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Around 900 HDB flats remain unsold from Sale of Balance Flats exercises: Chee Hong Tat
However, the take-up rate remained relatively stable at around 90 per cent across 2024 and 2025.
February 26, 2026, 11:54 AM
There are currently close to 900 unselected flats from the Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercises, Minister for National Development Chee Hong Tat said in a written parliamentary reply on Feb. 25.
This was in response to fellow Member of Parliament (MP) Elysa Chen's question regarding the current stock of unselected SBF flats and whether there has been a quarter-on-quarter increase in the stock over the past two years.
SBF initiative
The SBF initiative offers balance flats from earlier BTO exercises, surplus Selective En Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) replacement flats, repurchased flats, and more.
These flats are typically under construction, near completion, or completed.
According to Chee, these units are spread across various locations islandwide, comprising around 80 two-room Flexi flats, while the remainder are three-room and larger flats.
He noted that, as the Housing and Development Board (HDB) conducted only three SBF exercises over the past two years, tracking the quarter-on-quarter changes in stock of unselected SBF flats would not be meaningful.
He added that the take-up rate for SBF flats has remained relatively stable at around 90 per cent during that period.
Unselected SBF flats are subsequently re-offered in a later sales exercise.
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