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Hi, I am a 32 years married guy who now has 2 hdb property under my name. 1st flat my name was included together with my spouse into my in laws property and they made me the financier of the property. I then applied for my own home with my spouse as they claimed they were going to get divorced and sell their unit. But after 3 years and I have gotten my unit, they are still not divorced and not willing to sell their unit. I do not wish to lose my own property because of this. What can I do?
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Good evening,

In this case you will have to find a way to transfer out your name and the remaining owners (your in-laws) must be able to buy over your share financially and refund the CPF you have utilized + accrued interest. You may wish to consult the HDB branch on the transfer of ownership details.

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  • Ivan Ng
    Hi Dina,

    This is indeed a tricky situation. And its unfair that you helped them to tide over the financial situation back then, but they do not reciprocate your efforts when you have your own difficulties now. In this case one compromise solution that I can think of could be to check with the hdb officer whether any 2-room flexi studios with short lease are available, and help them to right-size to a smaller flat in a similar location in yishun. This way at least may be able to address their concern to at least have a place to stay while you can sell off the current place and keep your AMK unit. Hope that helps.
  • DJ
    Hi there, thank you for your kind response.
    From my understanding after the few appts made to HDB and basis on the calculation, they are not able to repay the CPF + Accrued interest to me. Their initial basis on putting my name in was due to them being unable to make payment to HDB for their instalments.
    What I am upset about is the fact that despite not providing any legal documents showing proof of divorce proceedings, HDB had given them the benefit of taking only their words.
    Given the circumstances of them being able to neither repay my CPF + Accrued interest nor sustain the flat with their income, I see the only way to go about it to sell the unit. And given that HDB is aware of my having my name in 2 properties and I cannot do anything if the first owners are unwilling to sell, my intention is to protect my interest and indemnify me from any legal actions that HDB will make since I had already informed of my willingness to sell the Yishun unit where it has no longer been my home since 2019. At this present moment, I can only see that only HDB can do something to compel the first owners to sell the flat because compulsory acquisition will result in me at risk of losing my CPF + accrued interest that I had made for that unit.

    Should I seek legal advice/ prepare a formal letter stating that I am the only willing party to sell the unit?
Robbie Chen Chee Howe
Hi Sir,

This is indeed a tricky situation, especially when the co-owners of the first flat is not willing to compromise.

If you do not wish to lose your own flat, you will have to exit from the first flat. The remaining owners will have to refund whatever CPF monies that you had paid towards the flat, and undertake whatever balance loan left.

I am experienced and well-versed in both HDB and private transactions. I will be able to assist you in your property plans. Please get in touch with me for a more in-depth discussion.

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  • DJ
    Hi Robbie,
    Thank you for taking the time to review my enquiry and respond.
    As mentioned, current situation is that they are unable to repay my CPF+Accrued interest.

    My intention is to save my AMK unit by getting back my CPF, remove my name from their unit and repay from my CPF that is refunded, to my own AMK unit that now has mortgage arrears as my monthly instalment has already depleted my CPF.
YT Tan (陈永达)
Good morning,

you have to approach HDB to remove your name from their property. Your in laws must be financially capable to return all your CPF OA funds you utilised and any loan if any.

Hope my sharing helps in aiding in your enquiry. May I know how can I value add further in your property needs?

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Hi,

I would be most glad to assist you further and please feel free to let me know if you need any assistance. Have a good day ahead. By the way, as yours is not a straight forward issue, you would need to consult the HDB on how to solve this matter.

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