New Property Cooling Measures simplified.
New Property
Cooling Measures Applicable to all Residential Property
a) Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD) rates will
be:
i) Raised between five and seven percentage points
across the board.
ii) Imposed on Permanent Residents (PRs) purchasing
their first residential property and on Singaporeans purchasing
their second residential property.
http://www.sgrealist.com/new-property-cooling-measures-12-1-2013/
b) Loan-to-Value limits on housing loans granted by
financial institutions will be tightened for individuals who
already have at least one outstanding loan, as well as to
non-individuals such as companies.
c) Besides tighter Loan-to-Value limits, the minimum
cash down payment for individuals applying for a second or
subsequent housing loan will also be raised from 10% to 25%.
