HDB pricing over the years

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https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonlin...1981-05-16.pdf

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https://www.docomomo.sg/happenings/h...st-two-decades

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The first HDB flats ever built to be sold to the public were balloted in 1964 and it was here that the HDB launched its “Home Ownership for the People Scheme” with some 2068 2-room and 3-room flats offered for sale to the public.

2-Room flats were sold at $4,900 and
3-Room flats at $6,200.

Blocks 81, 82 and 83 Commonwealth Close were 16-storey blocks with a mix of 2 and 3 room flats that were part of this initial sale. Block 81 was also where visiting foreign VIPs would be brought in order to have a panoramic view of most of Queenstown from level 16 of the block.

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In the year of Singapore’s independence 1965, the HDB completed a mega block in MacPherson estate in the form of block 37 Circuit Road. It was built in a double T-Shape, essentially a long slab block with two perpendicular wings on either sides. With 570 flats, it was the largest HDB block in Singapore by number of dwelling units at one point in time. Today, it still has the second highest number of flats for any given block.