Daily Briefing: 3500 applicants barred after cancelling HDB booking; Average price difference between resale and BTO flats surged

And shisha tobacco soon to be banned in Singapore.

Since March 2012, about 3,500 applicants who cancelled their booking for a HDB flat have been barred from buying BTO flats for one year. View more here.

The average price difference between HDB resale flats and BTO flats has increased in the past ten years. View more here.

Shisha tobacco will be banned in Singapore starting later this month, according to media reports. View more here.

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