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New launch vs resale — which wins on your budget?
A new launch costs more per square foot than the resale condos around it (the new-build premium) and pays no rent while it’s built — but you get a brand-new unit with a full fresh lease. A resale unit nearby is cheaper and rents from day one, but it’s older. This tool runs both on the same budget so you can see the trade-off in dollars. It’s an illustration on shared assumptions, not a forecast or a quote.
Same growth is applied to both, so the launch has no built-in advantage — its premium must be earned.
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New launch
Comparable resale nearby
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How is this worked out? — assumptions
Prices
Launch $psf = the page’s indicative band midpoint (or actual median if selling); resale $psf = median of comparable condos within ~1–2 km (URA). Both × your unit size.
Costs
Buyer’s Stamp Duty + ABSD by profile (IRAS, data/rates.json). The launch earns no rent until TOP; the resale rents from year 0 at your gross yield. Exit value applies the same growth to both.
Not included
Loan interest, agent/legal fees, SSD (assumes hold > 3 years), maintenance, vacancy, and any difference in growth between new and older stock — which is exactly where advice matters.
Illustration for education only — not financial advice, not an offer or quotation. Figures are estimates.
Prices from URA developer sales & transactions via the URA Data Service, under the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0. Not endorsed by any government agency.