Central Area 5-room HDB resale prices

How Central Area compares

Of the 26 towns with at least 20 5-room resales in this period, Central Area had the highest median 5-room price. Town medians mix blocks of different ages and locations, so a comparison between towns is a starting point, not a price for your flat.

5-room flats made up 16% of Central Area's 174 resales in this period. Their S$1,473,000 median sits 95% above the town's all-type median of S$756,000, and 82% above the typical 5-room median across towns with a page for this flat type (S$810,000). Nationally, 24,657 flats of all types changed hands, with a median of S$630,000.

Which 5-room flats sell in Central Area

Central Area's 5-room stock is mixed. Type S2 flats were the most traded (17 sales, 61%, median S$1,510,000), followed by Improved (7 sales, median S$800,000). The S$710,000 gap between the two largest models is a reminder to compare your flat with its own model, not the town figure.

Prices by quarter

Some quarters have too few sales to read a trend from, so treat the movement below with caution.

Sales were busiest in Jun 2026 (4 registered) and quietest in Dec 2025 (1). The last three months of the period recorded 11 sales against 5 in the first three (+120%). Registration month lags the agreed sale by a few weeks, so these counts describe when deals completed, not when they were struck.

Prices by floor level

Floor level usually matters to buyers, but some bands below have too few sales to compare.

Prices by remaining lease

Remaining lease affects how much CPF and bank loan a buyer can use, which shapes how many buyers can afford an older flat. HDB records the lease left at the time of each sale.

The largest lease group for Central Area 5-room resales was 80 years or more left: 17 sales, or about 61% of this flat type’s recorded transactions, with a median of S$1,510,000. If your flat has a different remaining lease, start with its own band instead of applying the town-wide median.

When Central Area's 5-room blocks were built

The leases on these flats began between the 2000s and the 2010s. Blocks from the 2010s supplied 61% of sales at a median of S$1,510,000, while the 2000s blocks (7 sales) had a median of S$800,000. A buyer's CPF and loan limits depend on the lease left, so the decade your block was built shapes who can afford it.

Using this range for your own flat

The middle 80% of Central Area 5-room sales sat between S$787,000 and S$1,630,000, a spread of S$843,000. These are the 10th and 90th percentiles, not the lowest and highest sale prices. The typical floor area in this sample was 106 square metres. Compare that with your layout and size before treating a neighbouring sale as a match.

Selling a 5-room flat in Central Area: the agent fee

On the median 5-room price of S$1,473,000, an illustrative 2% commission with GST comes to S$32,111.40. The Fairnest seller package is a fixed S$2,178.91 incl. GST, payable only when the sale completes. That is an illustrative difference of S$29,932.49. Agency fees are negotiable and are not fixed by CEA.

Same flat type, similar price

• Queenstown 5-roomS$1,230,940
• Clementi 5-roomS$1,160,000
• Bukit Timah 5-roomS$1,107,500
• Bukit Merah 5-roomS$1,065,000

Other flat types in Central Area

• 3-room · S$550,000
• 4-room · S$870,000
• All of Central Area

Observation period: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. These are historical sales, not a valuation of any flat. Floor bands use the lowest storey in HDB's recorded range; lease bands use the remaining lease recorded at sale; quarters use the registration month. Contains information from HDB resale flat prices (registration date), data.gov.sg, accessed on 2026-10-17, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence.