BTO Launch Reviews
We review 49 BTO projects: 7 from HDB's June 2026 exercise, in Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Bukit Merah, Sembawang and Woodlands; 6 from February 2026, in Bukit Merah, Sembawang, Tampines and Toa Payoh; and 36 from 4 earlier exercises back to October 2024. Each review sets out the prices before and after grants, wait times and, where available, application rates, project by project.
June 2026 BTO Exercise
Ang Mo Kio · Bishan · Bukit Merah · Sembawang · Woodlands
Bukit Merah · Prime
Berlayar Rise BTO Review: 2026's Dearest BTO So Far, a 14% Clawback and a Waterfront Estate Still Being Built
Berlayar Rise, HDB's 1,976-flat Prime project next to Telok Blangah MRT in Bukit Merah, carries the top BTO price of 2026 so far and a 14% subsidy recovery. We set out its prices, grants, queue and 49/54-month wait, and who should book.
Ang Mo Kio · Plus
Kebun Baru Breeze BTO Review: June 2026's Shortest Singles' Queue, and a 52-Month Wait
Written for singles and seniors first, families second: HDB's final queues at Kebun Baru Breeze, what a 38 sqm or 48 sqm 2-room Flexi costs once the singles' $15,000 and the grants are counted, the 52-month wait against Kebun Baru Ridge's 37, and our recommendation, as of September 2026.
Ang Mo Kio · Plus
Kebun Baru Ridge BTO Review: Ang Mo Kio's Faster Plus Flat, 15 Months Ahead of Breeze on HDB's Estimate
Our review of Kebun Baru Ridge, HDB's 485-flat Plus project in Ang Mo Kio from the June 2026 exercise: the 37-month wait set against Kebun Baru Breeze, Oak Ville @ AMK and June's Prime pair, HDB's final rates by group, prices after grants, the 8% subsidy recovery and who should book.
Bishan · Prime
Lakeview Cascadia BTO Review: Bishan's 3.9 Prime Queue and a 29% Gap That Isn't Like-for-Like
Lakeview Cascadia, HDB's June 2026 Prime project in Bishan, drew the highest first-timer family application rate on any Prime BTO 4-room row from October 2025 to June 2026. We explain the rate, the prices after grants, the 10% HDB recovers, why its 29% resale gap is not like-for-like, and who should book.
Sembawang · Standard
Sembawang Brook BTO Review: 3Gen Flats, a Riverside Site and 2026's Lowest BTO 4-Room Price So Far
Our review of Sembawang Brook, HDB's 1,160-flat Standard project beside Sungei Sembawang from the June 2026 exercise: prices with and without finishes, who the 29 3Gen flats suit, HDB's final rates in rows shared with Sembawang Portico, the noise warning and our recommendation.
Sembawang · Standard
Sembawang Portico BTO Review: The Shortest Estimated Wait of Sembawang's Four BTO Projects So Far in 2026, and Our Default Pick
Our review of Sembawang Portico, HDB's 875-flat Standard project from the June 2026 exercise: prices from $142,000 with finishes included, a 31-month estimated wait, final application rates shared with Sembawang Brook, how it stacks up against Brook, Deck and Voyage, and our recommendation.
Woodlands · Standard
Woodgrove Acres BTO Review: 2026's Cheapest BTO Flat So Far, and June's Stiffest First-Timer 4-Room Queue
A September 2026 review of Woodgrove Acres, HDB's 656-flat Standard project on Woodgrove Avenue in Woodlands: the lowest BTO prices of 2026 so far, a 4.1 first-timer family rate for 162 four-room flats and 19.3 for singles, a 42-month wait, costs after grants, and who should book.
February 2026 BTO Exercise
Bukit Merah · Sembawang · Tampines · Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh · Plus
Kim Keat Crest BTO Review: The Toa Payoh Plus Flat With Fewer First-Timer Families Than Flats
An independent review of Kim Keat Crest, HDB's February 2026 Plus project in Toa Payoh: prices before and after grants, sizes, the 37-month wait, the 6% subsidy recovery, HDB's final application rates by group, and our recommendation.
Bukit Merah · Prime
Redhill Peaks BTO Review: One Prime Project, Two Launches, and the 12% HDB Keeps
Redhill Peaks, HDB's Prime project near Redhill MRT station, was launched twice. We compare the October 2025 and February 2026 launches on flat types, prices, waits and queues, and weigh the 12% HDB keeps when you sell.
