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The cheapest districts grew fastest, and the map is flattening
Kranji and Yishun rose more than half again since 2017 while Katong managed a fifth. Where you could once buy cheap, you now cannot.
Oct 19, 2026 · Daily Study SG
Between 2017 and 2025, resale flats in D25 — Kranji and Woodgrove — rose 57 per cent a square foot, from $330 psf to $517 psf. In D15, covering Katong and Joo Chiat, the same measure rose 21 per cent.
That is not two anecdotes at the ends of a list. Split the districts in half by what they cost in 2017: the cheaper half grew 49 per cent on average, the dearer half 36 per cent. The further down the price ranking a district started, the more it rose.
- D25Kranji+56.6%
- D27Yishun+54.0%
- D19Serangoon Garden+52.3%
- D10Ardmore+52.1%
- D09Orchard+51.5%
- D23Hillview+49.8%
- D07Middle Road+47.3%
- D08Little India+47.3%
- D18Tampines+47.0%
- D13Macpherson+44.3%
- D21Upper Bukit Timah+42.8%
- D22Jurong+40.3%
- D05Pasir Panjang+39.8%
- D16Bedok+39.1%
- D03Queenstown+38.6%
- D14Geylang+36.5%
- D20Bishan+33.5%
- D12Balestier+31.1%
- D04Telok Blangah+23.9%
- D15Katong+21.1%
Show the figures
| District | 2017 psf | 2025 psf | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| D25 Kranji | $330 | $517 | +56.6% |
| D27 Yishun | $352 | $541 | +54.0% |
| D19 Serangoon Garden | $392 | $597 | +52.3% |
| D10 Ardmore | $366 | $557 | +52.1% |
| D09 Orchard | $348 | $528 | +51.5% |
| D23 Hillview | $355 | $532 | +49.8% |
| D07 Middle Road | $447 | $658 | +47.3% |
| D08 Little India | $408 | $601 | +47.3% |
| D18 Tampines | $392 | $576 | +47.0% |
| D13 Macpherson | $422 | $610 | +44.3% |
| D21 Upper Bukit Timah | $603 | $861 | +42.8% |
| D22 Jurong | $356 | $500 | +40.3% |
| D05 Pasir Panjang | $415 | $581 | +39.8% |
| D16 Bedok | $417 | $581 | +39.1% |
| D03 Queenstown | $519 | $719 | +38.6% |
| D14 Geylang | $460 | $628 | +36.5% |
| D20 Bishan | $443 | $592 | +33.5% |
| D12 Balestier | $454 | $595 | +31.1% |
| D04 Telok Blangah | $478 | $592 | +23.9% |
| D15 Katong | $525 | $636 | +21.1% |
The map is flattening
In 2017 the dearest district cost 1.8 times the cheapest per square foot. By 2025 that had fallen to 1.7 times. Singapore’s public housing market has been converging, and a buyer priced out of the centre eight years ago who went to the edge instead has seen the edge come to them.
The practical consequence is uncomfortable: the strategy of buying cheap and far has largely been priced in. D25 at $517 psf is no longer the bargain it was at $330 psf.
What this does not say
It does not say the cheap districts are now expensive in absolute terms — they are still the cheapest, which is why they remain the cheapest on the price tables. It says the discount has shrunk.
Nor does it explain why. Growth of this kind usually reflects some mix of new supply reaching resale eligibility, transport links opening, and buyers moving outwards under price pressure, and nothing in transaction data alone separates those. What the data supports is the pattern, not the cause.
Growth is measured between the first and last complete calendar years, because setting a part-year against a whole one would manufacture a fall every January. The full breakdown adds flat type to the picture.