Daily Briefing: 24,000 private homes in Singapore sitting empty; Mobile app launched for public to send feedback

And HDB subletting approvals soars to 36,228 in 2014.

While Singaporean home buyers continue to take a wait-and-see attitude, hoping for prices to fall further, in the meantime more private homes are being completed resulting in many units sitting empty. View more here.

The public can now send their feedback on municipal issues through a mobile app, OneService, which can be downloaded from Apple App Store and Google Play for free. View more here.

The number of people renting out their entire HDB flat has significantly increased, with subletting approvals jumping to an all-time high of 36,228 in 2014 from 30,074 in 2013, showed HDB data. View more here.

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