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Compare flats side by side

Two flats are rarely alike enough to judge on the asking price. Put up to 4 blocks next to each other and the differences that matter — the lease, the floor area, what each costs for every month you get — line up in a single column each.

Block 253 Simei Street 1Tampines · D18remove
Median price, past 12 months$814,444
Price per sq ft$647 psf
Based onfour salesacross two flat types — see below
Lease remaining69 years
Lease began / runs to1996–2095
Commonest flat type4 Room, 1087 sq ft
Cost per month of lease$1,682
Cost per sq ft, per year of lease$19
Cash needed up front$225,544
Monthly while repaying$3,257
Everything, over the whole lease$1,392,616
Nearest hawker centreTampines Street 11 Blk 137 (Tampines Round Market and Food Centre)985 m · 45 food stalls
Food shops within 400 m / 800 m117 / 142

The same flat type, side by side

A block median mixes whatever happened to sell. If one block traded two-room flats last year and another traded five-room ones, their medians are not comparing like with like — so here each flat type is given its own row, and a blank means that block sold none.

Flat typeBlock 253
4 Room$560,000$515 psf · 1087 sq ft · 15 sales
5 Room$808,888$631 psf · 1281 sq ft · five sales

The sales behind the medians

The most recent transactions at each block, as HDB recorded them. Where a median rests on two or three sales, this is what those sales actually were.

Block 253 Simei Street 1

SoldTypeFloorSizePrice
Aug 20264 Room10 to 121087$720,000662 psf
Feb 20265 Room04 to 061281$800,000625 psf
Dec 20255 Room04 to 061313$828,888631 psf
Nov 20255 Room07 to 091281$878,000685 psf
April 20254 Room04 to 061087$700,000644 psf
Feb 20255 Room04 to 061281$808,888631 psf
Nov 20234 Room01 to 031087$590,000543 psf
Sept 20234 Room07 to 091076$668,000621 psf
May 20235 Room07 to 091313$785,000598 psf
Sept 20224 Room07 to 091087$598,000550 psf