Aspiring HDB resale flat buyers scramble to make new plans after property cooling measures introduced

Some aspiring HDB resale flat buyers downgrading from private properties are abandoning their plans altogether. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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SINGAPORE - First it was shock, then a mad scramble to make new plans.

Some aspiring Housing Board resale flat buyers downgrading from private properties are abandoning their plans altogether, after a new slew of property curbs aimed at cooling the public housing market kicked in on Friday.

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