Hi,
Yes unfortunately this is something a lot of home owners overlook when they make the purchase and yet have an intention to change house further down the future. It is not wise to use too much CPF if you have plans to sell next time as it becomes difficult to exit. When the accrued interest is too high, it eats into your cash proceeds as well. And this accrued interest, as the name suggests, snowballs (is accruing) even if you don't do anything. The only case where it makes sense is if you plan to stay in the flat until you pass on, where this is not as major an issue.
To put it more clearly, for your case you have to sell at a price which will cover the CPF principal utilized for the flat + accrued interests over the years for all owners. This amount can be retrieved and seen when you SingPass login to CPF website.
There is no need to top up by cash, if your agreed sale price is at or above valuation price, according to current CPF policy.
May I have more info and requirements about your plans so to make better recommendations? Thanks and look forward to value-add to your housing plans.
Warm Regards,
Ivan Ng ERA ASAP
(ASk Anything Property)
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Our unit comes with its challenges but Ivan remained positive and had no qualms committing to our plans right from the start. It took only 6 weeks of aggressive marketing for him to secure a good offer which was a pleasant surprise in the end.
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He has helped us to find our ideal unit and also sold our current unit. He was very patient and never pushy when we were looking for our ideal unit. He would tell us that it is always important to find a unit that we really liked.
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He provided us with sound and useful advice as well as closely follow through from the start till the smooth sale of the property within a short period of time.
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