Property tax

SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Property players call for lower ABSD on foreign buyers, review of EC income and loan caps

Other proposals floated include further tweaks to developers’ sales deadlines, lower consent threshold for en bloc sales

Owner-occupiers living in three-room and larger HDB flats will face an average property tax increase of S$2 to S$3 a month after the rebate.

Singapore grants one-off property tax rebate for all owner-occupiers in 2026

Owners of one and two-room HDB flats will still be exempted from property tax

When a new packaging tax is also taken into account, the retail industry says it has faced a rise of £7 billion in annual costs, driving up prices.

Up to 400 large UK stores at risk of closure from property tax hike: BRC

The government has proposed higher business rates, or commercial property taxes, on sites with a rateable value of over £500,000

Property prices in major cities in Vietnam have been soaring due to a limited new supply and speculative buying, making them unaffordable for most residents.

Vietnam mulls overhaul of property transfer tax, sparks fears of stalling recovery

The drafted rule charges a 20% tax on net profit from real estate transactions, or 10% of the sale price for properties owned for under two years

Rachel Teo, on an episode of the PropertyBT podcast, said: "Tax policies need to strike a balance between economic competitiveness, social equity and long-term sustainability.”

Introducing inheritance tax can stymie entrepreneurism, warns property leader Rachel Teo

She also describes how a digital platform she co-founded lets people access fractional property opportunities

Hong Kong’s real estate industry has been suffering from a prolonged downturn for more than three years due to expensive borrowing costs, a weak economy and oversupply of homes.

Hong Kong to reduce property tax for low-end home transactions

Residential units valued at HK$4 million (S$688,292) or below will be subject to the minimum stamp duty bracket at HK$100

Higher property taxes can impose undue financial and emotional burdens on asset-rich but cash-poor retirees, says the writer.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Property tax should not be conflated with wealth tax

I READ with great interest Leslie Yee’s commentary “Don’t spare asset-rich, cash-poor private homeowners from paying higher property taxes” (BT, Jan 13), but I must respectfully disagree with his opin...

If property taxes need to rise in future, owner-occupiers of pricier homes such as landed units may face large tax bills.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Don’t spare asset-rich, cash-poor private homeowners from paying higher property taxes

If needed, property tax rises for elderly owner-occupiers can accrue as an amount payable

The annual value bands of the owner-occupied residential property tax rates will be raised from Jan 1, 2025.

One-off property tax rebate in 2025 for owner-occupiers to soften cost-of-living pains

A rebate of 20% will be given to owner-occupied HDB flats; owner-occupied private residential properties will get a 15% rebate, capped at S$1,000