Buying Your First Home: Get the lowdown on everything first-timers need to know about financing a home

Buying a flat means learning a whole new vocabulary — grants, loan limits, that number nobody explains until it's your turn. This NTUC Youth session puts speakers from MoneyOwl, the Housing Development Board and PlayMoolah in one room to walk first-timers through it: planning for a first home, the grants that apply, and how the financing actually works. PlayMoolah also runs a segment called Love Smart, Money Smart, on money, relationships and financial goals — the conversations that tend to arrive at the same time as the flat hunt.

It's on Thursday 12 Nov 2026, 6.30pm to 8.30pm, at 1 Marina Boulevard in the Downtown Core, and it costs nothing. The programme runs in two parts: an opening segment open to everyone, then a members-only segment of about an hour for NTUC Youth members. Aimed at youths and young adults, and worth knowing before you plan your evening — signing up doesn't guarantee a place, since NTUC Youth decides who's accepted.