Block 557 Jurong West Street 42
Block 557 Jurong West Street 42 has 12 recorded HDB resale transactions since 2017. Latest sale: $538,000 (Mar 2026, 4 room, floors 10–12). Median $3,918/sqm. Prices up 39.2% over the past five years. Built 1985, 58 years lease remaining.
How this block compares
- 4 Room$529,000−1.7%vs town(−$9k)−16.0%vs national(−$101k)
Median of resales in the 12 months to Jul 2026, compared with town and Singapore medians on the same basis. Flat types with fewer than two sales in the window are omitted.
What this block rents for, and the gross rental yield (annual rent ÷ resale price). This block has too few rentals on record, so figures shown are the Jurong West average.
| Flat type | Median rent /mo | Gross yield | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Room | $3,500 typically $3,100–$3,700 | 7.8% | Jurong West avg · block too thin |
This block is inside the 1 km Primary 1 priority zone for 2 popular schools. When a school is oversubscribed, MOE ballots by home–school distance, and homes within 1 km are drawn first.
- This home
- School within 1 km
- School 1–2 km
- 1km ring, top priority
- 2km ring, next tier
Straight-line distances, the basis MOE uses for Home–School Distance priority. Tap a school to open it. Map © OneMap, SLA.
Other HDB blocks closest to Block 557 Jurong West Street 42 in Jurong West, with their median resale price. Useful for comparing what a flat here costs against its immediate neighbours.
| Date | Floor | Type | Area | Price | $/sqm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 10 TO 12 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $538,000 | $5,173 |
| Nov 2025 | 10 TO 12 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $520,000 | $5,000 |
| Oct 2024 | 04 TO 06 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $481,000 | $4,625 |
| Aug 2024 | 07 TO 09 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $488,000 | $4,692 |
| Dec 2023 | 10 TO 12 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $488,000 | $4,692 |
| Nov 2022 | 04 TO 06 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $435,000 | $4,183 |
| May 2021 | 07 TO 09 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $380,000 | $3,654 |
| Nov 2020 | 01 TO 03 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $327,500 | $3,149 |
| Mar 2020 | 04 TO 06 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $313,888 | $3,018 |
| Jun 2018 | 07 TO 09 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $340,000 | $3,269 |
| Jul 2017 | 04 TO 06 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $348,000 | $3,346 |
| Jul 2017 | 10 TO 12 | 4 ROOM | 104 sqm | $348,000 | $3,346 |
About Block 557 Jurong West Street 42
Block 557 Jurong West Street 42 in Jurong West dates to 1985 and now has roughly 58 years of lease remaining, which makes lease decay the central consideration for buyers. Its median sits about 12% below the Jurong West median, cheaper than about 73% of the town's blocks. It has a relatively light resale record, with 12 transactions since 2017 across 4 room flats priced from $313,888 to $538,000. The most recent transaction was a 4 room flat on storeys 10 TO 12 at $538,000 in Mar 2026, and the median works out to $3,918/sqm. Over five years, prices here are up about 39.2%. All transaction data is sourced from data.gov.sg and updated monthly.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is an HDB flat at Block 557 Jurong West Street 42 worth?
The most recent resale transaction at Block 557 Jurong West Street 42 was $538,000 for a 4 room flat in 2026-03. The median price per square metre across all flat types is $3,918, based on 12 transactions since January 2017. Data sourced from data.gov.sg.
What is the remaining lease for Block 557 Jurong West Street 42?
Block 557 Jurong West Street 42 was built in 1985 and has approximately 58 years remaining on its 99-year lease. Under Bala's Table (the SLA leasehold valuation model), the annual lease decay rate is 0.55%, meaning the leasehold value decreases by approximately 0.55% per year at the current remaining lease.
What flat types are available at Block 557 Jurong West Street 42?
Block 557 Jurong West Street 42 in Jurong West contains 4 room flats. Resale prices range from $313,888 to $538,000 based on historical transaction records from data.gov.sg.
Have HDB prices at Block 557 Jurong West Street 42 gone up or down?
Resale prices at Block 557 Jurong West Street 42 have increased by approximately 39.2% over the past five years. The current median price is $407,500, with the most recent sale at $538,000 in 2026-03.