HDB First Timer Applicants/Household

Buying House

You or your household (essential family members in the application form) will be considered as first-timer applicants/household if you have not taken any form of housing subsidies.

A subsidised housing unit refers to:

• a flat bought direct from HDB
• a resale flat bought on the open market with CPF Housing Grant
• a DBSS flat from a property developer
• an EC unit from a property developer
• have not ever enjoyed other forms of housing subsidy: enjoyed benefits under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS), privatisation of HUDC estate etc

Each eligible household  may take up to 2 housing subsidies. If you have taken one form of housing subsidies, you are considered second-timer applicant. Second-timer applicant must pay resale levy if they buy next subsidised flat. If you have enjoyed two housing subsidies, you are not eligible to apply or be listed as an essential occupier in a flat application to buy a flat direct from HDB or a resale PLH flat on the open market. 

For those married or fiance-fiancee couples where one party is a first-timer and the
other party is a second-timer, HDB will exercise flexibility to treat those couples as
first-timer households in the balloting process and under the priority schemes.

Basically, they still enjoyed the same first-timer privileges if they are both Singapore Citizens/ 1 Singapore Citizen and 1 Singapore Permanent Resident. 
This only applicable for couples who had remarried or are remarrying each other after their divorce finalised.

If you want to know more on the eligibility conditions as a first timer, definitely you need to visit HDB Website or contact them. I am just a third party sharing information that may  be relevant or not relevant to you.