Purchasing TPS flats is simple and easy. Sitting tenants who are interested in buying occupying flats are required to note the following:

Submission of Application Form

Completed application forms should be submitted to relevant estate offices during office hours. When submitting application forms, applicants should bring along the following:

• Letter of Offer (two copies)
• Schedule to Letter of Offer (two copies)
• Cashier order of $2,500 as Intention Money
• Original copy of Tenancy Agreement
• Copies of Hong Kong Identity Cards of all members included in the application form
• Undertaking to forfeit other public housing benefits (if applicable)

Withdrawal or Amendment of Application Form Submitted

If a purchaser withdraws his / her Letter of Offer before the acceptance, he / she will get full refund of the Intention Money. No Intention Money will be refunded for any withdrawal made after the acceptance. After an offer is accepted by the HA, a binding contract has been entered into between the two parties. Any application for changes in the terms and conditions, including change in the purchaser, will be treated as a "rescission" of the contract and thus leading to forfeiture of the Intention Money. Under such circumstances, the new purchaser is required to submit a new application and pay another sum of Intention Money.

Submission of Multiple Applications

Each household could serve one Letter of Offer only (except for one nuclear family living in two units). Households renting two housing flats will be required to submit two sets of Letters of Offer.

Households occupying more than one public housing flat can purchase a maximum of two flats under the same purchaser only and must surrender the remaining, if any. Households comprising more than one nuclear family can purchase two flats under the same owner / joint-owners or apply for splitting in order to purchase two flats under a different owner / joint-owners or purchase one flat and retain the other(s) for rental, provided that the following criteria concerning splitting are fulfilled: 

• The split off group has to be a whole nuclear family;
• The flat to be purchased must be physically separated from those retained for rental;
• The prevailing splitting criteria must be fulfilled;
• Approval from the Estate Office must be sought before submission of the Letter of Offer.

Expenses

Intention Money Paid at the Submission of the Application Form
The purchaser shall pay an Intention Money of $2,500 by using cashier order payable to the "Hong Kong Housing Authority" when he / she submits his / her offer. If the purchaser is found not eligible for purchasing the flat, the Intention Money paid will be refunded. Under no circumstances will the Intention Money earn any interest.

Registration Fees and Legal Costs
Purchasers will need to pay, apart from the price of the flat, the stamp duty, registration fees and legal costs. The stamp duty is $100 per flat in most cases whereas the registration fee is currently $230 for each Assignment. The legal costs will depend on the rate charged by the purchaser's appointed solicitor. However, if the purchaser chooses to be represented by the HA's solicitor, he / she needs to pay the legal fees agreed between the HA and the appointed solicitor. Information is available at the estate office for the legal fees charged by the HA's solicitor.

Obtain a Mortgage Loan

We have agreed with a number of banks and financial institutions to provide mortgages of up to 100% of the balance of the purchase price of the flat, i.e. the actual purchase price less the intention money paid, for up to 25 years. Further details on obtaining a mortgage loan will be made available to the tenants when they are invited to buy their flats.