Sembawang · Standard
Sembawang Deck BTO Review: 11 Months Less Waiting Than Voyage, Floors and Doors Included
Sembawang Deck, HDB's 777-flat Standard project in Sembawang North from February 2026, reviewed: the 33-month wait, what the built-in finishes cost, how it compares with Sembawang Voyage and the June pair, HDB's final rates, prices after grants and our recommendation.
Sembawang · Standard
Sembawang Voyage BTO Review: February 2026's Cheapest BTO 4-Room, a 44-Month Wait and a Noise Warning
Our review of Sembawang Voyage, the 1,173-flat Standard BTO project in Sembawang North from HDB's February 2026 BTO exercise: prices from $150,000, 4-room flats from $304,000, a 44-month estimated wait, HDB's final application rates and who should book.
Tampines · Standard
Tampines Bliss BTO Review: 2026's Shortest BTO Wait Yet Met Its Hardest BTO 4-Room Queue
Our review of Tampines Bliss, HDB's 284-flat Standard project in Tampines from the February 2026 BTO exercise: the 23-month wait, the 7.2 first-timer family rate it shared with Tampines Nova, prices before and after grants, and what to do with your result.
Tampines · Plus
Tampines Nova BTO Review: A Plus 4-Room That Started Below Its Standard Sibling
Tampines Nova, the Plus project in Tampines' February 2026 BTO launch, reviewed as of September 2026: prices after grants, the Plus rules clause by clause, every group's queue, and who should book.
October 2025 BTO Exercise
Ang Mo Kio · Bedok · Bishan · Bukit Merah · Jurong East · Sengkang · Toa Payoh · Yishun
Bukit Merah · Prime
Berlayar Residences BTO Review: Berlayar's First BTO Flats, Priced Below Berlayar Rise, Same 14% Clawback
Berlayar Residences, HDB's first BTO project in its Berlayar estate, launched in October 2025: 880 Prime flats in Bukit Merah, a 56-month wait and 14% subsidy recovery. We set its prices against Berlayar Rise's, read the queues and the car-lite rules, and give our verdict.
Bishan · Prime
Bishan Terraces BTO Review: October 2025's Smallest Batch, and the Exercise's Stiffest First-Timer 4-Room Queue
Bishan Terraces offered the fewest flats for sale of any project in HDB's October 2025 BTO exercise and drew its highest first-timer family 4-room rate, 3.5. We weigh what applicants could see at launch, then cover prices after grants, the 10% HDB recovers, the 47-month wait and who should book.
Yishun · Standard
Chencharu Grove BTO Review: A 31-Month Flat, and No Date for the Hub Planned Next to It
Chencharu Grove, 826 Standard flats in Yishun from HDB's October 2025 BTO exercise, reviewed as of September 2026: the 31-month wait, the integrated hub and bus-only corridor HDB has planned, the rental block on its site plan, HDB's final rates, prices after grants and our recommendation.
Sengkang · Standard
Fernvale Plains BTO Review: 207 Community Care Apartments Drew 152 Applications; First-Timer Families Queued at 2.5 for a 4-Room
Fernvale Plains, HDB's October 2025 Standard BTO project in Sengkang, reviewed as of September 2026: what a Community Care Apartment costs beyond its price, how the seniors' and the families' queues differed, and who should book which flat.
Toa Payoh · Prime
Mount Pleasant Crest BTO Review: The Longest Wait of Any BTO Launched From October 2025 to June 2026, in a Heritage Estate
Mount Pleasant Crest asks for patience as much as money: 59 months to build, then a 10-year MOP. Our review of Toa Payoh's October 2025 Prime project covers prices and grants, the White flat, the 12% clawback, HDB's final rates and who should book.
Ang Mo Kio · Plus
Oak Ville @ AMK BTO Review: The Ang Mo Kio Plus Flat First-Timer Families Did Not Rush
Ang Mo Kio's October 2025 Plus launch drew fewer first-timer family applications than it had 4-room flats. As of September 2026: HDB's final queues by group, prices after grants, the 49-month wait, the 7% of the resale price or valuation HDB keeps on the first resale, and who we think should book.
Bedok · Standard
Ping Yi Court BTO Review: Fast, Finished and Standard, at a 4-Room Price That Overlaps a Plus Flat's
Ping Yi Court, HDB's 862-flat Standard project on Chai Chee Street in Bedok from the October 2025 exercise, reviewed: the 33-month wait, the finishes in the price, a 4-room list that overlaps Oak Ville @ AMK's Plus flats, HDB's final rates, grants, Bedok resale and our recommendation.
