Blk 53 Telok Blangah Dr
Completed 1977 · 20 storeys · 76 flats · 51 years 05 months remaining · 10 resale transactions on record · median household income in Bukit Merah: $8,500/mo (lowest quartile island-wide)
20 storeys · completed 1977 · shops below
What the record shows
A 5-room here sold for $790,000 in Sept 2025. The same flat type in this block averaged $659,333 in 2020 - a gain of $130,667 - about $60 a day while the owner slept.
This block crossed 60 years remaining in 2017 - 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.
| Type | Block median | Range | Bukit Merah median | Gross yield | Rented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-ROOM | $4,500/mo | $4,200–$4,500 | $4,200/mo | - | 3 |
Price trend
median PSF by year · ━ this block · ╌ Bukit Merah · gaps = years with no sales here
Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 10
| Month | Type | Storey | Area (sqm) | Price | PSF | Lease left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2025 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 118 | $790,000 | $622 | 51y 05m |
| Aug 2025 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 115 | $768,000 | $620 | 51y 05m |
| Aug 2024 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 118 | $830,000 | $653 | 52y 06m |
| Mar 2022 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 118 | $655,000 | $516 | 54y 11m |
| Jan 2022 | 5 ROOM | 19 to 21 | 115 | $708,000 | $572 | 55y |
| Aug 2020 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 118 | $615,000 | $484 | 56y 06m |
| Aug 2019 | 5 ROOM | 16 to 18 | 118 | $685,888 | $540 | 57y 05m |
| Aug 2019 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 118 | $600,000 | $472 | 57y 05m |
| Jun 2019 | 5 ROOM | 16 to 18 | 118 | $688,000 | $542 | 57y 07m |
| Oct 2018 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 120 | $558,000 | $432 | 58y 03m |
Who lives in Bukit Merah
Census of Population 2020 · planning-area aggregates · SingStat via data.gov.sg
The neighbourhood
What sits around this address - distances computed from official OneMap and LTA records.
The neighbourhood, photographed
freely-licensed photographs taken within ~450 m · Wikimedia Commons
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.
5-room median $30k below this block · 3 vs 3 sales
built 1976 · same generation
built 1977 · same generation
built 1977 · same generation
built 1978 · same generation
built 1977 · same generation
Condos nearby
The private premium, measured: the nearest condo trades at 2.4×this block’s PSF.
Grounded in this block’s own resale record, trend and lease - ask away.