Blk 55 Telok Blangah Dr
Completed 1977 · 12 storeys · 152 flats · 50 years 07 months remaining · 28 resale transactions on record · median household income in Bukit Merah: $8,500/mo (lowest quartile island-wide)
12 storeys · completed 1977
What the record shows
A 3-room here sold for $430,000 in Jul 2026. The same flat type in this block averaged $370,167 in 2020 - a gain of $59,833 - about $27 a day while the owner slept.
In this block, 3-room flats from floor 8 up have sold for a median of $433,000 - $20,056 more than floors 4 and below, same flat type, same block.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-ROOM | $3,000/mo | $2,800–$3,200 | $3,000/mo | - | 7 |
| 4-ROOM | $3,700/mo | $3,700–$3,700 | $3,900/mo | - | 1 |
Price trend
median PSF by year · ━ this block · ╌ Bukit Merah · gaps = years with no sales here
The height gradient
every sale in 5 years, plotted by starting floor · 15 sales - do higher floors really fetch more here?
Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 28
| Month | Type | Storey | Area (sqm) | Price | PSF | Lease left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 3 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 73 | $430,000 | $547 | 50y 07m |
| Jun 2026 | 4 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 98 | $610,000 | $578 | 50y 08m |
| Mar 2026 | 3 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 73 | $505,000 | $643 | 50y 10m |
| Oct 2025 | 3 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 73 | $478,000 | $608 | 51y 04m |
| Aug 2025 | 3 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 88 | $472,000 | $498 | 51y 06m |
| Feb 2025 | 3 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 73 | $440,888 | $561 | 52y |
| Sept 2024 | 3 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 73 | $435,500 | $554 | 52y 05m |
| Mar 2024 | 4 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 98 | $558,000 | $529 | 52y 10m |
| Feb 2024 | 3 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 73 | $400,000 | $509 | 53y |
| Sept 2023 | 4 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 98 | $520,000 | $493 | 53y 05m |
| Jun 2023 | 3 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 73 | $433,000 | $551 | 53y 08m |
| Jul 2022 | 3 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 73 | $428,000 | $545 | 54y 07m |
| May 2022 | 3 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 73 | $385,000 | $490 | 54y 09m |
| Jan 2022 | 3 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 73 | $433,000 | $551 | 55y 01m |
| Jul 2021 | 3 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 73 | $335,000 | $426 | 55y 06m |
| Apr 2021 | 4 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 98 | $476,000 | $451 | 55y 10m |
| Oct 2020 | 3 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 73 | $360,000 | $458 | 56y 03m |
| Oct 2020 | 3 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 73 | $340,000 | $433 | 56y 04m |
| Jul 2020 | 3 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 73 | $368,000 | $468 | 56y 06m |
| Jun 2020 | 3 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 73 | $345,000 | $439 | 56y 10m |
| Dec 2019 | 3 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 73 | $352,888 | $449 | 57y 02m |
| May 2019 | 3 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 73 | $325,000 | $414 | 57y 08m |
| Jan 2019 | 4 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 98 | $475,000 | $450 | 58y |
| Apr 2018 | 3 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 73 | $365,000 | $465 | 58y 09m |
| Nov 2017 | 3 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 88 | $420,000 | $443 | 59y 02m |
| Sept 2017 | 3 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 88 | $428,000 | $452 | 59y 04m |
| Apr 2017 | 3 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 73 | $370,000 | $471 | 59y 09m |
| Jan 2017 | 3 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 73 | $385,000 | $490 | 60y |
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.
3-room median $21k below this block · 7 vs 6 sales
built 1977 · same generation
built 1977 · same generation
built 1977 · same generation
built 1977 · same generation
built 1976 · same generation
Condos nearby
The private premium, measured: the nearest condo trades at 3.5×this block’s PSF.
Grounded in this block’s own resale record, trend and lease - ask away.