Written answer by Ministry of National Development on wait times between BTO application closing and flat selection or booking notification over past five years

Question No: 1428

Question by: Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis

To ask the Minister for National Development for Build-To-Order (BTO) project launches in the last five years, what is the 25th percentile, median, average and 75th percentile of the number of months between the closing of the BTO application exercise and (i) the notification to select a flat and (ii) the booking of a flat.

Answer:

The 25th percentile, median, average and 75th percentile of the number of months between the closing of a Build-To-Order (BTO) exercise and the booking of a flat for 2021 to 2025 are set out in Table 1. Successful applicants are typically notified to book a flat about two weeks before their scheduled flat booking appointment.

Table 1: Number of months from closing of BTO exercise to flat booking

Notes:
a) Figures are rounded to the nearest one decimal place. Ineligible and cancelled cases are excluded.
b) 2025 data comprise the Feb and Jul 2025 BTO exercises, for which flat booking has been completed. The Oct 2025 BTO exercise is excluded from the computation because flat booking is still ongoing.