Upcoming EC Launches in Singapore: Every Site in the Pipeline, and How Long Launches Take

Every EC starts as a land sale by HDB. These sites have been sold, and HDB's list names no project for them yet:

Source: HDB's list of EC sites sold (read 19 September 2026). Homes are the estimates in the Government Land Sales programme that released each site. "Land price per sq ft of floor area" is the tendered price divided by the maximum floor area allowed.

HDB publishes its own list of "Upcoming Executive Condominium (EC) development(s)", updated as of 2 April 2026: it names the Senja Close, Sembawang Road and both Woodlands Drive 17 sites with the same winning tenderers (HDB). Miltonia Close was awarded on 21 April 2026, after that update.

None had a sale lodged by 30 August 2026. When one launches, it is sold by the developer, not HDB: "Executive Condominium (EC) units are launched by property developers, and you may contact them directly" (HDB).

PropKaki matched every EC site HDB has sold since 2015 that has launched (21 of the 26 awarded) to the project built on it, using the project names in HDB's own list, and dated the first new-sale caveat URA recorded. The most recent eight:

All 21: median 17 months, fastest 14, slowest 24. Every match was checked against the lease start on URA's caveats, which falls about three months after the award.

Why there is a floor. In January 2013 the Government ruled that developers of future EC sites "will only be allowed to launch units for sale 15 months from the date of award of the sites or after the physical completion of foundation works, whichever is earlier" (MAS). The launches since fit that rule: 20 of the 21 came 15 months or more after the award; the exception was Novo Place (14.2 months).

Where the five unlaunched sites stood:

Developers set their own launch dates, around approvals, show flats and the market, so a site can fall outside the past range. Because every new EC site takes more than a year to launch, the next EC launches can only come from these five sites. PropKaki reviews launched ECs on /new-launches.

Sources: HDB's open tenders and GLS pages (1, 2); homes are the estimates in URA's 1H2026 and 2H2026 programmes (3, 4), where Admiralty Walk appears as Sembawang Drive.

HDB's tender page gives the particulars. Canberra Drive: "Land area 11,535.4 sqm", "Maximum Gross Floor Area 18,457 sqm", "Lease term 99 years". Admiralty Walk: "Land area 12,893.3 sqm", "Maximum Gross Floor Area 45,127 sqm", "Lease term 99 years". HDB notes Admiralty Walk "was previously referred to as Sembawang Drive in the 1H2026 GLS Programme".

These three sites come with a different set of rules from every EC on sale today: see the question on rules below.

Developers report each launched project's sales to URA monthly:

URA developer sales as at June 2026. Lumina Grand, Altura and Novo Place had sold every unit.

URA's quarterly figures agree: 149 uncompleted EC units launched but unsold in 2026Q2, and 1 unsold unit among completed ECs.

Caveats and developers' returns measure different things, so they need not match. By 30 August 2026, 631 Coastal Cabana units carried a new-sale caveat, against 617 sold in the developer's June return; at Rivelle Tampines, 572 against 560. HDB's own list of "Available Executive Condominium (EC) projects" (updated 2 April 2026) names Rivelle Tampines, Coastal Cabana, Otto Place, Aurelle of Tampines, Novo Place and Lumina Grand.

"EC balance units" usually means these: units in a launched project still unsold. They sell at the developer's current price, under the rules that project carries.

From URA's new-sale caveats for executive condominiums, 31 August 2025 to 30 August 2026, one caveat per unit:

Source: URA caveats. 138 repeat caveats for units already counted were removed (some units carry more than one caveat on different dates; the latest is kept). Projects with five or more sales.

The next launches will be priced by their developers. The land is one input: the five unlaunched sites cost their developers between $692 and $794 per sq ft of permitted floor area. Land is priced on a different area from a unit's price per sq ft, and building, financing and margin come on top, so the land price is not a guide to the launch price.

HDB's eligibility conditions for buying a new EC from a developer (HDB):

• Citizenship. For a fiancé and fiancée, married couples, parents with children, or orphaned siblings, you "must: Be an SC; Include at least 1 other SC or SPR". Singles can apply together, "You and up to 3 other singles", and all must be citizens.
• Age. "At least 21 years old"; "At least 35 years old, if two or more singles are applying jointly".
• Income. $18,000 for EC projects "with tenders closing on or after 24 August 2026"; $16,000 for "EC sites with tenders awarded before 24 August 2026". Every EC on sale today, and the five sites awaiting launch, fall under $16,000.
• Private residential property. No one listed may own "any local or overseas private residential property", or have "disposed of any private residential property in the last 30 months".
• Previous subsidies. Second-timers pay their resale levies, "if applicable"; anyone who has "taken 2 housing subsidies" is not eligible.
• An existing HDB flat must be disposed of "within 6 months of completing your EC unit purchase".
• First-timer priority. On sites whose tenders close on or after 8 May 2026, developers must keep 90% of units for first-time buyers for two years after launch; on earlier sites it is 70% for the first month (MND).

