{"id":4540,"date":"2019-08-17T07:14:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T23:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/blog\/singapore\/?p=4540"},"modified":"2022-07-01T04:00:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:00:20","slug":"executive-condominium-vs-private-condo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/executive-condominium-vs-private-condo\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is better: EC or Private Condo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Executive Condominium (EC) comprises a strange yet potentially lucrative option for first time home buyers. Indeed, often lauded as the perfect home for the Singaporean <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/sandwich-class-in-singapore-a-way-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sandwich class<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; those who essentially earn too much to qualify for an HDB but not quite enough to invest in a condo &#8211; the Executive Condominium is a public-private hybrid reflecting both the attractive prices of public housing and the superior comfort of private condominiums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Executive Condominium becomes an obvious choice for those Singaporeans who can afford a little more than an HDB but cannot stretch to a private apartment. However, if you are in the situation where your finances allow you to make a choice between an executive condominium and a private one, then the decision is a little tougher. To this end, we shall lay out precisely in what scenario, and under what circumstances you may want to give Executive Condominiums a chance before rushing head over heels into the private sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(PS: you may wish to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/parc-canberra-ec-300m-from-canberra-mrt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parc Canberra<\/a>, an EC within walking distance to Canberra MRT, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/condo-focus-ola-executive-condominium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OLA<\/a>, an EC within walking distance to Cheng Lim LRT in Sengkang.)<\/p>\n<h2><b>Who can buy an EC?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First off, an Executive Condominium comes with strings attached, and while a more in-depth account shall be provided later on, it is important to understand from the onset that some of the most stringent limitations ensure that a good amount of people cannot apply for this special type of flat to start with. So, before we go any further let\u2019s see if an Executive Condominium is on the cards for you to begin with. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can apply if you meet the following criteria: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your household income must not be above $16,000<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>You are 21 years old, or 35 years old if applying under Joint Singles Scheme<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are a Singaporean Citizen (SC). The other applicant must be a SC or Permanent Resident (PR).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have not owned or disposed of any property, locally or overseas, in the last 30 months<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have not owned a new HDB\/DBSS or EC flat previously, or received CPF Housing Grant for these properties more than once.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You also have to fall under one of the following schemes: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hdb.gov.sg\/cs\/infoweb\/residential\/buying-a-flat\/resale\/eligibility-schemes\">Public Scheme<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0y<\/span>ou apply either with your spouse (and children, if any), your parents (and siblings, if any), or solely with your children (granted that you have legal custody).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hdb.gov.sg\/cs\/infoweb\/residential\/buying-a-flat\/resale\/eligibility-schemes\">Fiance scheme<\/a><\/strong>: y<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ou are applying with your fiance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hdb.gov.sg\/cs\/infoweb\/residential\/buying-a-flat\/resale\/eligibility-schemes\">Orphan scheme<\/a><\/strong>: y<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ou are an orphan and you are applying with a sibling.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hdb.gov.sg\/cs\/infoweb\/residential\/buying-a-flat\/new\/schemes-and-grants\/cpf-housing-grants-for-hdb-flats\/joint-singles-scheme-or-orphans-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joint Singles Scheme:<\/a><\/strong> you are a single SC aged 35 years old and above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have survived the judgement above, passage is granted to apply for an Executive Condominium.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why do ECs even exist?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/why-was-EC-created.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/why-was-EC-created.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/why-was-EC-created-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While private condo\u2019s have been part of the Singapore landscape since the early 70s, Executive Condominiums are a relatively new invention, only joining the scene in the late 90s. Singapore has, from its inception, followed a policy favouring homeownership, and as the society developed a stronger middle class, new ways had to be found to house its increasingly affluent population. Proverbially sandwiched between the public and private sector, the hybrid that is the Executive Condominium was thought up to form a bridge, catering to the upper middle class segment of society. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Similarities<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disregarding the rules and stripped of its public characteristics, the Executive Condominium is in its physical form not just similar but absolutely identical to a condominium. It shares both in its enhanced comfort and rich variety of amenities such as swimming pools, private parks, tennis courts, 24\/7 security and the like. