HDB7 June 2026

The shorter-wait BTO flats are real this June, but only two towns make the cut

HDB is offering 2,520 flats with a wait of around three years or less in June 2026, here's who they actually suit, and the trade-off hiding behind the headline.

By haio Research

More than a third of June's BTO flats come with a wait of around three years or less

HDB will offer 2,520 Build-To-Order flats with wait times of around three years or less in the June 2026 BTO sales exercise, more than a third of the roughly 6,900 flats in the launch. For anyone who has watched friends wait the long road to their keys, that is the number worth circling.

But "around three years or less" is doing some quiet work in that sentence, and where these flats sit matters as much as how fast they come. Before you ballot, it helps to see how the two towns involved already price up on the resale market.

HDB Resale Median Price by Town

HDB resale medians by town, see where Sembawang and Ang Mo Kio sit against the rest

The shorter-wait flats come from three projects across just two towns. Two are Shorter Waiting Time (SWT) projects in Sembawang with waits genuinely under three years; the third, in Ang Mo Kio, sits just over the line at three years and one month.

Project	Town	Units	Wait time	Flat types
Sembawang Portico	Sembawang (Sembawang North)	875	2 years 7 months	2-room Flexi, 3-room, 4-room, 5-room
Sembawang Brook	Sembawang (Sembawang North)	1,160	2 years 9 months	2-room Flexi, 3-room, 4-room, 5-room, 3Gen
Kebun Baru Ridge	Ang Mo Kio	485	3 years 1 month	3-room, 4-room

HDB says it shortens the wait by lining up project sites earlier with other agencies, so construction is well underway by the time you book. The June exercise also includes four other projects, in Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Bukit Merah and Woodlands, whose details come when the exercise opens, but those are not part of the shorter-wait batch.

The shorter-wait BTO flats are real this June, but only two towns make the cut

More than a third of June's BTO flats come with a wait of around three years or less

The shorter-wait BTO flats are real this June, but only two towns make the cut

More than a third of June's BTO flats come with a wait of around three years or less

If speed is your priority, this launch narrows your map to Sembawang North

The flats span 2-room Flexi to 3Gen, so the real question is what size you actually need

haio's take: a shorter wait is a real perk, but don't let the clock pick your flat