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Frequently Asked Questions
ABOUT THE LANDED COLLECTIVE
The Landed Collective is a team of licensed realtors with decades of combined real estate experience under our belt. Our goal is to provide dedicated and quality services to all our clients.
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PROPERTY TOPICS
Yes, a foreign person (Singapore Permanent Resident inclusive) is required to seek approval from the Land Dealings Approval Unit (LDAU) in order to purchase a landed residential property. If the purchasers are all Singaporeans, prior approval is not required.
The types of properties that a foreigner requires approval to purchase are:
- Vacant residential land;
- Terrace house;
- Semi-detached house;
- Bungalow/detached house;
- Strata landed house which is not within an approved condominium development under the Planning Act (eg. townhouse or cluster house);
- Shophouse (for non-commercial use);
- Association premises;
- Place of worship;
- Worker’s dormitory/serviced apartments/boarding house (not registered under the provisions of the Hotels Act); and
- Commercial & Residential properties
The types of properties that a foreigner can purchase are:
- Condominium unit;
- Flat unit;
- Strata landed house in an approved condominium development;
- A leasehold estate in a landed residential property for a term not exceeding 7 years, including any further term which may be granted by way of an option for renewal;
- Shophouse (for commercial use);
- Industrial and commercial properties;
- Hotel (registered under the provisions of the Hotels Act); and
- Executive condominium unit, HDB flat and HDB shophouse (subject to HDB eligibility criteria).
A safeguarded landing housing area prescribes the type and the height control of landed property that can be erected in that particular area.
In a non-safeguarded landed housing area, you will be able to find flat and condominium developments built within the gross plot ratio of 1.4.
