Lentor Signature e-application and booking guideBe ready before the dates exist.
Lentor Signature is the last big parcel at Lentor, the one right beside the station. The launch is still months away and no preview, e-application or booking date has been confirmed. This is what I know, what I do not, and what I would have sorted before the showflat opens.
As at 8 November 2026, Lentor Signature has no confirmed preview, e-application or booking date. GuocoLand’s public guidance is a 1H 2027 launch, and the developer’s 22 October briefing targets a Q1 2027 preview, subject to confirmation. In a typical launch the e-application needs a cheque for the 5% booking fee, banked only if you book.
Target preview Q1 2027 · no date confirmed as at Sun 8 Nov 2026
The only deadline that matters in a launch is the e-application window, and it is usually announced with little notice. Leave your email or message me: the day the developer confirms the preview and e-application dates, I send them to you with the price list and the balance chart as soon as I have them. No countdowns, no pressure.
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What do we know about Lentor Signature, and what don't we?
Lentor Signature is the PropNex register’s name for the Lentor Central Government Land Sales site. GuocoLand has not announced a project name publicly as at 8 November 2026, so treat the name as provisional. The land deal is on the public record; almost everything about the sale is not.
| Item | What the record says | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Land award | Tender closed Tue 3 Mar 2026 with five bids; URA awarded the site on Fri 6 Mar 2026 for $657.1 million, or $1,278 psf per plot ratio, the highest land rate on record for an Outside Central Region site at the time (URA pr26-15) | Confirmed |
| Developer | Joint venture of GuocoLand (Singapore), Intrepid Investments (Hong Leong group) and TID Residential (Hong Leong’s joint venture with Mitsui Fudosan) | Confirmed |
| Site | 171,424 sq ft, gross plot ratio 3.0, maximum gross floor area 47,778 sq m; 99-year leasehold; District 26, Lentor Central, beside Lentor MRT (Thomson-East Coast Line, TE5) | Confirmed |
| Homes | About 553 in three towers of 26, 26 and 27 storeys (GuocoLand). The PropNex register still showed 580, the tender-stage figure, on Fri 6 Nov 2026 | Approximate |
| Design team | ADDP Architects LLP and Ortus Design | Per project materials |
| Unit mix | About 77% three-bedroom and 23% four-bedroom, no one- or two-bedroom units (developer briefing, Thu 22 Oct 2026) | Preliminary |
| Price | Three-bedroom indicated to start below $2 million (briefing, 22 Oct 2026). The register showed “Launching Soon” and no price on 6 Nov 2026 | No price list |
| Launch timing | 1H 2027 (GuocoLand FY2026 results, Fri 28 Aug 2026); target preview Q1 2027, subject to confirmation (briefing, 22 Oct); SingMap files a March 2027 launch (read 8 Nov 2026) | Not confirmed |
| Preview, e-application, booking | No dates announced | Unknown |
| Sales gallery | Along Lentor Hills Road, near Lentor MRT station (SingMap record); opening date not announced | Location only |
| TOP | The register says 2029; the developer record says TBC, with a filed completion date of 30 March 2029 | Unconfirmed |
The unit mix and starting price come from the developer’s introductory briefing of 22 October 2026, relayed in the PropNex project team’s e-book prepared on 3 November 2026, which says exact counts and size ranges await final developer confirmation. Full sources at the foot of the page.
My read: the gap between “first half of 2027” and “a preview in Q1 2027” is the one that matters. If the preview does land in the first quarter, the e-application window could open soon after the new year, so anyone who needs a bank approval, a flat-sale timeline or an ABSD answer should start now. If it slips, being early costs nothing. The land maths and site details are on my Lentor Signature project page.
How a Singapore launch usually runs
How will the Lentor Signature e-application and booking work?
The developer has not published its process. The six steps below are how a typical Singapore new launch runs, not Lentor Signature’s confirmed procedure, and I will replace them with the real steps when they are announced.
