Refers to private residential developments with Housing Developer Licence and Building Plan Approval. Under the Housing Developer (Control and Licensing) Act, a sale licence must be obtained for a project with more than 4 units, if the developer intends to sell the residential units in the development. However, the sale of the residential units can only commence with the approval of the building plans of the development.

Refers to uncompleted private residential developments without pre-requisites for sale but with Written Permission or Planning Permission granted. The sale licences could be obtained within 9 days and building plan approvals could be obtained within 7 days from the date of application for cases where clearances from various technical agencies are obtained and relevant documents are in order during formal submissions.

Refers to unsold units in completed projects which are still licensed.

For a breakdown of unsold units by market segment, please refer to Annex C-2.