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Dear all, greatly appreciate your answers .

I am an intended buyer of a five room flat and I have signed an OTP with the seller at a price of $600,000. Before the OTP was signed, I have clearly stated to the seller and the agent that I will only purchase the flat straightly based on valuation as I am not willing to pay for any COV. Seller agreed willingly.
Received my valuation today. The valuation comes out to be $560000. The seller agree to go with $560,000. My question is :
1) Am I require to do another valuation again since my new OTP is $560,000?

Pls note : Seller agree to sell on valuation of $560000 instead of the original $600000.

2) If lets say, I will need to do another valuation again based on new OTP of $560000, what if the new valuation comes out to be lower than my valuation of $560,000? Made not much sense to do a valuation again

Thanks for all your answers.

StanleyD
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Hi Stanley,

Under HDB regulation, new OTP issued will need a new valuation. The original OTP selling price is at $600k. When both seller and buyer decide to sell at $560k, a new OTP at new selling price need to be issued. And so a new valuation is required.

It is possible that the new valuation might come out lower than the $560k value. But the chances of it happening is not very high. Usually within such a short time frame, the HDB valuation is probably the same. HDB will likely stil peg the value of the house to your last recent value in their record. Unless there is a highly volatile upturn or downturn in HDB market, then the value will fluctuate. But this is very unlikely in current HDB market. Read More
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