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Central Area 3-room HDB resale prices
A 3-room flat in Central Area sold for a median of $558,000 over the 12 months to Oct 2026 — $776 psf on a median of 700 sq ft — across 73 sales in 26 blocks. Half of those sales fell between $508,888 and $580,000.
What 3-room flats in Central Area actually sold for
One sale in ten went below $470,000 and one in ten above $615,000. The cheapest of the 73 was $405,000 and the dearest $655,000 — a spread of 1.6 times inside one flat type in one town, which is most of what a median hides. The lease is the usual reason: these flats have between 47 years and 59 years left.
| Cheapest sale | $405,000 |
| One in ten below | $470,000 |
| One in four below | $508,888 |
| Median | $558,000 |
| One in four above | $580,000 |
| One in ten above | $615,000 |
| Dearest sale | $655,000 |
Every block in Central Area where a 3-room sold
26 blocks, dearest per square foot first. Only 3-room sales count towards these medians, and some of these blocks sold just once in the year — the sales column says which, and a single sale is an anecdote rather than a rate.
Show the figures
| Block | Median price | Per sq ft | Size | Lease left | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blk 538 Upper Cross Street | $610,000 | $945 | 646 sq ft | 51 | 1 |
| Blk 264 Waterloo Street | $578,000 | $888 | 646 sq ft | 59 | 3 |
| Blk 5 Tanjong Pagar Plaza | $558,000 | $879 | 635 sq ft | 50 | 3 |
| Blk 533 Upper Cross Street | $570,000 | $875 | 646 sq ft | 53 | 5 |
| Blk 263 Waterloo Street | $565,000 | $875 | 646 sq ft | 51 | 1 |
| Blk 269B Queen Street | $630,000 | $874 | 721 sq ft | 57 | 1 |
| Blk 3 Tanjong Pagar Plaza | $550,000 | $866 | 635 sq ft | 50 | 3 |
| Blk 1 Tanjong Pagar Plaza | $549,500 | $865 | 635 sq ft | 50 | 4 |
| Blk 536 Upper Cross Street | $565,000 | $833 | 732 sq ft | 54 | 5 |
| Blk 269A Queen Street | $600,000 | $832 | 721 sq ft | 57 | 2 |
| Blk 535 Upper Cross Street | $609,000 | $832 | 732 sq ft | 53 | 2 |
| Blk 2 Tanjong Pagar Plaza | $548,000 | $829 | 635 sq ft | 50 | 3 |
| Blk 4 Tanjong Pagar Plaza | $515,000 | $811 | 635 sq ft | 50 | 3 |
| Blk 271 Queen Street | $542,500 | $791 | 646 sq ft | 52 | 4 |
| Blk 637 Veerasamy Road | $610,000 | $776 | 786 sq ft | 58 | 1 |
| Blk 30 Kelantan Road | $518,888 | $742 | 710 sq ft | 54 | 3 |
| Blk 635 Veerasamy Road | $575,000 | $742 | 775 sq ft | 58 | 3 |
| Blk 633 Veerasamy Road | $568,000 | $728 | 780 sq ft | 58 | 4 |
| Blk 640 Rowell Road | $565,000 | $709 | 797 sq ft | 57 | 5 |
| Blk 29 Kelantan Road | $490,000 | $700 | 700 sq ft | 50 | 1 |
| Blk 636 Veerasamy Road | $538,500 | $695 | 775 sq ft | 58 | 2 |
| Blk 4 Sago Lane | $475,000 | $693 | 721 sq ft | 47 | 3 |
| Blk 34 Upper Cross Street | $478,000 | $683 | 700 sq ft | 48 | 3 |
| Blk 9 Selegie Road | $408,888 | $678 | 603 sq ft | 47 | 3 |
| Blk 28 Kelantan Road | $496,944 | $672 | 700 sq ft | 50 | 4 |
| Blk 9 Jalan Kukoh | $450,000 | $633 | 710 sq ft | 55 | 1 |
- Blk 538 Upper Cross Street · $945 psf · $610,000
- Blk 264 Waterloo Street · $888 psf · $578,000
- Blk 5 Tanjong Pagar Plaza · $879 psf · $558,000
- Blk 533 Upper Cross Street · $875 psf · $570,000
- Blk 263 Waterloo Street · $875 psf · $565,000
- Blk 269B Queen Street · $874 psf · $630,000
- Blk 3 Tanjong Pagar Plaza · $866 psf · $550,000
