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Can I afford to upgrade to a private condo?

A current-policy framework for proceeds, duties, financing and cash-flow checks.

Published 9 January 2022

Reviewed September 2026. Housing, CPF, loan and stamp-duty rules can change. This is general education, not financial advice, and no worked example should be reused without current inputs.

A current upgrader calculation framework

  1. Estimate conservative net sale proceeds after outstanding loan, CPF refund, fees and other costs.
  2. Confirm current HDB selling eligibility and transaction timing.
  3. Calculate buyer duties and any applicable ABSD for the exact ownership profile.
  4. Obtain current loan assessments and stress-test rates, tenure and monthly cash flow.
  5. Retain emergency funds and model renovation, moving and recurring ownership costs.

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