
The Agenda: When should you start thinking about buying your first home?
Published on 29 May 2026
For many young Singaporeans, buying a home used to feel like a clear life milestone, you graduate, get a stable job, apply for a BTO, settle down. But today, with rising property prices, higher cost of living, delayed marriages, and changing priorities among Gen Zs and millennials… the path doesn’t seem so straightforward anymore.
So when should you actually start thinking about buying your first home? And is the traditional BTO route still the only sensible option?
On The Agenda, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Nicholas Mak, Chief Research Officer, MOGUL.sg to find out when would be a good time to start thinking about purchasing your first home.
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