Blk 53 Geylang Bahru
Completed 1974 · 25 storeys · 96 flats · 47 years 09 months remaining · 19 resale transactions on record
25 storeys · completed 1974
What the record shows
A 5-room here sold for $690,000 in Oct 2025. The same flat type in this block averaged $543,750 in 2020 - a gain of $146,250 - about $67 a day while the owner slept.
In this block, 5-room flats from floor 17 up have sold for a median of $750,000 - $110,000 more than floors 8 and below, same flat type, same block.
This block crossed 60 years remaining in 2013 - the line where CPF usage rules tighten for buyers. In Kallang/Whampoa over the last two years, flats below that line sold at a median 37% below their younger neighbours' PSF (849 sales).
Across Kallang/Whampoa, roughly 411 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 | Kallang/Whampoa median | Gross yield | Rented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-ROOM | $4,100/mo | $3,100–$4,320 | $4,088/mo | - | 4 |
Price trend
median PSF by year · ━ this block · ╌ Kallang/Whampoa · gaps = years with no sales here
The height gradient
every sale in 5 years, plotted by starting floor · 12 sales - do higher floors really fetch more here?
Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 19
| Month | Type | Storey | Area (sqm) | Price | PSF | Lease left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 117 | $690,000 | $548 | 47y 09m |
| Sept 2025 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 117 | $750,000 | $596 | 47y 11m |
| Jul 2025 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 120 | $700,000 | $542 | 48y 01m |
| Jun 2025 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 117 | $640,000 | $508 | 48y 01m |
| May 2025 | 5 ROOM | 25 to 27 | 117 | $750,000 | $596 | 48y 02m |
| Apr 2025 | 5 ROOM | 22 to 24 | 117 | $825,000 | $655 | 48y 04m |
| Oct 2024 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 117 | $730,000 | $580 | 48y 10m |
| Sept 2024 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 114 | $628,000 | $512 | 48y 11m |
| Aug 2024 | 5 ROOM | 16 to 18 | 114 | $700,000 | $570 | 49y |
| Sept 2023 | 5 ROOM | 25 to 27 | 114 | $675,000 | $550 | 49y 10m |
| Aug 2023 | 5 ROOM | 16 to 18 | 117 | $650,000 | $516 | 50y |
| Feb 2022 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 117 | $550,000 | $437 | 51y 06m |
| Oct 2020 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 117 | $520,000 | $413 | 52y 09m |
| Sept 2020 | 5 ROOM | 22 to 24 | 117 | $575,000 | $457 | 52y 10m |
| Aug 2020 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 114 | $530,000 | $432 | 52y 11m |
| Mar 2020 | 5 ROOM | 16 to 18 | 120 | $535,000 | $414 | 53y 04m |
| Nov 2019 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 117 | $510,000 | $405 | 53y 08m |
| Jan 2018 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 120 | $585,000 | $453 | 55y 07m |
| May 2017 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 117 | $591,000 | $469 | 56y 02m |
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 1974 · same generation
5-room median $19k below this block · 4 vs 9 sales
5-room median $58k above this block · 6 vs 9 sales
built 1998 · 26 more lease years than this block
built 1974 · same generation
built 1997 · 24 more lease years than this block
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.