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My partner and I are looking to purchase a condo. I would be a first time home owner while he would be a second time home owner. How much % downpayment would we have to fork out if the property is approximately 1 million?
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Hi,

By 2nd time home owner, do you mean that he owns another residential property in singapore at the moment? If he does not own any at the moment, the downpayment and stamp duties (assuming both are Singaporean) for 1st residential property works out to approx 28% (minimum 5% cash, 20% CPF OA, approx 3-4% buyer stamp duties). This is also assuming 75% max loan no issue.

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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, could I know are you a local or PR?

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Hi

For a private condominium, there is no differentiation of 1st timer or 2nd timer. The 1st and 2nd timer relates to HDB purchase.

What is important is whether your partner own a property. If he is still owing a property, the purchase will attract Additional Buyer Stamp Duty ( ABSD). If both do not own any properties during the purchase, Buyer Stamp Duty (BSD) apply. This however is an expense to acquire the property.

Broadly, the down payment would be 25% of purchase price as most will leverage the balance on loan.

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Hi,

1) 1st-time homeowner and the 2nd-time homeowner are only applicable to HDB.

2) Private condo does not care how many times you had owned property.

3) Private condos can only receive financial assistance; mortgage loans from private banks.

4) Under MAS regulation, the maximum mortgage loan a person can receive is up to 75% Loan-To-Value only.
Thus you have to prepare a 25% downpayment, of which 5% must be in cash. The rest 20% can be in cash and/or CPF.

5) Loan-To-Value means the loan is tied to the valuation of the property you intend to purchase. Not necessarily your purchase price.
Your purchase can be higher than the valuation value, which will need to top up using cash only.
It is important you have an agent to assist you to help to assess whether this property price is over-valued. So as you are prepared for any cash-over-valuation if it is your ideal home.

6) For a $1 million property:
(a) 5% cash ($50,000)
(b) 20% CPF and/or cash ($200,000)
(c) Must be able to receive 75% Loan-To-Value ($750,000)
(d) Buyer stamp duty: $24,600
(e) Legal fee: $2,500~$3,000
(f) If anyone of you still owns any property, there will be ABSD (Additional Buyer Stamp Duty) involved. This amount is related to the number of properties owned and your residential status.
PR and foreigners have to pay more than Singapore citizens.

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Robbie Chen Chee Howe
Hi Ms,

By saying your partner is a second time owner, do you mean that he current owns a property? Or that he had previously owned, but now no longer own any property?

Loan-to-Value (LTV) is now capped at 75% if you do not have any mortgage loans. If you have an existing loan, LTV would be at 45%. This means that you will need to fork out 25% (or 55% if it's second loan) in downpayment.

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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Hi
Assuming your partner does not own any private property at the moment or is going to sell off his private property before he bought a private property with you, you are eligible for 75% loan loan to value. This means you need to finance/deposit 25% of the house value upfront. For a $1 million house, this translate to be $250,000. Out of this, 5% (eg $50k) needs to be paid using cash while the rest of the deposit can be financed through CPF. However besides this, there are other considerations you should take note off when purchasing private property. My service for purchasing private property is 100% free. Do contact me at 93375051  for a free and non obligatory discussion on this.

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YT Tan (陈永达)
Good evening,

Seems like you are using terms meant for HDB.

Let's clear these out.

I assume you are buying a residential property for the very first time.

As for your partner, does he own any residential property now? Cause it makes a difference if:
1) he owned a property before but sold
2) he owning a property now

1) If both of you don't own any property right now, you wont be subject to any additional buyer's stamp duty (ABSD) assuming you guys are married if not are both Singaporeans. You can potentially loan up to 75% while downpayment will be 25% (5% cash 20% cpf/ cash).

Other costs will be legal fees ($3000) and stamp duty (estimated 3 to 4% of purchase price) etc.

2) If this is his second property ownership, you guys will be subject to cooling measures restriction like application of ABSD, loan to value percentage and CPF usage.

Perhaps you can share more with me so I can value add further.

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To the point, 25% down payment inclusive of 5% cash. This means $50,000 cash for $1M property. No need to worry on the 1st or 2nd time homeowner.
There is alot of hidden costs you should not forget to calculate. eg. Stamp duty, maintenance fees etc..
But if all is ok, you can start shopping for a condo :)

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Hi Ms

1. If you are buying under 2 name, ABSD rate will follow the higher percentage. If you and your partner are Singaporean then ABSD 12% will apply
2. Before shortlisting project/unit, I will suggest to check your in principal approval of your loan from banker. I can connect you with reputable banker for this, free of charge and no obligation.
3. Based on $1 mill, and assuming loan is 75%
5% Cash = $50,000
20% Cash/CPF = $200,000
BSD (Cash/CPF) = $24,600
ABSD (Cash/CPF) = $120,000
Legal fee = $2,500 (estimated)
Please contact me at (65) 96608508  and I can share you the excel file breakdown for this calculation including timeline.
4. If your partner is going to sell off his private property before he bought a private property with you, ABSD will not apply if you and your partner are Singaporean.
Alternatively you can also consider to purchase the condo under your name only so ABSD will not apply (for Singaporean 1st property)
5. How many bedrooms are you looking at and which area you prefer?

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