HDB publishes Q3 resale flat prices by town, listing the cheapest & most expensive areas
- ID
- 40676
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 29 Oct 2026, 10:39 AM
- Fetched
- 29 Oct 2026, 12:38 PM
- Provider
- Vulcan Post
- Category
- malaysia-startup
- Original URL
- https://vulcanpost.com/914145/hdb-q3-resale-flat-prices-by-town/
- Source URL
- https://vulcanpost.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 29 Oct 2026, 12:38 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- startup_founders
What happened
HDB's Q3 2026 resale data shows the Resale Price Index slipping 0.1% — the third consecutive quarterly decline and the first such streak since 2014. Town-level medians vary widely for comparable flat sizes: a 5-room in Jurong West medians around S$630,000 versus S$995,000 in Ang Mo Kio, and a 4-room in Queenstown hits S$1,065,000 while Jurong East 4-room sits at S$540,900. HDB only published towns with at least 20 transactions in the quarter, excluding the Central Region and Marine Parade for lack of data.
Why it matters
There is no direct action here for developers, AI learners, or SaaS founders — this is Singapore public-housing resale data, not tooling, policy affecting Malaysian builders, or a startup story. The only concrete decision it touches is relocation or cross-border hiring: if you are weighing a Singapore move or paying Singapore-market salaries, the town spread (S$540,900 vs S$1,065,000 for a 4-room) is the number to argue over, not the 0.1% headline index move.
Discussion angle
If anyone on the team is hiring in or relocating to Singapore, does town-level housing spread actually move compensation bands, or do salaries track the national median regardless of where the hire lives?