Written companion: HDB Loan vs. Bank Loan: One Buyer, 25 Years, Three Real Strategies
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Written companion Cassia Fo walks through a cash-only, 25-year HDB-loan-vs-bank-loan simulation on camera. This companion video covers the same evidence and trade-offs as the article, with the full calculation shown step by step.
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Retry newsletter signup Cassia Fo in “Wait or Move? Three Clocks Beyond HDB Prices”. property
Single and near 35? Afraid of buying at the top, or of waiting and getting priced out? Both have happened before. Your loan, your rent and your parents' ages show what waiting costs you, whatever prices do.
Cassia Fo · 21 Oct 2026
Start with a plan you can review. property · guide
Everyone says wait for 35. Then "next year" comes round again. What are you giving up while you wait? Three routes may offer another way in, but a costly choice can be hard to undo.
Cassia Fo · 15 Oct 2026
property · guide
One buyer, one S$800,000 HDB flat, three strategies -- run against real Singapore interest-rate history from 1997 to 2022, including the 1997-98 crisis and the 2022-23 SORA hike, not just today's rate.
Cassia Fo · 14 Sept 2026
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