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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 838 Hougang CentralHougang · D19remove
Median price, past 12 months$916,944
Price per sq ft$728 psf
Based ontwo salesacross two flat types — see below
Lease remaining70 years
Lease began / runs to1997–2096
Commonest flat type5 Room, 1249 sq ft
Cost per month of lease$1,827
Cost per sq ft, per year of lease$18
Cash needed up front$254,244
Monthly while repaying$3,621
Everything, over the whole lease$1,535,001
Nearest hawker centreCi Yuan Hawker Centre1094 m · 36 food stalls
Food shops within 400 m / 800 m141 / 337

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 838
4 Room$540,000$512 psf · 1076 sq ft · seven sales
5 Room$780,000$625 psf · 1249 sq ft · 11 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 838 Hougang Central

SoldTypeFloorSizePrice
Oct 20265 Room04 to 061259$878,888698 psf
June 20265 Room10 to 121259$955,000758 psf
June 20255 Room13 to 151249$950,000761 psf
April 20244 Room04 to 061076$700,000650 psf
Jan 20245 Room01 to 031259$770,000611 psf
Dec 20235 Room04 to 061249$785,000629 psf
Sept 20225 Room07 to 091249$780,000625 psf
March 20225 Room13 to 151249$755,000605 psf
Jan 20224 Room04 to 061076$618,000574 psf
Sept 20215 Room16 to 181249$782,000626 psf