Blk 489B Tampines St 45
Completed 1993 · 12 storeys · 99 flats · 66 years 11 months remaining · 29 resale transactions on record · median household income in Tampines: $9,500/mo
12 storeys · completed 1993
What the record shows
A 4-room here sold for $655,000 in Oct 2025. The same flat type in this block averaged $465,500 in 2020 - a gain of $189,500 - about $87 a day while the owner slept.
In this block, 4-room flats from floor 8 up have sold for a median of $622,500 - $100,000 more than floors 4 and below, same flat type, same block.
This block crosses 60 years remaining in 2032 - the line where CPF usage rules begin tightening for buyers. In Tampines over the last two years, flats below that line sold at a median 12% below their younger neighbours' PSF (1,235 sales).
Across Tampines, roughly 1,481 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 | Tampines median | Gross yield | Rented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-ROOM | $3,800/mo | $3,800–$3,800 | $3,650/mo | - | 1 |
Price trend
median PSF by year · ━ this block · ╌ Tampines · gaps = years with no sales here
The height gradient
every sale in 5 years, plotted by starting floor · 18 sales - do higher floors really fetch more here?
Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 29
| Month | Type | Storey | Area (sqm) | Price | PSF | Lease left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 4 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 107 | $655,000 | $569 | 66y 11m |
| Jul 2025 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 140 | $750,000 | $498 | 67y 02m |
| Oct 2024 | 4 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 107 | $618,000 | $537 | 68y |
| Aug 2024 | 4 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 107 | $590,000 | $512 | 68y 02m |
| Jul 2024 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 127 | $670,000 | $490 | 68y 03m |
| Jan 2024 | 4 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 107 | $525,000 | $456 | 68y 10m |
| Dec 2023 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 126 | $670,000 | $494 | 68y 10m |
| Dec 2023 | 4 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 111 | $550,000 | $460 | 68y 10m |
| Aug 2023 | 4 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 107 | $520,000 | $451 | 69y 02m |
| Apr 2023 | 4 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 107 | $590,000 | $512 | 69y 06m |
| Mar 2023 | 4 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 107 | $525,000 | $456 | 69y 07m |
| Dec 2022 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 126 | $545,000 | $402 | 69y 10m |
| Nov 2022 | 4 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 107 | $515,000 | $447 | 69y 11m |
| Jun 2022 | 4 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 107 | $500,000 | $434 | 70y 04m |
| May 2022 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 125 | $470,000 | $349 | 70y 05m |
| Mar 2022 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 125 | $565,000 | $420 | 70y 06m |
| Nov 2021 | 4 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 107 | $465,000 | $404 | 70y 11m |
| Jul 2021 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 127 | $568,000 | $416 | 71y 03m |
| Jun 2021 | 4 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 107 | $467,000 | $405 | 71y 04m |
| Mar 2021 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 127 | $515,000 | $377 | 71y 07m |
| Jan 2021 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 126 | $450,000 | $332 | 71y 08m |
| Jul 2020 | 4 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 107 | $430,000 | $373 | 72y 03m |
| Feb 2020 | 4 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 107 | $415,000 | $360 | 72y 07m |
| Dec 2019 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 127 | $465,000 | $340 | 72y 10m |
| Oct 2019 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 140 | $515,000 | $342 | 73y |
| Sept 2019 | 4 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 107 | $393,000 | $341 | 73y |
| Sept 2018 | 4 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 107 | $412,000 | $358 | 74y 01m |
| Jun 2018 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 140 | $498,000 | $330 | 74y 04m |
| Jan 2017 | 4 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 107 | $408,000 | $354 | 75y 08m |
Who lives in Tampines
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.
4-room median $13k below this block · 3 vs 3 sales
built 1989 · same generation
built 1995 · same generation
4-room median $21k above this block · 4 vs 3 sales
built 1989 · same generation
built 1995 · same generation
Condos nearby
The private premium, measured: the nearest condo trades at 2.3×this block’s PSF.
Grounded in this block’s own resale record, trend and lease - ask away.