Jurong East · Standard
Teban Heights BTO Review: October 2025's Longest Standard Wait, Next to a Future JRL Station
A September 2026 review of Teban Heights, HDB's 638-flat Standard project in Jurong East: prices from $145,000 before grants, October 2025's lowest BTO 3-room starting price, a 48-month wait, a 19.7 singles' rate, a Jurong Region Line station HDB puts right next to it with no date, and our verdict.
Yishun · Standard
Yishun Glade BTO Review: October 2025's Cheapest 2-Room Flexi and 4-Room, Small, Quick, Finishes Included
A September 2026 review of Yishun Glade, HDB's October 2025 Standard project in Yishun: the exercise's lowest 2-room Flexi ($132,000) and 4-room ($343,000) prices, finishes included, a 31-month estimated wait, application rates shared with Chencharu Grove, costs after grants, and our verdict.
July 2025 BTO Exercise
Bukit Merah · Bukit Panjang · Clementi · Sembawang · Tampines · Toa Payoh · Woodlands
Bukit Merah · Prime
Alexandra Peaks BTO Review: A Second Batch Under a Name HDB Had Used Before, and July 2025's Longest BTO Wait
Alexandra Peaks' July 2025 batch: 498 Prime flats in Bukit Merah from $403,000 before grants, the longest wait of any July 2025 BTO project and 11% subsidy recovery. Prices, queues, Prime rules and our verdict.
Bukit Merah · Prime
Alexandra Vista BTO Review: The Alexandra Pair's Other Half, With 2-Room Flexi Flats and a Wait Nine Months Shorter Than Peaks'
Alexandra Vista is the half of July 2025's Alexandra pair with 2-room Flexi flats and the shorter wait. We read the queue it shared with Alexandra Peaks, its prices after grants and the Prime rules in dollars, and give our verdict.
Bukit Panjang · Standard
Bangkit Breeze BTO Review: Floors and Doors In, Under Three Years to Wait, and a 26.5 Singles' Rate on the 2-Room Flexi
A September 2026 review of Bangkit Breeze, HDB's July 2025 Standard BTO project in Bukit Panjang: 643 flats from $149,000 with finishes included, a 35-month estimated wait, HDB's final rates (0.9 for first-timer families' 3-room flats, 26.5 for singles' 2-room Flexi), costs after grants, Bukit Panjang resale and our verdict.
Clementi · Prime
Clementi Emerald BTO Review: A Prime Flat With Fittings Included, a 34-Month Wait and July 2025's Highest BTO Clawback
Clementi Emerald paired July 2025's highest BTO clawback, 12%, with the exercise's shortest BTO wait and floors, doors and sanitary fittings in the price. We compare it like for like with the other Prime projects, then cover prices after grants, the queues, the Prime rules and who should book.
Sembawang · Standard
Sembawang Beacon BTO Review: Sembawang North's First BTO, July 2025's Cheapest BTO 4-Room, and a Wait on HDB's Three-Year Line
Our review of Sembawang Beacon, HDB's 775-flat Standard project in Sembawang North from the July 2025 BTO exercise: prices from $148,000, 4-room flats from $328,000, a 36-month wait that falls outside HDB's Shorter Waiting Time group, the final application rates, how it compares with the four Sembawang projects launched since, and our verdict.
Tampines · Standard
Simei Symphony BTO Review: July 2025's Smallest BTO Batch, and Its Highest BTO 4-Room and 5-Room Rates
Our review of Simei Symphony, the 380-flat Standard project in Tampines from HDB's July 2025 BTO exercise: its 4-room and 5-room rates, the BTO exercise's highest, read against its small batch; prices before and after grants; the 42-month wait; and where to try next if you missed out.
Toa Payoh · Prime
Toa Payoh Ascent BTO Review: July 2025's Dearest BTO 4-Room Start Drew 3,973 Applications for 468 Flats
An independent review of Toa Payoh Ascent, HDB's July 2025 Prime project: prices before and after grants, sizes, the 41-month wait, the 11% subsidy recovery, HDB's final application rates by group, Toa Payoh resale context and our recommendation.