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Differences<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the differences, alas, you cannot have your cake and eat it too, at least not right away. While essentially synonymous in form, a framework of rules and regulations is attached to the Executive Condominium effectively differentiating it from their private counterparts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The restrictions around ECs<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ec-10-years-mature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ec-10-years-mature.jpg 801w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ec-10-years-mature-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive Condominiums were designed to serve as homes rather than investment options. To this end, anyone who buys an Executive Condominium has to live in it for at least five years before it can be sold on, and even after half a decade has passed you are restricted in that you can only sell the flat to Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents. Subsequently, HDB bars foreigners from buying Executive Condominiums for another five years. After a full decade has passed the Executive Condominium effectively transforms into a private condominium, and it may as such be sold to anyone on the free market. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To contextualise the measures a little, Executive Condominiums are state-subsidized and meant to enhance homeownership for Singaporeans, not the investment opportunities for real estate moguls. As such, you will not be able to profit by buying a flat from the government and then selling it on when market prices surge. While it is a constraint, the Minimum Occupation Period (MOP) does not harm anyone who primarily views an Executive Condominium as a roof over one\u2019s head, and intends to actually live in it. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What makes them so attractive?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/who-is-more-attractive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/who-is-more-attractive.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/who-is-more-attractive-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Affordability<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major factor enticing first time buyers to opt for an Executive Condominium, rather than a private one is its relatively more attractive price tag. While it has differed considerably over time, Executive Condominiums can be as much as 25 per cent lower. Add to this the option to get a grant from HDB, and one starts to see why so many first timers go for an Executive Condominium before they upgrade to a private condominium. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prospects on Capital Gains<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As noted before, after 10 years the Executive Condominium effectively turns into a private condominium. Seeing the lower price at which Executive Condominiums are bought, sitting out the 10 years makes for potential of substantive capital appreciation. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the strings attached make it impossible for buyers to try and make a quick buck by buying and subsequently rapidly selling the flat, there is room for buyers to take advantage of long-term property appreciation. Boosted by a public-to-private property transition after 10 years, the Executive Condominium generally sees relatively more appreciation than other private property, such a private condominiums. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>A Final Caveat<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comparing and contrasting the pro\u2019s and cons of an Executive Condominium versus that of a private condo paints the picture of a pretty good deal in terms of the former. Unless you wish to sell your condo within a decade of buying it, the executive variant poises as a strong contestant, especially weighing up its attractive price and subsequent large potential for long-term capital gains. Still, there remains one last caveat:<strong> while private condominiums can be freehold, ECs generally come with a 99-year lease. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeing that Singapore is a relatively young country, no property has yet come sufficiently close to the 99 year mark for anyone to start worrying about it, and price discrepancies between free and leaseholds haven\u2019t really appeared yet. Still, if you have long, long, long-term plans for your property than an EC may lose some of its appeal. Otherwise, and with a bit of patience, Executive Condominiums tend to be a relatively great bargain, both in terms of living and capital gains. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever the popular option, Executive Condominiums (ECs) comprise potentially lucrative hybrid option for first time home buyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":54168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53601,53602,53725,57131],"tags":[53707,53693],"persona":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post","13":"entry","14":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>99.co&#039;s guides: Executive Condominium vs Private Condominium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ever the popular option, Executive Condominiums (ECs) comprise potentially lucrative hybrid option for first time home buyers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/executive-condominium-vs-private-condo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which is better: EC or Private Condo?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ever the popular option, Executive Condominiums (ECs) comprise potentially lucrative hybrid option for first time home buyers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/executive-condominium-vs-private-condo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/99dotco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-16T23:14:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-30T20:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EC-vs-Private-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1116\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marouan Fatti\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@99dotco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@99dotco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marouan Fatti\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/executive-condominium-vs-private-condo\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/executive-condominium-vs-private-condo\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marouan Fatti\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/#\/schema\/person\/4d7cd75bf8497c922268c2e43485a7ee\"},\"headline\":\"Which is better: EC or Private Condo?\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-16T23:14:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-30T20:00:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/executive-condominium-vs-private-condo\/\"},\"wordCount\":1188,\"commentCount\":14,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/executive-condominium-vs-private-condo\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EC-vs-Private-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"EC\",\"executive condominum\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Condo\",\"Condo Stories &amp; 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