By Elizabeth Wilmot

DEMAND has been red hot for two recent launches from the Housing Board, with over 10 times more applicants than flats available.

An offering of 150 smaller flats - studios to three-roomers - was swamped with 2,426 applications in the space of just a week.

And, last Friday, the half-yearly sale of three-room premium, four-room and bigger flats achieved an extraordinary response: 7,036 applications have been submitted for 683 units, yet the offer runs until Thursday.

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