Prices · Sengkang · Rivervale Street · D03 Queenstown
Block 137 Rivervale Street
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What this block is
| Address | Block 137 Rivervale Street, Sengkang, Singapore 160137 |
| Flat types here | Executive — on the evidence of 17 sales since Nov 2017, so a type that has never been resold here will not appear |
| Unit sizes | Executive about 1,518 sq ft |
| Lease | 99 years from 1998, expiring 2097 — 71 years left |
| Floors that have sold | 1 to 18, so the block stands at least 18 storeys |
| Flat models | Apartment |
| Town and district | Sengkang, district 3 (Queenstown, Tiong Bahru) |
| Compare it with | the rest of Rivervale Street, Executive flats across Sengkang |
Two things this page deliberately does not have. There is no floor plan: the resale register carries none, and drawing one from the median floor area would be an invention. And there is no nearest station, for the same reason — no rail data is published here, so the distance would be guessed. What is near this block, measured rather than assumed, is the food: hawker centres within a walk.
What a flat here really costs each month
Bought at the median price, a flat in this block works out at $1,711 for every month of the 71 years its lease still has to run. That figure takes in the price itself, both stamp duties, legal and valuation fees, the whole of the mortgage interest and the running costs for as long as the lease lasts.
It is a different question from the monthly instalment, which stops after 25 years while the lease carries on being used up.
| Cash needed up front | $237,320 |
| Mortgage interest over 25 years | $271,489 |
| Running costs over the remaining lease | $306,720 |
| Total over the lease | $1,457,904 |
| Monthly while repaying | $3,406 |
| Monthly once repaid | $360 |
Assumes a Singapore citizen buying a first home with a 75 per cent loan at 3 per cent over 25 years, $2,500 in legal fees, $400 for valuation, $1,200 a year in property tax and $260 a month for conservancy, upkeep and insurance. Change any of these. Figures are not discounted: a dollar paid in the final year of the lease is counted the same as a dollar paid today. Opportunity cost, CPF accrued interest and any resale value are excluded.
The median above is based on just two sales, which is too few to call a market rate.
By flat type
| Type | Median | Range | Size | psf | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive | $695,000 | $456,000–$865,000 | 1,518 sq ft | 455 | 17 |
By floor
Measured inside a block, where the address, the age and the lease are all held still, a storey is worth about 0.63 per cent of the price per square foot — so the difference between the second floor and the twentieth is roughly 11 per cent, not the 2.1 times the market-wide storey bands appear to show. Why those bands mislead.
| 01 to 03 | $551,500 | 366 psf | 4 |
| 04 to 06 | $710,000 | 465 psf | 1 |
| 07 to 09 | $778,000 | 515 psf | 2 |
| 10 to 12 | $695,000 | 455 psf | 5 |
| 13 to 15 | $710,000 | 468 psf | 3 |
| 16 to 18 | $655,000 | 435 psf | 2 |
Year by year
| 2017 | $456,000 | 300 psf | one sale |
| 2018 | $561,500 | 373 psf | four sales |
| 2019 | $575,000 | 376 psf | one sale |
| 2021 | $687,500 | 453 psf | four sales |
| 2022 | $704,000 | 464 psf | two sales |
| 2023 | $722,500 | 476 psf | two sales |
| 2024 | $800,000 | 527 psf | one sale |
| 2026 | $856,500 | 564 psf | two sales |
17 transactions in all, from Nov 2017 to April 2026. The flat models recorded here are Apartment.