Blk 698B Hougang St 61
Completed 1998 · 18 storeys · 92 flats · 72 years 09 months remaining · 16 resale transactions on record · median household income in Hougang: $8,500/mo
18 storeys · completed 1998
What the record shows
A 5-room here sold for $825,000 in Jun 2025. The same flat type in this block averaged $632,833 in 2021 - a gain of $192,167 - about $105 a day while the owner slept.
In this block, 5-room flats from floor 12 up have sold for a median of $704,000 - $57,556 more than floors 6 and below, same flat type, same block.
This block crosses 60 years remaining in 2038 - the line where CPF usage rules begin tightening for buyers. In Hougang over the last two years, flats below that line sold at a median 10% below their younger neighbours' PSF (818 sales).
Across Hougang, roughly 285 flats in newly-completed blocks reach the end of MOP between 2026 and 2028 - new sellers entering this market.
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 | Hougang median | Gross yield | Rented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-ROOM | $3,500/mo | $3,500–$3,500 | $3,500/mo | - | 1 |
Price trend
median PSF by year · ━ this block · ╌ Hougang · gaps = years with no sales here
The height gradient
every sale in 5 years, plotted by starting floor · 13 sales - do higher floors really fetch more here?
Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 16
| Month | Type | Storey | Area (sqm) | Price | PSF | Lease left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 120 | $825,000 | $639 | 72y 09m |
| Sept 2024 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 120 | $650,000 | $503 | 73y 07m |
| Jan 2024 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 120 | $655,000 | $507 | 74y 03m |
| Dec 2023 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 120 | $663,188 | $513 | 74y 05m |
| Oct 2023 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 128 | $756,000 | $549 | 74y 06m |
| Feb 2023 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 120 | $642,888 | $498 | 75y 01m |
| Dec 2022 | 5 ROOM | 16 to 18 | 120 | $718,000 | $556 | 75y 04m |
| Jun 2022 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 120 | $640,000 | $495 | 75y 10m |
| May 2022 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 120 | $680,000 | $526 | 75y 10m |
| May 2022 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 120 | $620,000 | $480 | 75y 11m |
| Mar 2022 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 120 | $632,000 | $489 | 76y 01m |
| Oct 2021 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 128 | $690,000 | $501 | 76y 06m |
| Oct 2021 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 120 | $535,000 | $414 | 76y 06m |
| Aug 2019 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 120 | $570,000 | $441 | 78y 08m |
| Sept 2018 | 5 ROOM | 16 to 18 | 125 | $600,000 | $446 | 79y 07m |
| Feb 2018 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 120 | $568,000 | $440 | 80y 02m |
Who lives in Hougang
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.
built 1998 · same generation
built 1986 · 13 fewer lease years than this block
built 1986 · 12 fewer lease years than this block
built 1998 · same generation
built 1986 · 10 fewer lease years than this block
built 1986 · 12 fewer lease years than this block
Condos nearby
The private premium, measured: the nearest condo trades at 1.7×this block’s PSF.
Grounded in this block’s own resale record, trend and lease - ask away.