PropKaki's EC eligibility guide goes through each condition in detail.

HDB sets the timeline:

Sources: HDB, Conditions After Buying an EC (HDB) and Finding an EC (HDB).

During the MOP you can rent out bedrooms (registering with HDB within 7 days) but not the whole unit, and "You may invest in private residential property only after the MOP". Buyers of a resale EC after the MOP need no income ceiling and pay no resale levy, but get no CPF housing grant.

These rules follow the date a site's land tender closed, site by site:

Sources: HDB eligibility and conditions pages (HDB, HDB) and MND's release of 8 May 2026 (MND).

The two dates that decide:

• 24 August 2026, for the income ceiling. HDB applies $18,000 to "EC projects with tenders closing on or after 24 August 2026", and $16,000 to "EC sites with tenders awarded before 24 August 2026".
• 8 May 2026, for the other three. MND's measures "will apply to all EC Government Land Sale sites with tender closing dates on or after 8 May 2026": the MOP goes "from five years to 10 years"; "developers can no longer offer the DPS for uncompleted ECs", so buyers pay by construction stage; and the first-timer quota rises "from 70 to 90 percent", with the priority period extended "from one month to two years".

So none of the new rules touches the five sites awaiting launch, or any EC on sale today. PropKaki's notes on the May 2026 EC changes and the new EC income ceiling cover the announcements.

PropKaki does not give buy or sell advice, but the trade can be laid out. The restrictions first, all from HDB's conditions:

• You must live in it first: 5 years from TOP, or 10 for sites whose land tender closed on or after 8 May 2026 (HDB).
• No second property: "You may invest in private residential property only after the MOP."
• A narrower resale market for 10 or 15 years from TOP: citizens and permanent residents only (HDB).
• A resale levy if you sell and later buy another subsidised flat or EC: "$55,000 for families and $27,500 for singles", where the EC was bought with a CPF Housing Grant or from a project whose tender closed on or after 9 December 2013.
• An income ceiling and citizenship rules to qualify at all.

Then the price:

Prices: URA caveats, one per unit (1,355 EC and 3,458 private sales). Rules: HDB (EC); IRAS (seller's stamp duty on private homes).

MND describes ECs as "priced by developers at around 20 to 30 percent lower than comparable private condominiums due to initial eligibility and ownership restrictions" (MND); PropKaki's per-square-foot gap against all new private condos in the region is 18%.

If you expect to stay for the MOP and you qualify, the lower price is the main attraction. If you might need to sell early or want the widest pool of buyers, the private condo is the more flexible asset. To see what either would cost you each month, PropKaki's property financial planner works it through, including the 30% mortgage servicing ratio that applies to an EC loan while the EC is within its MOP (MAS).

HDB's process for buying an EC (HDB):

1. Check first. HDB lists what to check before applying: that you are eligible, that you can get a housing loan, and that you can pay the costs, from the downpayment to stamp duty, legal fees and any resale levy.
2. Apply to the developer. "You must submit an application to the property developer. Property developer has the choice to offer the units via computer balloting or walk-in selection."
3. Book a unit. The developer grants "the Option to Purchase (OTP), if you are eligible to buy an EC unit", with an "Option fee of 5% of the purchase price upon successful booking".
4. Sign the Sale and Purchase Agreement and pay the "Balance downpayment of 15% of the purchase price" within the time set in your OTP.

On income documents, HDB says: "You will be guided by the property developer on the submission of documents, such as income documents, when you book an EC unit" (HDB). PropKaki's guide to new EC balloting explains how launch-day balloting and unit selection usually run.

What we used.

• HDB's list of EC sites sold (79 sites since 1997, read 19 September 2026), HDB's upcoming-EC and available-EC lists, and HDB's and URA's pages on the sites open or scheduled for tender.
• URA caveats in PropKaki's data, to 30 August 2026, for first sales and prices.
• URA developer sales per project (June 2026) and URA's quarterly EC stock series.
• HDB's EC pages and MND's release of 8 May 2026 for the rules; MAS's release of January 2013 for the launch rule.

How we calculated.

• Award to launch: months from HDB's award date to the first new-sale caveat for the project HDB names on the site, for the 21 EC sites awarded since 2015 that have launched; each match checked against the lease start on the caveats.
• Prices: one caveat per unit (the latest), 31 August 2025 to 30 August 2026; the private comparison uses new condos and apartments in URA's Outside Central Region over the same dates. Caveat counts are units with a new-sale caveat, not a sales tally: developers' own returns can differ.
• Land price per sq ft of floor area: tendered price ÷ maximum floor area, at 10.7639 sq ft per square metre.

What we did not claim. We do not predict launch dates or launch prices: the award-to-launch figures are past experience, not a forecast. Winning tenderers are shown as awarded; we do not say which groups own them.

Rules are as of 19 September 2026: verify on HDB before relying on them. Read more about how PropKaki works with data on our methodology page. This page is for information only; it is not legal or financial advice.