- Blk 1 Tanjong Pagar Plaza · $865 psf · $549,500
- Blk 536 Upper Cross Street · $833 psf · $565,000
- Blk 269A Queen Street · $832 psf · $600,000
- Blk 535 Upper Cross Street · $832 psf · $609,000
- Blk 2 Tanjong Pagar Plaza · $829 psf · $548,000
- Blk 4 Tanjong Pagar Plaza · $811 psf · $515,000
- Blk 271 Queen Street · $791 psf · $542,500
- Blk 637 Veerasamy Road · $776 psf · $610,000
- Blk 30 Kelantan Road · $742 psf · $518,888
- Blk 635 Veerasamy Road · $742 psf · $575,000
- Blk 633 Veerasamy Road · $728 psf · $568,000
- Blk 640 Rowell Road · $709 psf · $565,000
- Blk 29 Kelantan Road · $700 psf · $490,000
- Blk 636 Veerasamy Road · $695 psf · $538,500
- Blk 4 Sago Lane · $693 psf · $475,000
- Blk 34 Upper Cross Street · $683 psf · $478,000
- Blk 9 Selegie Road · $678 psf · $408,888
- Blk 28 Kelantan Road · $672 psf · $496,944
- Blk 9 Jalan Kukoh · $633 psf · $450,000
Why the cheap end of that list is cheap
Before reading the ranking as a map of which blocks are better value, note what else differs along it. The five cheapest blocks for a 3-room here have a median of 48 years of lease left; the five dearest have 51 years. The two ends are close enough on lease that something else is doing the work here, most likely the floor and the exact location.
3-room flats across Singapore, by town
The same flat type in every town that cleared 20 sales, dearest per square foot first. This is the comparison that holds: a town-against-town ranking of all sales pooled would partly be ranking each town’s flat-type mix, since 3-room flats were 38 per cent of what sold in Central Area.
| Town | Median price | Per sq ft | Median size | Lease left | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasir Ris | $608,000 | $833 psf | 732 sq ft | 88 | 23 |
| Central Area | $558,000 | $776 psf | 700 sq ft | 53 | 73 |
| Punggol | $545,000 | $750 psf | 732 sq ft | 89 | 191 |
| Bishan | $530,000 | $749 psf | 700 sq ft | 58 | 66 |
| Sengkang | $544,000 | $746 psf | 732 sq ft | 89 | 141 |
| Sembawang | $520,000 | $710 psf | 732 sq ft | 91 | 102 |
| Queenstown | $465,000 | $665 psf | 700 sq ft | 49 | 369 |
| Marine Parade | $470,000 | $656 psf | 700 sq ft | 48 | 67 |
| Serangoon | $468,000 | $653 psf | 689 sq ft | 58 | 105 |
| Tampines | $490,000 | $633 psf | 786 sq ft | 58 | 398 |
| Kallang/Whampoa | $456,944 | $628 psf | 710 sq ft | 52 | 332 |
| Choa Chu Kang | $455,000 | $619 psf | 732 sq ft | 84 | 75 |
| Hougang | $450,000 | $614 psf | 721 sq ft | 59 | 266 |
| Bukit Panjang | $456,944 | $607 psf | 732 sq ft | 62 | 116 |
| Bukit Merah | $430,000 | $598 psf | 721 sq ft | 49 | 318 |
| Yishun | $430,000 | $583 psf | 721 sq ft | 59 | 448 |
| Clementi | $432,500 | $580 psf | 721 sq ft | 53 | 222 |
| Bedok | $416,444 | $569 psf | 721 sq ft | 52 | 532 |
| Ang Mo Kio | $430,888 | $561 psf | 732 sq ft | 53 | 452 |
| Geylang | $380,000 | $561 psf | 667 sq ft | 50 | 339 |
| Bukit Batok | $412,000 | $560 psf | 732 sq ft | 60 | 347 |
| Woodlands | $410,000 | $547 psf | 732 sq ft | 58 | 220 |
| Jurong East | $409,944 | $542 psf | 732 sq ft | 56 | 188 |
| Toa Payoh | $380,000 | $534 psf | 721 sq ft | 46 | 454 |
| Jurong West | $393,000 | $515 psf | 732 sq ft | 57 | 320 |
Central Area is the second dearest of 25 towns for a 3-room flat on this measure. The dearest is Pasir Ris at $833 psf, the cheapest Jurong West at $515 psf.
