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District 14 · Geylang · RCR

Penrose

Sims Drive · Apartment · 99 yrs lease commencing from 2019

Current PSF
$2,154
+39.4% vs district median
Gross yield
3.4%
median rent $5,500/mo
3-year gain
14.1%
Transactions · 5y
310
37 in last 12 months
Nearest MRT
Aljunied Mrt Station · 477.667m
EWL
Future MRT
Defu Mrt Station
CRL · 2030
Vs local HDB
+246% premium
HDB median $622 psf
Area income
$7,500/mo median
residential zone
En-bloc potential22 / 100
7 years old · composite of plot use, age, tenure, value gap & size
Lease decay92 years left
worth 95.0%of freehold today (Bala’s Table) · loses ~3.2pts of freehold value over the next decade
Tenanted
100%
units with active leases
Rent momentum
-
latest 2 qtrs vs year ago
Sub-sales
100.0%
flip ratio, last 24 months
Price spread
6%
PSF dispersion within project
3D →
Sims Drive, District 14 · 1 km P1 ring · mrt · school · food · park · mall · health · zones: parks, commercial, reserve - hover
The neighbourhood
P1 ring
Geylang Methodist School (Primary) 431m · Phase 2C 1.0× · Canossa Catholic Primary School 829m · Phase 2C 0.6× - inside the 1km priority ring; Phase 2C demand is last year’s applicants ÷ vacancies (MOE)
Secondary
Geylang Methodist School (Secondary) · 360m
Food
Sims Place Blk 49 (Sims Vista Market And Food Centre) · 282m - 4 hawker centres within 1km
Green
Geylang East Pk · 892m
Mall
Macpherson Mall · 1.4km
Health
Geylang Polyclinic (polyclinic) · 798m

Who lives in Geylang

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

Residents
110,110
Median age
45 yrs
43% under 40 · getting older
Children 0–9
8,230
▼ 16% since 2015 · future P1 demand
Household size
2.9 avg
Homes
75% HDB
18% condo · 6% landed
Degree holders
30%
residents 15+
Commute
61% transit
17% drive
45 min+ to work
19%

The neighbourhood, photographed

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

Geylang Methodist Secondary SchoolSyced · CC0
Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal 06 08 2025LN9267 · CC BY-SA 4.0
MRT Station 01Mint0ri · CC BY-SA 4.0
Aljunied station footbridge look southVincent60030 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Aljunied station sign May 2022Vincent60030 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Aljunied station west view towards east May 2022 2Vincent60030 · CC BY-SA 4.0

What the record shows

The early buyer’s position

Buyers who bought from the developer in 2021 paid an average of $1,671 psf (94 sales). At today’s $2,154 psf, they are up 29% on paper.

The floor premium

Over the last 3 years, units on the 10th floor and above transacted at a median $2,133 psf - 5% above units on floors 1–5 ($2,029 psf).

Price trend average PSF by year

2021
$1,671
2022
$1,699
+1.7%
2023
$1,914
+12.7%
2024
$2,052
+7.2%
2025
$2,134
+4%
2026
$2,184
+2.3%

Rental by bedroom

BedroomsMedian rentRental PSFYieldContracts
1BR$3,300/mo$7.334.1%27
2BR$4,200/mo$6.463.6%37
3BR$6,000/mo$5.713.2%58
4BR$7,700/mo$5.703.2%10

Recent transactions URA, latest 10

DatePriceArea (sqft)PSFFloor
Jun 2026$2,200,000958$2,29611-15
Jun 2026$950,000484$1,96106-10
May 2026$2,513,8881,044$2,40816-20
May 2026$2,128,000947$2,24711-15
May 2026$960,000474$2,02706-10
Apr 2026$1,780,000807$2,20506-10
Mar 2026$1,325,000646$2,05206-10
Mar 2026$970,000484$2,00306-10
Feb 2026$2,488,0001,055$2,35911-15
Feb 2026$2,468,8881,098$2,24906-10
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The HDB blocks next door

The entry point, measured: what the resale flats around Penrose actually sell for - this project trades at 4.0× the nearest block’s PSF.

Data: URA private residential transactions & rentals (5-year window, updated weekly), data.gov.sg, OneMap, LTA DataMall. PSF and yield figures are computed from actual transactions and rental contracts - not estimates.
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