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The paperwork that protects you — once you sign it

property · guide

The Order You Pay In: A First-Timer's Rental Checklist for Singapore

Singapore has no dedicated tenant-protection law, so the order you do things in, and the clauses you actually read, are what protect both sides. Here's the full DIY procedure: the Letter of Intent almost nobody explains, the minor-repair and servicing clauses that decide ongoing bills, a real aircon scam to watch for, what the move-in inspection window is actually for, and the address-registration duties that catch nearly everyone out.

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Tower cranes and a Housing Board block under construction, illustrating the pace of building work ahead of a BTO launch.
Tower cranes over a Housing Board block under construction — six new BTO sites open for application in the October 2026 exercise, the subject of this guide.

property · analysis

Six BTO sites, three trade-offs: pick the question before the grade

Six letters can make a ballot look like a leaderboard. It is not. One site in this pack has the clearest mature-town resale signal; one is a new-town bet with no normal HDB resale history yet; others may be worth a closer look if your problem is ballot chance rather than bragging rights. Start with the compromise your household can live with. Then make the official documents prove the rest.

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