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Bukit Merah · HDB · S162002

Blk 2 Jln Bt Ho Swee

Completed 1962 · 10 storeys · 120 flats · 44 years 03 months remaining · 17 resale transactions on record · median household income in Bukit Merah: $8,500/mo (lowest quartile island-wide)

2 room
$268,000
1 sold · $268,000$268,000
$732 psf
Vs Bukit Merah
-7.5%
block PSF vs town median · last sale May 2026
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Jln Bt Ho Swee, Bukit Merah · 1 km P1 ring · mrt · school · food · park · mall · health · zones: parks, commercial, reserve — hover
Flat mix · 120 homes
2-room
75 · 63%
Rental
45 · 38%

10 storeys · completed 1962

What the record shows

The last seller’s gain

A 2-room here sold for $268,000 in May 2026. The same flat type in this block averaged $231,600 in 2020 a gain of $36,400 — about $17 a day while the owner slept.

The lease cliff

This block crossed 60 years remaining in 2010 — the line where CPF usage rules tighten for buyers. In Bukit Merah over the last two years, flats below that line sold at a median 38% below their younger neighbours' PSF (895 sales).

Rent check

What flats in this block actually rented for in the last 12 months — official approvals, not listings. If you’re quoted much more, you have a number to negotiate with.

TypeBlock medianRangeBukit Merah medianGross yieldRented
2-ROOM$2,350/mo$1,500$2,600$2,450/mo10

Price trend

median PSF by year · ━ this block · ╌ Bukit Merah · gaps = years with no sales here

$522$678$834201720182020202220242026

Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 17

MonthTypeStoreyArea (sqm)PricePSFLease left
May 20262 ROOM04 to 0634$268,000$73244y 03m
Apr 20242 ROOM07 to 0934$269,000$73546y 05m
Apr 20232 ROOM10 to 1234$270,000$73847y 03m
Mar 20232 ROOM04 to 0634$255,000$69747y 04m
Aug 20222 ROOM04 to 0634$248,000$67848y
Apr 20222 ROOM04 to 0635$245,000$65048y 04m
Jan 20222 ROOM10 to 1234$235,000$64248y 07m
Nov 20212 ROOM01 to 0334$273,000$74648y 09m
Jan 20212 ROOM04 to 0635$210,000$55749y 07m
Dec 20202 ROOM10 to 1234$195,000$53349y 08m
Jan 20202 ROOM10 to 1235$205,000$54450y 06m
Oct 20192 ROOM01 to 0334$205,000$56050y 09m
Jun 20182 ROOM07 to 0934$210,000$57452y 02m
May 20182 ROOM07 to 0934$205,000$56052y 02m
Jan 20182 ROOM07 to 0934$208,000$56852y 06m
Apr 20172 ROOM01 to 0334$205,000$56053y 03m
Jan 20172 ROOM07 to 0934$230,000$62853y 06m

Who lives in Bukit Merah

Census of Population 2020 · planning-area aggregates · SingStat via data.gov.sg

Residents
151,250
Median age
46 yrs
41% under 40 · getting older
Children 0–9
12,440
▼ 15% since 2015 · future P1 demand
Household size
2.7 avg
Homes
89% HDB
9% condo · 0% landed
Degree holders
32%
residents 15+
Commute
63% transit
17% drive
45 min+ to work
16%

The neighbourhood

What sits around this address — distances computed from official OneMap and LTA records.

MRT
Havelock TE16 · 242m — weekday mornings, riders head to Orchard, Maxwell, Harbourfront (LTA)
P1 ring
Zhangde Primary School 742m · Phase 2C 0.9× · River Valley Primary School 891m · Phase 2C 1.0× · Afterschool @ River Valley Primary School 891m · Alexandra Primary School 942m · Phase 2C 1.1× balloted — inside the 1km priority ring; Phase 2C demand is last year’s applicants ÷ vacancies (MOE)
Secondary
Outram Secondary School · 591m
Food
Havelock Road Blk 22a/B (Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre) · 261m5 hawker centres within 1km
Green
Ganges Ave Os · 379m5 parks within 1km
Mall
Concorde Shopping Centre · 314m
Health
Singapore General Hospital (hospital) · 939m

The neighbourhood, photographed

freely-licensed photographs taken within ~450 m · Wikimedia Commons

Lim Liak HDB (13775602395)Nicolas Lannuzel from Singapore, S · CC BY-SA 2.0
TE16 Havelock MRT construction site 20201101 175823zhenkang · CC BY-SA 4.0
EW16 NE3 Outram Park MRT linkway 20211118 142120ZKang123 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Outdoor Hari Raya Lighting decorations of a HDB flat in SingaporeJustanothersgwikieditor · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Data: HDB resale transactions via data.gov.sg (updated weekly), OneMap. Prices are the official resale record — not estimates, not listings.
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