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I am a Singapore Citizen looking to buy a HDB flat with my foreign spouse. She has purchased a residential property in her home country. However, as she is still in the process of paying off the bank loan, the ownership of the property is still listed as the real estate developer; and they will only transfer ownership of the property to her after she finishes paying off the bank loan. Will she be considered to be owning a private property overseas?
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Hi,

1) Yes, she is considered to own a property, especially under the eye of the HDB.
2) Maybe there is some misunderstanding on the transferring of the title when the property is under a mortgage.
3) In Singapore, when we bought a completed or uncompleted property with a loan. The title deed will lodge with a caveat. Meaning when we intend to sell or transform some share to others, we have to inform the company or person who lodges the caveat on the title deed.
4) So it seems like we are not fully own the property until paying off the loan. A similar situation also happened to us when buying a car with a loan.
5) It is best to settle the property overseas before you buy your HDB flat. Because overseas property might not be easy to dispose of compared to Singapore.
6) Some overseas property not able to find buyers for long period. So end up a lot of these properties were bought by relatives or friends.

Hope the above answer your main concerns, but if there are more query, please feel free to contact me at 90110636  , or email: ling.ck7@gmail.com if more information is needed.
I'll be glad to assist.

Best regards
Ling CK
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