Woodlands · Standard
Woodlands North Grove BTO Review: July 2025's Biggest BTO Batch, No Family Queue Above HDB's Median, and a 55-Month Wait
A September 2026 review of Woodlands North Grove, the 1,148-flat Standard project that was July 2025's largest BTO launch: first-timer family rates of 1.1 to 1.4 for 3-room and bigger flats, a 55-month wait, the RTS Link in HDB's own words, costs after grants, and our verdict.
February 2025 BTO Exercise
Kallang/Whampoa · Queenstown · Woodlands · Yishun
Yishun · Standard
Chencharu Green BTO Review: No 3-Room, One Month Longer and a Little Dearer Than Vines, in the Same Queue
A September 2026 review of Chencharu Green, 683 Standard flats in Yishun from HDB's February 2025 BTO exercise: how it differs from Chencharu Vines, the 38-month wait, the shared Yishun rate rows, prices after grants, what HDB's site plan draws around it and our recommendation.
Yishun · Standard
Chencharu Vines BTO Review: February 2025's Cheapest BTO Flats, on a Wait of Just Over Three Years
A September 2026 review of Chencharu Vines, 848 Standard flats in Yishun from HDB's February 2025 BTO exercise: the lowest BTO prices of that exercise, a 37-month estimate, a precinct styled on the area's farming heritage, rate rows shared with Chencharu Green, costs after grants and our verdict.
Queenstown · Plus
Stirling Horizon BTO Review: Queenstown Plus Towers of Up to 47 Storeys, a 55-Month Wait and HDB Comparables Near $1 Million
Stirling Horizon, HDB's February 2025 Plus project in Queenstown, reviewed as of September 2026: the price list against the rest of that BTO exercise, the queues, the 55-month wait, the 8% subsidy recovery and who it suits.
Kallang/Whampoa · Prime
Tanjong Rhu Parc Front BTO Review: February 2025's Most Crowded BTO Queues, 9% Back to HDB and 203 Rental Flats in the Mix
Tanjong Rhu Parc Front, HDB's February 2025 Prime project in Kallang/Whampoa, drew that exercise's highest BTO rate for every applicant group. We cover the queue, prices from $211,000 before grants, the 48-month wait, the 9% HDB takes on the first sale, the 203 rental flats and who should keep these flats.
Woodlands · Standard
Woodlands North Verge BTO Review: 1,563 Flats, Every First-Timer Family Queue Under One, and a 47/48-Month Wait
Woodlands North Verge, reviewed as of September 2026: first-timer family rates of 0.9 for its 3-room, 4-room and 5-room flats, a wait HDB printed as 47/48 months, prices from $140,000 before grants, a precinct HDB's February 2025 site plan marked as future, and who these flats suit.
October 2024 BTO Exercise
Ang Mo Kio · Bedok · Bukit Batok · Geylang · Jurong West · Kallang/Whampoa · Pasir Ris · Sengkang · Woodlands
Bedok · Plus
Bayshore Palms BTO Review: The Bayshore Twin With No 3-Room, a Lower 4-Room Range and Two More Months to Wait
Bayshore Palms, HDB's 710-flat Plus project on Bayshore Drive in Bedok from October 2024, reviewed: its 4-room range against Bayshore Vista and Kembangan Wave, the 47-month wait, 7% subsidy recovery, car-lite parking, grants and our verdict.
Bedok · Plus
Bayshore Vista BTO Review: One of the First Two BTO Projects in Bayshore, and Why HDB Recovers 7% Here but 6% at Kembangan Wave
Bayshore Vista, HDB's 734-flat Plus project in the new Bayshore estate from the October 2024 BTO exercise, reviewed: HDB's reason for its 7% subsidy recovery, prices from $216,000, the only 3-room flats in Bedok's October 2024 BTO launches, the car-lite rules, grants, resale context and our recommendation.
Ang Mo Kio · Plus
Central Trio @ AMK BTO Review: Ang Mo Kio's First Plus Flats, With October 2024's Joint-Lowest Plus Clawback and Its Longest Wait
Central Trio @ AMK reviewed as of September 2026: what a 6% clawback is worth beside Ang Mo Kio's later 7% and 8% Plus launches, the 59-month estimate, prices after grants for families, singles and seniors, the site plan, and our recommendation.
Pasir Ris · Standard
Costa Riviera I & II BTO Review: One Pasir Ris Project, Two Names, and the Top of October 2024's Standard Price List
Costa Riviera I & II, reviewed as of September 2026: 767 Standard flats in nine blocks on Pasir Ris Drive 3 from HDB's October 2024 BTO exercise, the highest Standard prices of that BTO exercise, waits of 37 and 38 months, costs after grants, HDB's own resale yardstick and our verdict.
