you mean for the subsales price ?

soho will take sometime to prove its worthiness ... i still remember back then when condominiums were just introduced, most were skeptical as most buyers that period prefered landed houses. Now we can see condos are widely accepted, soho should need some time provided the location and price is right. But i can see there more and more ppl has started to accept this soho concept compared to 5years ago.

elaborate please best have links and documentations, don't sprout one liner and leave.

i took the liberty to find it out for you. Just look at the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 2007 section 3A and then you will understand why.

SOHOs are properties with commercial titles, but are also afforded legal protection from the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Act 2007 (HDA).

The Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 Section 3A basically states that the minister may “from time to time, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe any type of accommodation to be a housing accommodation. In the event of any doubt as to whether a housing accommodation falls within the meaning of this Act, the Minister’s decision shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court”.

In addition to this, according to Section 3 of the Act ‘housing accommodation,’ “includes any building, tenement or messuage which is wholly or principally constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation, or partly for human habitation and partly for business premises and such other type of accommodation as may be prescribed by the Minister from time to time to be a housing accommodation pursuant to section 3A.”

This means that should the SOHO is used for accommodation then it will indeed fall into HDA, the examples that you mentioned is meant for the SOHO to use as office premises and workplace more than a full fledge residential hence these SOHO are not entitled to be included in HDA.