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Target Q1 2027, unconfirmed
The showflat preview opens
Floor plans, the site plan and usually indicative prices become available. Viewing costs nothing.
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During the preview
You submit the e-application
Also called an expression of interest. You name the unit types you want and lodge a cheque for the 5% booking fee, which is not banked unless you book.
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After the window closes
A ballot sets the queue
If applications exceed the units on offer, a ballot decides the order of choice. A late number means picking from what is left.
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Booking day
You choose from the balance chart
When your number is called you pick an unsold unit. Your 5% becomes the option fee and you receive the Option to Purchase.
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Within about 3 weeks
You exercise the Option
Within three weeks of receiving the Sale and Purchase Agreement you pay the balance to 20%. Buyer’s Stamp Duty and any ABSD are due within 14 days of exercise. Walk away and the developer keeps 25% of the booking fee.
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Until completion
Progressive payments
The remaining 80% is billed as construction reaches each stage, with your loan drawn down along the way.
Option and stamp-duty timings are the standard new-launch terms, as on my Thomson Reserve guide; your Sale and Purchase Agreement governs.
The progressive payment schedule on a $2.0m unit
| Stage | Share of price | On $2.0m |
|---|---|---|
| Option fee at booking | 5% | $100,000 |
| On exercising the Option | 15% | $300,000 |
| Foundation | 10% | $200,000 |
| Reinforced concrete structure | 10% | $200,000 |
| Walls | 5% | $100,000 |
| Roof and ceiling | 5% | $100,000 |
| Fittings | 5% | $100,000 |
| Carpark and roads | 5% | $100,000 |
| Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) | 25% | $500,000 |
| Certificate of Statutory Completion (CSC) | 15% | $300,000 |
$2.0m is an illustration, not a Lentor Signature price. Percentages are the standard schedule for uncompleted private homes; the developer’s terms will be in the Agreement.
What to have ready before the preview opens
An in-principle loan approval
Banks test you at a stress rate, not the advertised one. Know your ceiling before you fall for a stack you cannot finance.
Your ABSD answer
If you own a home or are not a citizen, ABSD is a large cash item due within 14 days of exercise. Work it out with the ABSD calculator.
The 5% cheque and your CPF split
$100,000 on a $2.0m unit must sit in your current account when the cheque is lodged. Decide which later payments come from CPF.
A shortlist with backups
Three to five stacks, ranked. With a late ballot number your first choice may be gone. If you are upgrading from HDB, my HDB upgrader guide covers the sell-first or buy-first order.
Preliminary unit mix, briefing of Thu 22 Oct 2026
Which unit types will Lentor Signature have, and what does a sub-$2m three-bedroom imply in psf?
On the developer’s preliminary mix this is a family project: about 77% three-bedroom and 23% four-bedroom, with no one- or two-bedroom units. The three-bedrooms come in several layouts, the premium versions with a landscape living and dining room. The four-bedroom is one stated type, also with a landscape living and dining room, plus a flex space and a dedicated laundry closet. Kitchens and bathrooms are naturally ventilated, according to the briefing. No floor areas are published.
The briefing indicates a three-bedroom starting below $2 million: preliminary, not a price list, but the one price signal we have. Because no sizes exist yet, the table uses three illustrative sizes of my own choosing.
| Illustrative size | The arithmetic | Implied price per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| 850 sq ft | $2,000,000 ÷ 850 | below $2,353 psf |
| 900 sq ft | $2,000,000 ÷ 900 | below $2,222 psf |
| 950 sq ft | $2,000,000 ÷ 950 | below $2,105 psf |
“Below” because the indication is under $2 million, so $2.0m is the ceiling. Sizes are my assumptions; floor areas are not published as at 8 November 2026.
