List of BTO projects and brochures

Update November 2021: I added links to brochures & floor plans in below table, allowing me to delete the second page List of BTO brochures.

For best viewing of table use phone in landscape, or a computer. Data is also available in Excel format for download with additional details (flat types and prices) and can be visualized on map too.

Upcoming launch Feb 2022: Geylang (1), Kallang/Whampoa (1), Tengah (2), Yishun (2). May 2022: Bukit Merah, Jurong West, Queenstown, Tampines, Toa Payoh, and Yishun. Source: homes.hdb.gov.sg (this is subject to change). Exact day of launch is not known until the day they are launched, and once launched, you have a week to apply for a BTO flat.

History of BTO flats

The Registration for Flat (queue selling system) was suspended in 2002 due to unsold flats. Walk In Selection introduced in March 2002 allowing people to book unsold flats anytime. It ended in February 2007 and was replaced by balloting exercises named Quarter-Yearly Sale of 2/3-Room flats and Half-Yearly Sale of 4-Room and bigger flats, which in 2010 were combined in Sale of Balance Flats, which sell leftover flats from past BTO and SERS projects, plus old flats repurchased by HDB. Because some flats are completed and you can collect keys immediately after balloting, so many people apply for SBF and in towns with low number of flats 100+ people battle for one flat.

Build-To-Order was introduced in April 2001 to become main supply of HDB flats. Flats are offered for sale before being built. Tender for construction is called only if at least 70% of units have been booked (50% since 2011), otherwise the project is canceled and may be re-launched when will be more demand, with a different name and sometimes different design. The first projects enjoyed low interest, 5 of them being cancelled, but once Walk in Selection ended, BTO projects became oversubscribed, and since 2008 HDB launch 2 BTO projects every month. Since 2015 BTO flats are launched for sale in February, May, August, November. Due to Coronavirus circuit breaker, May 2020 BTO been deferred and on 29 May HDB press release said that will be combined with August BTO.

HDB publish a press release in December each year, announcing supply for next year, based on past year application rates. The supply can be adjusted in mid-year too and it reached a peak of 27,000+ flats in 2012. But since HDB does not forecast demand, there is always a lag between supply and demand, since Walk-in Selection ended in 2007 people who are eligible for new flats but do not accept the 3-4 year waiting time of BTO system, or fail at balloting, go to resale market, consequently resale flat prices doubled from 2007 to 2012 and the prices of new flats grew according to resale prices.

HDB claimed that cleared supply backlog and decided to move to a steady supply, announcing in December 2016 a supply of 17000 BTO flats for year 2017, a dangerous strategy that I was expecting to cause undersupply and another price bubble during 2020s. It also contradict a 2013 report announcing a supply of 700000 new homes by 2030.

Some people thinks that Registration for Flat system was better because everyone was getting a flat based on queue order, not based on luck like at BTO balloting. Registration for Flat had a disadvantage: you did not knew location or time you were getting the keys. BTO show you location and estimated completion date, and the priority schemes give people in urgent need for a home higher chances at balloting so BTO is better was better IF the flat supply matched demand, otherwise BTO is a lottery rather than a reliable housing scheme.

Among people visiting my website and talking with me, some informed me that applied for BTO 5+ times without success, then bought a resale flat, or went directly to resale market (despite of being eligible for BTO) to avoid wasting time in BTO lottery where only 1 of 4.4 first timers and only 1 of 18 second timers win a prize with 4 years delivery time (this is average application rate for BTO launches between Feb 2019 to May 2021).

Since 2018 HDB launched few BTO projects with shorter waiting time (2.5 years) because construction started before sale launch, but in my opinion at least half, if not all BTO must have construction started in advance so the waiting time will be 2 years, to reduce demand for resale flats by turning buyers towards BTO (how many people like waiting 4 years for BTO to be built?). Inevitably some flats will remain unsold, but they can be always re-offered via Sale of Balance Flats during construction or after completion, to people who are in immediate need of a flat.

Possible upcoming / future BTO locations

In 2001-2005 BTO projects were offered only in Punggol, Sembawang and Sengkang (the latest 3 towns), but over years BTO projects were launched all over island on any available land, including mature towns. Try spotting empty land parcels on Interactive map of HDB blocks (we won’t know how soon a land parcel will be developed as BTO, some parcels can be sold to private developers instead). On same map you can click each block to view launch date, estimated completion date, number of floors, number of units, links to download HDB brochures (for BTO) and typical unit floor plans (for older flats), etc.

