HOW TO CHECK THE OWNERSHIP OF A PROPERTY HDB / PRIVATE FOR LANDLORD & TENANT

HOW TO CHECK THE OWNERSHIP OF A PROPERTY HDB / PRIVATE FOR LANDLORD & TENANT
HDB
HDB's Approval Needed To Rent Out the Whole Flat
An HDB owner can rent out his whole flat only after he has obtained a written approval from HDB. Hence, you may request the flat owner to show you a copy of the approval letter to rent out their flat, as obtained from HDB. In addition, to protect your interest, you are advised to include a condition in the subletting contract, specifying that the validity of the contract is subject to the flat owner obtaining HDB's approval for subletting.
Landlords : Kindly click on the below link, to know how to get your HDB Home approved for rental purpose.
http://dreamhomeforu.blogspot.sg/2010/07/how-to-get-your-home-approved-for-rent.html

Proof of Ownership of the Flat
You are advised to visit the flat you would be renting and to ensure that the person you are dealing with is the rightful owner of the flat. You can do so by requesting for documentary proof of flat ownership which includes the Agreement for Lease, Service & Conservancy charges booklet, Annual or Loan instalment payment booklet/Annual Loan statements, bearing the name of the flat owner.

HOW TO OBTAIN OWNERSHIP PROOF (HDB)
1)For HDB flats please login to www.hdb.gov.sg and go to "MY HDB Page" use the Owner's IC and Sing Pass Number to check the Flat details.
(The Owners Singpass is a confidential number and he cannot pass it to others, so this has to be done by the owner himself), he can take the print out of the same to show as proof or a screenshot and forward the same to his agent for the buyers / tenants perusal.
2)Any HDB Letter under the particular property to show as proof.
3)Town Council A/C Statement Book (Service and conservancy charges ("S & CC") statement before you commit to the purchase, all the name(s) of the legal owner(s) are stated in the there.)
Kindly consult your property agent, and he/she will guide you about the same. He/she can arrange to get the documents from the Owner.

HOW TO OBTAIN OWNERSHIP PROOF FOR HDB & PRIVATE PROPERTIES
The other way to verify the ownership is
1) You can go to the INLIS (Integrated Land Information Service) website and generate the information – Kindly click on the link below and follow through.
  
     www.sirent.sla.gov.sg/LINNS/LINNS-LOIS.aspx?strService

Property Ownership Information 
This provides basic information on registered ownership as at the date of search.
(NB: It does not include information on instruments pending registration which may affect
ownership.)
            To access this information you need to pay a fee of $5.25,


2) You can go the IRAS (Inland revenue Authority of Singapore) website and generate the information – Kindly click on the link below and follow through.

        http://www.iras.gov.sg/irasHome/page04.aspx?id=2076

            To access this information you need to pay a fee of $2.50

Both the websites are government websites and it is absolutely safe to make a payment using your Master/visa or Cashcard as per the payment modes available.
They allow you to see, save and print the information only once.
This is confidential information.

PLEASE NOTEIf you don’t save it or print it, you will have to make payment again to access the information.