Run it the other way: how much floor area does $2.0m buy at the psf levels that matter here?
| Benchmark | Price per sq ft | $2.0m buys about |
|---|---|---|
| Low end of my modelled launch average | $2,320 | 862 sq ft |
| Lentor Gardens Residences, URA median new sale (launched Jul 2026) | $2,357 | 849 sq ft |
| High end of my modelled launch average | $2,520 | 794 sq ft |
My model, as on the project page: land $1,278 psf ppr plus an assumed $520 psf construction is $1,798; plus 15% soft costs gives a breakeven of about $2,070 psf, with a launch average of roughly $2,320 to $2,520 psf. An estimate, not a forecast or a developer figure. Lentor Gardens median: Source: URA Data Service, private residential caveats, accessed 10 Oct 2026.
My read: a 950 sq ft three-bedroom under $2 million would sell at under $2,105 psf, barely above my estimated breakeven. I would be surprised to see it. The arithmetic suggests the sub-$2m three-bedroom is the smallest layout on a lower floor, somewhere around 800 to 860 sq ft: the entry ticket, not the typical unit. If you want a bigger three-bedroom, budget above $2 million until the price list says otherwise.
Seven Lentor launches, Sep 2022 to Jul 2026
How did the earlier Lentor launches price and sell?
Seven launches around the same station in under four years give us something rare for a new launch: a clean record of what buyers here have already paid.
| Project | Units | Launched | Median new-sale psf (URA) | Launch sales, as reported |
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| Lentor Modern | 605 | Sep 2022 | $2,108 | – |
| Lentor Hills Residences | 598 | Jul 2023 | $2,115 | – |
| Hillock Green | 474 | Nov 2023 | $2,159 | – |
| Lentoria | 267 | Mar 2024 | $2,224 | – |
| Lentor Mansion | 533 | Mar 2024 | $2,262 | – |
| Lentor Central Residences | 477 | Mar 2025 | $2,214 | 93% sold on the launch weekend, average about $2,200 psf (EdgeProp) |
| Lentor Gardens Residences | 499 + 3 strata terraces | Jul 2026 | $2,357 | 54% sold on launch day, average about $2,350 psf (EdgeProp) |
Source: URA Data Service, private residential caveats, accessed 10 Oct 2026. Median of each project’s new-sale caveats, not its launch-day average, so it reflects that project’s own mix of sizes and floors. Launch-sales figures are as reported by EdgeProp, not URA figures, and I have not checked them against the developers’ releases.
Three things stand out. The median moved from $2,108 psf at Lentor Modern (September 2022) to $2,357 psf at Lentor Gardens Residences (July 2026), up $249 psf or about 12%. It was not a straight line: Lentor Central Residences came in at $2,214 psf in March 2025, below Lentor Mansion a year earlier, and reportedly sold 93% on its launch weekend. And Lentor Gardens Residences, at the top of the table, reportedly sold about half its units on launch day: solid, but a slower start.
My read, and only that: buyers here have rewarded sharp pricing quickly and taken longer at the top of the range. Lentor Signature’s land rate is the highest in the precinct, which is why my model runs from just below the latest median to well above it. Where the developer lands will decide whether the e-application is crowded or comfortable. The land-cost working sits in my Lentor Signature price model.
Before you pick a stack
Which stacks and outlooks should I ask about at the preview?
No site plan or stack chart is public as at 8 November 2026, so I cannot name stacks yet. The 22 October briefing says the towers look over the landed estates around Lentor and towards Lower Seletar Reservoir and Lower Peirce Reservoir. Those are the developer’s outlooks, not a view promised to any unit. The briefing and GuocoLand also point to the Lentor Modern mall of about 90,000 sq ft, with Cold Storage Fresh and a Mulberry Learning preschool, opened in 2026, and a future Linear Park and Hillock Park.
Questions I would ask for every stack
Which way does it face?
Ask for the site plan with a north arrow. A west-facing living room takes the afternoon sun for as long as you own it.
What can be built in front of it?
Landed homes in front can mean a long, open view. Check the URA Master Plan for the plots facing your stack.