HDB announced on 29 August 2013 the Public Exhibition on New Housing Areas: Bidadari (estate within Toa Payoh town, first BTO early 2015), Tampines North (first BTO late 2014), Punggol Matilda (first BTO Sep 2013). Tengah New Town was announced in 2016 and got first BTO launch in 2018. Seletar and Simpang are potential future new towns.

BTO flat size

BTO flats follow internal area standards introduced for blocks completed in 2000: Studio and 2-Room comes in 2 sizes (35 / 45 sqm), 3-Room (65 sqm), 4-Room (90 sqm), 5-Room (110 sqm), 3gen (115 sqm), with few exceptions: Pinnacle @ Duxton, SkyVille and SkyTerrace @ Dawson were smaller, Punggol Sapphire, Treelodge and Bayview had bigger 5-room. Total area shown in HDB Resale Transactions include also A/C ledge (2-3 sqm) and balcony (3-4 sqm) where it is present.

Source of data

I collect BTO brochures since December 2009, downloading PDF files from HDB website in my computer and uploaded on my website because HDB is deleting brochures older than 3 years and we need them!

HDB was providing PDF brochures for download in the day of BTO launch until May 2014, while since July 2014 only a small amount of info is provided at launch, when selection start 2 months later, individual flat details are available as well as PDF brochure in MyHDB page only for invited applicants, but anyone can download if guess the link.

Someone informed me about links to hidden brochures in early 2014, moment in which I was still able to change date in URL and get brochures back to September 2012 except March 2013 ones. HDB website been redesigned in 2015 and earlier brochures deleted. 2015-present link format: https://www20.hdb.gov.sg/hdbvsf/eap001.nsf/0/21FEBBTO_pdf_selection/ (change 21FEB if you want to find other launches brochures).

I took data for 2001-2009 from Wikipedia, Build to Order page included details about each BTO project, until too many projects been launched and Wikipedia editors decided to delete this information for being non-encyclopedic. People visiting website reported me errors, which I corrected: River Edge 2001 shown on Wikipedia as built, does not exist in real life, Spring Lodge 2003 shown on Wikipedia as cancelled (block 465) was actually built as block 466 (probably launched in 2001), could be River Edge? Does anyone know which BTO has been cancelled in 2003?

How to get PDF brochures

HDB provided downloadable PDF brochures at the day of BTO launch until March 2014. Now it provide only detailed brochures near selection date 2-3 months later (detailed brochures I found in 2013 back until September 2012, don’t know if they were provided earlier too), the link for detailed brochures is normally provided in MyHDB page, only for applicants invited to selection, however the brochures are accessible to everyone, just that they are not linked and you need to guess URL.

Was enough for one visitor that have applied to a BTO, to give me the URL to one brochure then I started guessing the other URLs. Here is an example URL http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10321p.nsf/w/BuyingNewFlatBrochure201407PG?OpenDocument and replace the year-month numbers and 2-letter town code to get brochures for other towns and months.

Since 2015 the URL was changed to http://esales.hdb.gov.sg/hdbvsf/eap001.nsf/0/16FEBBTO_pdf_selection_2402 so we need to replace 16FEB and 2402 with the number shown at initial BTO launch in http://www.hdb.gov.sg/cs/infoweb/residential/buying-a-flat/new/bto-sbf

Since 2017 URL format was changed again.

Link where HDB published August 2021 BTO in mid-september: http://www20.hdb.gov.sg/hdbvsf/eap001.nsf/0/21AUGBTO_pdf_selection/

Expect November 2021 BTO to be available in mid-december on: http://www20.hdb.gov.sg/hdbvsf/eap001.nsf/0/21NOVBTO_pdf_selection/

Note about completion date

Many people asked me if a BTO can be completed earlier. YES, the estimated completion acts like a deadline, in most cases residents collect keys up to 3-6 months earlier. Note that Pinnacle @ Duxton residents collected keys and moved in Dec 2009, but work continued at skybridges until May 2010 scheduled completion date.

Wikipedia showed completion date same month 4 years ahead, and I kept adding 4 years of the projects not listed in Wikipedia, but HDB decided in 2010 to speed up BTO production, affecting the already-launched projects, and most 2009-2010 BTO are completed in 3-3.5 years (6-12 months faster) because. In 2011 I added “Estimated completion date” from launch brochures for projects after 2009.

When unsold flats are re-launched in SBF, HDB may show an updated completion date, different than the one estimated at launch, but since not all BTO have unsold flats, and to prevent being blamed for providing WRONG completion date by people looking in original BTO brochures, I choose to show the only original estimated completion date.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic and global trade disruptions, some contractors faced with shortage of manpower, rising material prices and cost overruns, causing several BTO to be delayed with few months, for one BTO (Waterway Sunrise II) the delay exceeded 1 year. Source: channelnewsasia.com.

