Take note, prospective owners of units in private housing estates. Some of your neighbours may have bought their homes for much less than you will pay because they earned less.
This set of circumstances is likely to become common in future because a government proposal to invite private developers to build subsidised home ownership flats as part of a mixed development looks likely to become policy.
The proposal was contained in the Long-Term Housing Strategy Review released six months ago, for which the consultation period recently ended.
Under the proposal, private developers who acquire residential sites by tender would be required to make available a specified number of flats within a development for sale to low-income earners at designated prices.
The Housing Society was nominated to carry out a pilot scheme by forming joint ventures with developers.
It was hoped the involvement of more developers in building flats to their own design would allow a great range of choice to buyers of subsidised homes, who would also enjoy higher standards of design, finish, facilities and management.