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Singapore couples are marrying earlier to buy homes, leading some to regret

Posted by ignorabimus
Tags: singapore, real estate, politics, policy.housing, relationships, marriage, author.bernadette toh, source.bloomberg, paywall
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-04/singapore-bto-homes-couples-are-marrying-earlier-leading-some-to-regret

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    brogeroni
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    While divorce rates have risen, it seems like marriage rates climbed even higher so there's still a net benefit. So successful policy I guess?

    While divorce rates have risen, it seems like marriage rates climbed even higher so there's still a net benefit.

    So successful policy I guess?

    4 votes
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      chocobean
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      Exactly, and the state has gotten a bunch of babies out of the deal, so score! What surprised me from the article is how expensive things are even though they're building a ton of social housing....

      Exactly, and the state has gotten a bunch of babies out of the deal, so score!

      What surprised me from the article is how expensive things are even though they're building a ton of social housing. Crazy pants. Maybe supplying more and more builds doesn't solve the housing problem?

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      1. gary
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        I didn't see anything in the article about how many more houses were built versus how many more buyers came on the market.

        I didn't see anything in the article about how many more houses were built versus how many more buyers came on the market.

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