An overwhelming 14,000 potential home-buyers have applied for just under 3,000 "leftover" Housing Board (HDB) flats in many popular mature estates.
Termed "balance flats", these 2,847 units comprise of those unselected from previous build-to-order (BTO) launches, surplus replacement flats under the Selective En Bloc Redevelopment Scheme, and those bought back by HDB.
The popularity of these flats has overshadowed a parallel BTO exercise for new flats launched the same day. Full story
