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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 8 Empress RoadBukit Timah · D10remove
Median price, past 12 months$500,000
Price per sq ft$715 psf
Based onfive salesacross two flat types — see below
Lease remaining49 years
Lease began / runs to1976–2075
Commonest flat type3 Room, 700 sq ft
Cost per month of lease$1,501
Cost per sq ft, per year of lease$26
Cash needed up front$137,500
Monthly while repaying$2,138
Everything, over the whole lease$882,668
Nearest hawker centreEmpress Road Blk 7 (Empress Road Market and Food Centre)33 m · 38 food stalls
Food shops within 400 m / 800 m9 / 25

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 8
3 Room$423,000$585 psf · 700 sq ft · 40 sales
5 Room$881,500$630 psf · 1399 sq ft · two 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 8 Empress Road

SoldTypeFloorSizePrice
Oct 20263 Room04 to 06700$548,888785 psf
Aug 20263 Room13 to 15700$455,000650 psf
June 20263 Room10 to 12700$500,000715 psf
Jan 20263 Room07 to 09700$445,000636 psf
Nov 20253 Room07 to 09700$523,000748 psf
Aug 20253 Room10 to 12700$460,000657 psf
July 20253 Room10 to 12700$438,000626 psf
Feb 20253 Room10 to 12700$458,888656 psf
Nov 20243 Room10 to 12700$480,000686 psf
Oct 20243 Room04 to 06818$510,000623 psf