3-room flats in Central Area, year by year
Every 3-room sale here since 2017 — 772 in all. The right-hand column counts the blocks that sold, because a change in the median between two years is partly a change in which blocks traded.
| Year | Median price | Per sq ft | Sales | Blocks that sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $420,000 | $598 psf | 79 | 28 |
| 2018 | $390,000 | $597 psf | 73 | 26 |
| 2019 | $405,000 | $614 psf | 75 | 27 |
| 2020 | $409,444 | $584 psf | 68 | 28 |
| 2021 | $431,000 | $604 psf | 90 | 30 |
| 2022 | $444,000 | $617 psf | 86 | 31 |
| 2023 | $460,000 | $660 psf | 91 | 28 |
| 2024 | $500,000 | $713 psf | 81 | 30 |
| 2025 | $535,000 | $779 psf | 74 | 26 |
| 2026 | $558,000 | $776 psf | 55 | 24 |
Other flat types in Central Area
Per square foot is the only column that compares across these, and even it reads low for the big flats: a larger flat costs more and less per square foot at the same time.
| Flat type | Median price | Per sq ft | Median size | Sales | Share of town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-room | $925,000 | $928 psf | 1,012 sq ft | 82 | 43% |
| 5-room | $1,473,000 | $1,288 psf | 1,141 sq ft | 28 | 15% |
Questions
- How much does a 3-room resale flat in Central Area cost?
- The median was $558,000 over the 12 months to Oct 2026, across 73 sales in 26 blocks. Half of those sales fell between $508,888 and $580,000, and the full range ran from $405,000 to $655,000.
- What is the price per square foot of a 3-room flat in Central Area?
- $776 psf, on a median floor area of 700 sq ft. Per square foot is the measure that compares across flat types, and the headline price is not: a larger flat costs more in total and less per square foot at the same time.
- How many 3-room flats sold in Central Area in the past year?
- 73 sales in the 12 months to Oct 2026, across 26 blocks, and 772 since 2017. 3-room flats were 38 per cent of everything that resold in Central Area over those 12 months.
- Which block in Central Area has the cheapest 3-room flats?
- On a per-square-foot median, Blk 9 Jalan Kukoh at $633 psf from one sale, against $945 psf at Blk 538 Upper Cross Street. Lease is not what separates them here — the five cheapest blocks have a median of 48 years left and the five dearest 51 years — so the floor and the exact location are doing the work. That cheapest figure rests on a single sale, which is an anecdote rather than a rate.
- Is Central Area expensive for a 3-room flat?
- Central Area is the second dearest of 25 towns for a 3-room flat, per square foot. The dearest is Pasir Ris at $833 psf and the cheapest Jurong West at $515 psf. The comparison holds the flat type still, because a ranking of towns on all sales pooled would partly be ranking their flat-type mix.
- How much lease is left on 3-room flats in Central Area?
- Between 47 years and 59 years on the flats that sold, with a median of 53 years. An HDB flat is a 99-year lease, so the remaining lease is most of what separates a cheap block here from a dear one.
How this was worked out
Every figure on this page comes from the Housing Board’s resale transaction register on data.gov.sg, retrieved Oct 2026 — 772 sales of 3-room flats in Central Area since 2017, of which 73 sales fell in the 12 months to Oct 2026. These are completed transactions, not listings or asking prices. Medians are medians and never means, a flat type is published for a town only once it clears 20 sales in the year, and no price here is adjusted for inflation.