’s sales exercise include the 775-unit Sembawang Beacon, the 380-unit Simei Symphony, and the 1,148-unit Woodlands North Grove.
As this month’s sales exercise has seen an increase in subsidy clawback, HDB has announced that the additional subsidies for Prime flats will be raised to 11% for Alexandra Peaks, Alexandra Vista, and Toa Payoh Crescent, while the additional subsidy for Clementi Emerald will be 12%. These rates are nearly double compared to the 6% subsidy clawback when Prime flats were first introduced in 2022. According to Lee Sze Teck, senior director of data analytics at Huttons Asia, these subsidy clawback rates are the highest to date. He also points out that although the four-room flats in Clementi Emerald are priced higher than the ones in Alexandra Peak and Alexandra Vista, the clawback subsidy in Clementi Emerald is higher. This is despite the fact that it is the furthest from the city center.
Kelvin Fong, CEO of PropNex, believes that the higher subsidy clawback rates will not discourage flat applicants due to the prime location. He says that the subsidy recovery rate for Prime flats under the old classification was 9%, whereas under the Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) model, the subsidy recovery rate was between 6% and 9%.
Another change in this month’s BTO sales exercise is the introduction of a new rule for strata development. Couples now have the option to delay their income assessment for a housing loan until just before key collection. Christine Sun, chief researcher and strategist at Realion Group, suggests that this could prompt more couples to opt for larger or pricier flats as they are more likely to qualify for a higher loan amount.
HDB’s next BTO sales exercise is scheduled for October, with 9,100 flats to be launched across Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bishan, Bukit Merah, Jurong East, Sengkang, Toa Payoh, and Yishun. The launch will include two highly anticipated projects: the first-ever BTO flats in the Greater Southern Waterfront and the debut development in Mount Pleasant.