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Bukit Merah · HDB · S161038

Blk 38 Kim Pong Rd

Completed 1949 · 4 storeys · 24 flats · 47 years remaining · 8 resale transactions on record · median household income in Bukit Merah: $8,500/mo (lowest quartile island-wide)

3 room
$785,000
2 sold · $770,000$800,000
$829 psf
Vs Bukit Merah
+5.0%
block PSF vs town median · last sale Feb 2026
3D →
Kim Pong Rd, Bukit Merah · 1 km P1 ring · mrt · school · food · park · mall · health · zones: parks, commercial, reserve - hover
Flat mix · 24 homes
3-room
24 · 100%

4 storeys · completed 1949

What the record shows

The lease cliff

This block crossed 60 years remaining in 2013 - 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 39% below their younger neighbours' PSF (907 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
3-ROOM$4,450/mo$4,100$4,800$3,000/mo-2

Price trend

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

$524$773$1022201720182020202220242026

Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 8

MonthTypeStoreyArea (sqm)PricePSFLease left
Feb 20263 ROOM01 to 0388$800,000$84547y
Jul 20243 ROOM01 to 0388$770,000$81348y 07m
Nov 20233 ROOM01 to 0375$800,888$99249y 03m
Sept 20213 ROOM01 to 0375$608,000$75351y 04m
Aug 20213 ROOM01 to 0388$668,000$70551y 06m
Mar 20203 ROOM01 to 0388$610,000$64452y 10m
May 20193 ROOM01 to 0388$638,000$67453y 08m
May 20173 ROOM04 to 0688$615,000$64955y 08m

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
Tiong Bahru EW17 · 393m - weekday mornings, riders head to Raffles Place, City Hall, Clementi (LTA)
P1 ring
Zhangde Primary School 510m · Phase 2C 0.9× · Alexandra Primary School 989m · Phase 2C 1.1× balloted - inside the 1km priority ring; Phase 2C demand is last year’s applicants ÷ vacancies (MOE)
Secondary
Outram Secondary School · 762m
Food
Tiong Bahru Market · 188m - 6 hawker centres within 1km
Green
Kim Pong Park · 163m - 4 parks within 1km
Mall
Concorde Shopping Centre · 611m
Health
Singapore General Hospital (hospital) · 801m

The neighbourhood, photographed

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

Kim Cheng HDB (13775970944)Nicolas Lannuzel from Singapore, S · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lim Liak HDB (13775602395)Nicolas Lannuzel from Singapore, S · CC BY-SA 2.0
EW16 NE3 Outram Park MRT linkway 20211118 142137ZKang123 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tiong Bahru Market, courtyard gardenKbseah · CC BY-SA 4.0
Outdoor Hari Raya Lighting decorations of a HDB flat in SingaporeJustanothersgwikieditor · CC BY-SA 4.0

Around this block

The nearest blocks by actual distance - street names are postal artifacts, so true neighbours often sit on a different road. Price gaps are median-vs-median on the flat type both blocks actually trade.

Condos nearby

The private premium, measured: the nearest condo trades at 3.0×this block’s PSF.

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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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