From which floor does the outlook clear?
The same stack can see rooftops low down and reservoir greenery higher up. Ask where the developer’s outlook claim starts.
How many identical units compete with it?
With about 77% of homes being three-bedrooms, the commonest layout will face the most competition when you sell.
Schools and the Thomson-East Coast Line
The briefing highlights Anderson Primary School, Presbyterian High School and CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School nearby. Primary school distance bands are set from the registered address, and there are no unit addresses yet, so I am not stating a band. When they exist, check them on OneMap or with my 1km primary school check.
The briefing’s journey indications from Lentor MRT are below; they are developer estimates, not live times. Bright Hill (TE7) also becomes an interchange with the Cross Island Line, whose first phase is expected in 2030.
| To | Developer indication |
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| Woodlands | 10 min |
| Bukit Timah | 15 min |
| Orchard | 25 min |
| CBD | 30 min |
| Marina Bay Sands | 35 min |
Source: developer introductory briefing, 22 October 2026. Estimates only.
Worked example at $2.0m
What does a $2.0m Lentor Signature three-bedroom cost me upfront?
A worked example on $2.0 million, the round number nearest the briefing’s sub-$2m three-bedroom, for a buyer taking a first housing loan at 75% loan-to-value. An illustration of the sums, not a quote.
| Item | How it is worked | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Option fee | 5% of $2,000,000, by cheque at booking | $100,000 |
| Payment on exercise | 15% of $2,000,000, cash or CPF, within 3 weeks of receiving the Agreement | $300,000 |
| Buyer’s Stamp Duty | 1% of the first $180,000, 2% of the next $180,000, 3% of the next $640,000, 4% of the next $500,000, 5% of the last $500,000; due within 14 days of exercise | $69,600 |
| Bank loan | 75% of $2,000,000, drawn down as stages are billed | $1,500,000 |
| Your own funds in total | 25% of the price, at least 5% of it in cash, plus BSD | $569,600 |
BSD: IRAS residential tiers, worked as in my stamp duty calculator. Loan limits: MAS rules as applied in my mortgage affordability calculator. Legal and valuation fees left out.
ABSD changes the answer completely
ABSD is due on top of BSD, within the same 14 days. On the same $2.0m unit:
| Buyer | ABSD rate | ABSD on $2.0m |
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| Singapore citizen, first home | 0% | $0 |
| Singapore citizen, second home | 20% | $400,000 |
| Singapore citizen, third home | 30% | $600,000 |
| Permanent resident, first home | 5% | $100,000 |
| Permanent resident, second home | 30% | $600,000 |
| Foreigner, any home | 60% | $1,200,000 |
ABSD rates for individuals as at 8 November 2026 (IRAS). A second housing loan carries a lower loan-to-value limit than 75%. Couples selling their only home may qualify for a remission: see my ABSD remission guide.
Will the bank lend you $1.5m? The 55% TDSR check
Under the Total Debt Servicing Ratio, all monthly debt repayments, including the new mortgage, must fit within 55% of gross monthly income, with the mortgage tested at a 4% stress rate.
- $1,500,000 at 4% over 30 years is about $7,161 a month.
- $7,161 ÷ 0.55 = about $13,020 of gross monthly income, with no other debts.
- Over 25 years it is about $7,918 a month, needing about $14,396 of income.
Other debts raise that figure, banks count only part of bonuses and commission, and your age can shorten the tenure. That is why the in-principle approval comes first: it turns these illustrations into your number.
Related pages
Keep reading
- Thomson Reserve review — ten days after launch, 90% sold, what the last 121 units are worth
- Lentor Signature vs Thomson Reserve, vs One Chuan Grove, vs Chencharu Central and vs Lentor Gardens — both projects on one timeline
- Lentor Signature condo: the full project page, with the site, my price model and the timeline I keep updated.