Kallang/Whampoa · Prime
Crawford Heights BTO Review: HDB's First White Flats, in October 2024's Only Prime Project
Crawford Heights, Kallang/Whampoa's Prime tower from HDB's October 2024 BTO exercise, piloted the White flat. We cover prices from $390,000 before grants, what a White flat left out, the 9% HDB takes on the first sale, the 50-month wait and who these flats suit.
Sengkang · Standard
Fernvale Oasis BTO Review: Finished 4-Rooms From $324,000, a 33-Month Wait and No 3-Room
Fernvale Oasis, HDB's October 2024 Standard BTO project in Sengkang, reviewed as of September 2026: what its low prices included, what the 33-month wait means, who it suited, and where Sengkang buyers can look now.
Sengkang · Standard
Fernvale Sails BTO Review: The 27-Month Fernvale Flat With a 3-Room, Priced a Step Above Oasis
Fernvale Sails, a Standard BTO project in Sengkang from HDB's October 2024 exercise, reviewed as of September 2026: a 27-month estimate, 3-room flats that Fernvale Oasis did not sell, and what its higher starting prices bought.
Kallang/Whampoa · Plus
Kallang View BTO Review: October 2024's Smallest Batch, 3-Room and 4-Room Plus Flats at 8%
Kallang View was the smallest batch on HDB's October 2024 BTO price list: 271 Plus 3-room and 4-room flats in Kallang/Whampoa. We cover prices from $388,000 before grants, the 43-month wait, the 8% HDB takes on the first sale, what the site plan shows and who should keep these flats.
Bedok · Plus
Kembangan Wave BTO Review: October 2024's Cheapest Plus 4-Room, Which HDB Said a $7,000 Household Could Buy
Kembangan Wave, HDB's 348-flat Plus project on Jalan Kembangan in Bedok from the October 2024 exercise, reviewed: the lowest Plus 4-room prices of that BTO exercise, HDB's income ladder, the 6% subsidy recovery, the 41-month wait, grants, Bedok resale and our verdict.
Woodlands · Standard
Marsiling Ridge BTO Review: One 34-Storey Block, 292 Family Flats and Nothing Smaller Than a 4-Room
A September 2026 review of Marsiling Ridge, HDB's one-block Standard project beside Woodlands Centre Road from October 2024: 162 4-rooms and 130 5-rooms from $329,000 before grants, a 43-month wait, no flat for singles, costs after grants, and which families it suits.
Geylang · Plus
Merpati Alcove BTO Review: HDB's Fourth Community Care Apartment Project, With 168 Plus 4-Rooms at Mattar
Merpati Alcove was October 2024's only BTO project with Community Care Apartments. As of September 2026 we review the care flats' lease-by-lease prices and the service package they exclude, the Plus 4-room's 8% terms and 44-month wait, and who each half suits.
Jurong West · Standard
Taman Jurong Skyline BTO Review: October 2024's Biggest Batch and Lowest 4-Room Start, Bought With a 52-Month Wait
A September 2026 review of Taman Jurong Skyline, Jurong West's 1,844-flat Standard project from HDB's October 2024 BTO exercise: prices from $109,000 before grants, the exercise's lowest 4-room start at $290,000, a 52-month wait, a car-lite precinct in HDB's own words, and our verdict.
Kallang/Whampoa · Plus
Towner Breeze BTO Review: Kallang/Whampoa's Only 2-Room Flexi Flats of October 2024, on Plus Terms at 8%
Towner Breeze is one of HDB's two October 2024 Plus projects in Kallang/Whampoa: one block of 2-room Flexi and 4-room flats from $216,000 before grants, a 48-month wait and 8% to HDB on the first sale. Who each flat type suits, and why the 2-room Flexi can never be let.
Bukit Batok · Standard
West BrickVille @ Bukit Batok BTO Review: October 2024's Shortest Wait, Finishes Included, and 3Gen Flats for the Extended Family
A September 2026 review of West BrickVille @ Bukit Batok, 689 Standard flats from HDB's October 2024 BTO exercise: a 24-month estimated wait, 99-year prices from $140,000 to $606,000 with finishes included, the 39 3Gen flats, costs after grants, Bukit Batok resale and our verdict.
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