Under construction BTO have communities on Facebook and on various forums, residents posting construction updates and predict completion date. Check them!

Some people ask me what is the ACTUAL completion date or key collection date of completed BTO, I cannot answer, you should ask someone residing in that BTO, or check HDB Events Calendar, look for Welcome Party / Completion Ceremony.

Lease commence date is about 1 year after estimated completion date. Minimum occupation period is 5 years starting from key collection date, which vary from flat to flat. If you want to estimate when first flats from certain BTO will be available in resale market, you should add 4½ years to estimated completion date from above table.

Non-BTO projects

Several people reported “BTO project missing from my list” thinking that each named precint of HDB blocks is a BTO. WRONG!

When BTO scheme was introduced in 2001, HDB started naming all blocks (upgrading programmes also add precint names for older blocks). BTO define a selling scheme and NOT the building. My list is complete for projects sold via BTO scheme, but there are other schemes:

List of DBSS projects, built and sold by private developers, but managed afterwards by HDB like public housing.

List of SERS sites, replacement blocks built for blocks selected for redevelopment, their surplus flats are sold via SBF in same manner with unsold flats from BTO projects. 2 projects were offered initially for SERS affected residents then remained flats sold via BTO: Sri Geylang Serai and Ping Yi Greens.

Projects offered only via SBF when they were near completion: Buangkok Court, Fernvale Lodge, Golden Peony (Tampines), Jurong East Court, Jurong East Vista, Marsiling Heights, Tampines Lodge, Tampines Ria. Tell me if you know any more!

By this way, “resale BTO flats” is an incorrect term. You can buy new flats (BTO, DBSS, SERS, SBF) and resale flats.

Excel tables

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List HDB projects SAMPLE .xlsx (BTO, DBS, HS, CRC)
List of BTO prices SAMPLE .xls

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What is included:

BTO and DBSS: town, project name, launch date, estimated completion, date, total number of units, brochures (data free viewable in this page).

BTO and DBSS with flat details: all of the above plus block numbers, contract type (standard / premium flats), breakdown by flat type, selling prices of flats, also statistics to calculate number of flats launched by year (shown in chart).

BTO + HS + CRC (coming soon): beside BTO blocks (2005-present) include older blocks with centralized refuse chute without household (1991-1998) and with household shelter (1997-2004), including the ones offered for sale to SERS affected residents and DBSS.

See also HDB Database detailed to block level (1 row per block and 66 columns of data), including all blocks ever built since 1930s, even the demolished ones.

See also other databases made by me.

About & updates

Shortly after Wikipedia editors removed BTO projects details in 2010, I compiled in Excel List of BTO & DBSS projects (town, project name, launch date, completion date, number of units breakdown by flat type) and published on my website in HTML format in March 2011 with a link to download Excel for FREE too.

In 2014 I posted a separate page List of BTO brochures containing just link to PDF files collected by me from HDB InfoWeb since December 2009 (no other information like completion date or number of units). In 2016 I spent about 10 hours compiling selling price ranges of all BTO flats in one Excel database.

In January 2017 I put List of BTO projects in Excel for FREE download and List of BTO prices for paid download ($30, 10 cents/BTO) via Easy Digital Downloads plugin to see how many people download it.

My strategy was to offer a couple of small databases for free hoping that will encourage people to pay for BIG databases afterwards, but it turned to have opposite effect: people downloaded FREE ones just because they were free, not because they were interested in data offered, or disappointed by small amount of data included in free databases, went away and never purchased any paid database afterwards, while the ones who purchased paid databases, they did this directly without testing with a free one first.

Over 500 people downloaded for free until September 2019 when I put price $1 with a message “contact me if you want it FREE”, and when people contacted me I informed them about other (bigger) databases are available.

Several people asked me if I can add block numbers in List of BTO projects. If I do this I will no longer give it FREE. Other people asked me if I can provide similar list HDB projects built in 1997-2005 before introduction of BTO scheme, as well as projects sold via other means (SERS replacement flats, Sale of Balance Flats, etc). I made this experiment for Ang Mo Kio in 2013 but it did not attracted enough audience to expand list to all towns.

In 2021 I done a major update for all Singapore-related pages, and in November 2021 I mixed 3 pages/Excel databases (list of BTO projects, list of BTO brochures and list of BTO prices) into a single database.