- Lentor Signature vs the other Lentor Hills launches: the neighbours side by side.
- Lentor Gardens Residences: the most recent Lentor launch, July 2026.
- Thomson Reserve balloting and buying guide: how a recent preview, ballot and launch weekend actually ran.
- 2027 launches pipeline and new launch vs resale.
- All my property guides.
Quick answers, as at Sun 8 Nov 2026
Lentor Signature e-application and booking: common questions
When is Lentor Signature launching?
No date is confirmed as at 8 November 2026. GuocoLand guided a launch in the first half of 2027 with its FY2026 results on 28 August 2026. The developer's 22 October 2026 briefing targets a Q1 2027 preview, subject to confirmation, and the SingMap record (read 8 November 2026) files March 2027.
How do I submit the Lentor Signature e-application?
Not yet: the e-application has not opened and its process is not announced. In a typical Singapore launch you apply during the showflat preview with a cheque for the 5% booking fee, banked only if you book. I will add the real steps here when the developer confirms them.
How much do I need on Lentor Signature booking day?
In a typical launch, 5% of the price by cheque: $100,000 on a $2.0 million unit. Within 14 days of exercising the Option you also pay Buyer's Stamp Duty ($69,600 at $2.0 million) and any ABSD.
What is the Lentor Signature price?
No price list exists as at 8 November 2026. The developer's 22 October briefing indicates a three-bedroom from below $2 million, which is preliminary. My own model puts breakeven near $2,070 psf and a launch average of roughly $2,320 to $2,520 psf; that is my estimate, not a forecast.
Does Lentor Signature have one- or two-bedroom units?
Not on the preliminary mix. The 22 October 2026 briefing indicates about 77% three-bedroom and 23% four-bedroom homes and no one- or two-bedroom units. Exact counts and sizes await final developer confirmation.
Is Lentor Signature the Lentor Central GLS site?
Yes. Lentor Signature is the PropNex register's name for the Lentor Central GLS site, awarded by URA on 6 March 2026 to GuocoLand, Intrepid Investments and TID Residential for $657.1 million ($1,278 psf ppr). GuocoLand had not announced the name publicly as at 8 November 2026.
When is Lentor Signature's TOP?
Unconfirmed. The PropNex register shows 2029; the developer record shows TBC with a filed completion date of 30 March 2029. Treat it as provisional until it appears in your Sale and Purchase Agreement.
Can I buy Lentor Signature as a second property?
Yes, but ABSD applies: 20% for a Singapore citizen's second property and 30% for a third, 5% for a permanent resident's first and 30% for a second, and 60% for foreigners. A citizen's second property at $2.0 million carries $400,000 of ABSD.
Checked Sun 8 Nov 2026
Sources and dates
- URA press release pr26-15, Fri 6 Mar 2026: land award, tender of Tue 3 Mar 2026, price, site and floor area.
- URA Data Service: Source: URA Data Service, private residential caveats, accessed 10 Oct 2026 (Lentor precedents, median new-sale psf).
- GuocoLand FY2026 results, Fri 28 Aug 2026: 1H 2027 launch guidance; about 553 homes in three towers.
- Developer introductory briefing, Thu 22 Oct 2026, relayed in the PropNex project team’s e-book of Tue 3 Nov 2026: Q1 2027 preview target, unit mix, sub-$2m three-bedroom, neighbourhood, schools, outlooks, journey times. Preliminary.
- PropNex register, Fri 6 Nov 2026, and SingMap project record, read Sun 8 Nov 2026: name, unit count, status, launch filing, sales gallery, TOP.
- EdgeProp: launch-sales reports, attributed as reported.
- IRAS BSD and ABSD rates; MAS TDSR, 4% stress rate and LTV, as applied in my calculators.
- My model, published on the project page: an estimate, not a forecast.
I update this page when the developer confirms the preview, e-application and booking dates. Until then, every Lentor Signature date on it is a target or a filing, not a fixed date.