Real Estate in Singapore: Housing, Capital Gains, Positives & NegativesSingapore’s Unique Housing Market“By the time Singapore attained self-government in 1959, the housing shortage and its related problems such as overcrowding and squatter colonies had reached alarming proportions. Public housing for the lower-income groups was thus given top priority and HDB (Housing Development Board) was set up by February 1960.This marked the beginning of large-scale public housing development in … [Read more...]