What happens to our CPF money used to buy a HDB flat when the lease ends?
Reader:
can I assume that whatever has been used to pay for the flat will be forfeited and we still need to pay back the accrued interest?
I have friends who are paranoid over the lease issue cuz they keep on reading the anti hdb and anti CPF articles.
End up frightening themselves.
AK:
Tell your friends it is the same anywhere in the world.
Leasehold means there is a limited life.
Once it is gone, it is gone.
Money from CPF used in the purchase of such flats at the end of the lease is gone.
Logically, if the money is gone, how to pay back?
Reader:
My friend just bought a 940k EA resale 30++y flat recently.
Simplistically, if there is 65 years left to the lease, the reader's friend is paying about $15K a year to "lease" the flat.
Of course, if we take into consideration time value of money and interest on a housing loan (or interest he could have made if he had not used his CPF money in the purchase), it would be more than $15K a year.
It is good to know that more people are thinking about this issue but don't over think.
There is no conspiracy to impoverish anyone.
BTO HDB flats are the most affordable form of housing for Singaporeans and they come with a 99 years lease.
Even if we were to live to be a hundred, the lease is more than enough.
The worry is when people pay top dollar for much older 99 years leasehold properties.
There is regulation in place to guard against CPF members from buying much older 99 years leasehold properties using their CPF money:
http://singaporeanstocksinvestor.blogspot.sg/2014/07/financing-purchase-of-hdb-flat-new-or.html
If a young couple decide to pay $1 million for a resale flat that has 65 years left to the lease, they have to be aware of the consequences.
We have to pay for the roof over our heads.
There is no free lunch in this world.
If we get something for free, someone else is paying for it.
If we are staying for free with our parents, it is because they paid for the roof.
People who want the CPF money which they used to buy their HDB flat returned to them after the expiry of the 99 years lease are looking for a free lunch.
Wake up.
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When the lease on my HDB flat ends (UPDATED).
Tuesday, May 23, 2017Posted by AK71 at 10:39 AM 18 comments
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