In the past year, we’ve seen a renewed surge of interest in younger couples who are buying older (40+-year-old) HDB flats. This runs contrary to attitudes from five years ago when HDB flats were often criticised as “99-year time bombs” (and let’s not even get into the debate over whether flats are “really just rented”!) But why is it happening? Here are some possible reasons:

- High homeownership rates reduce legacy needs
- HDB flats depreciating slower than theories suggest
- Trending gentrification
- The oldest flats tend to be bigger (for 5-room flats at least)
- Changing perspectives of flats as assets
- Optimism about flats being just a temporary home

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00:00 - Intro
00:56 - High homeownership rates reduce legacy needs
03:20 - HDB flats depreciating slower than theories suggest
04:34 - Desire for authenticity
05:45 - The oldest flats tend to be bigger
06:35 - Changing perspectives of flats as assets
07:39 - Optimism about flats being just a temporary home
09:54 - Outro

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