🇸🇬 Singapore · Housing
Renting and buying property in Singapore — typical rents, deposits, contracts, and official tenancy rules.
Singapore's rental market splits between eligibility-restricted public HDB flats and private condominiums. Property agents must be registered with the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA), and the URA oversees private property. Foreigners can rent private property freely; buying a private condo attracts Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD), and landed property needs government approval.
- Security deposit is typically one month's rent per year of lease (e.g. two months for a two-year tenancy).
- Tenancy agreements attract stamp duty payable to IRAS; agents must be CEA-registered.
- Foreigners buying a private condo pay ABSD; landed residential property requires government approval.
Official authorities
- URA — Urban Redevelopment Authority
Planning authority for private property.
- HDB — Housing & Development Board
Public housing — rental and eligibility rules.
- Council for Estate Agencies (CEA)
Licenses property agents; tenancy resources.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Typical rents by city
| Cities | 1-bedroom rent |
|---|---|
| Singapore | S$2,500–5,000/mo (center); S$1,800–3,000/mo (outer) |
Tools & platforms
- PropertyGuru
Largest Singapore property portal.
- 99.co
Rentals and sale listings.
Government portals
- Singapore Government — Singapore's integrated government services portal — unified Singpass identity login
- Immigration & Checkpoints Authority — Employment Pass, S Pass, Work Permit, PR and citizenship applications in Singapore
- Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore — Personal and corporate income tax, GST filing, and tax incentive lookup