<div id="readability-page-1"><div><p>[SINGAPORE] It will soon be five years since I started writing this column on property-related matters. Often, I dwell on topical issues. Occasionally, I wander into more blue sky topics.</p><p>Today, I imagine a Singapore housing market where there is no additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD). For one, if ABSD were removed, I will take a big step forward in buying another home here. </p><p>ABSD was first introduced in December 2011. Today, it is not applicable to a Singapore citizen buying a first home. However, various other buyer profiles pay ABSD on home purchases. For example, a local buying a second home pays 20 per cent ABSD, while a non-permanent resident (PR) foreigner buying any home pays 60 per cent ABSD.</p></div></div>

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<p>這篇文章探討了如果取消額外買家印花税（ABSD）對新加坡住房市場的潛在影響。ABSD 於 2011 年引入，影響了多種買家類型，包括購買第二套房的本地人和購買任何房產的外國人。作者設想了一個沒有 ABSD 的情景，認為這將鼓勵更多的購房行為</p>

設想一個沒有額外買家印花税（ABSD）的房地產市場