Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive
Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive has 10 recorded HDB resale transactions since 2017. Latest sale: $790,000 (Sep 2025, 5 room, floors 13–15). Median $5,822/sqm. Built 1978, 51 years lease remaining.
How this block compares
- 5 Room$779,000−27.9%vs town(−$301k)+5.3%vs national(+$39k)
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 Bukit Merah average.
| Flat type | Median rent /mo | Gross yield | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Room | $4,250 typically $4,000–$4,500 | 4.7% | Bukit Merah avg · block too thin |
This block is inside the 1 km Primary 1 priority zone for 1 popular school. 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 53 Telok Blangah Drive in Bukit Merah, with their median resale price. Useful for comparing what a flat here costs against its immediate neighbours.
| Date | Floor | Type | Area | Price | $/sqm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 13 TO 15 | 5 ROOM | 118 sqm | $790,000 | $6,695 |
| Aug 2025 | 13 TO 15 | 5 ROOM | 115 sqm | $768,000 | $6,678 |
| Aug 2024 | 04 TO 06 | 5 ROOM | 118 sqm | $830,000 | $7,034 |
| Mar 2022 | 13 TO 15 | 5 ROOM | 118 sqm | $655,000 | $5,551 |
| Jan 2022 | 19 TO 21 | 5 ROOM | 115 sqm | $708,000 | $6,157 |
| Aug 2020 | 07 TO 09 | 5 ROOM | 118 sqm | $615,000 | $5,212 |
| Aug 2019 | 10 TO 12 | 5 ROOM | 118 sqm | $600,000 | $5,085 |
| Aug 2019 | 16 TO 18 | 5 ROOM | 118 sqm | $685,888 | $5,813 |
| Jun 2019 | 16 TO 18 | 5 ROOM | 118 sqm | $688,000 | $5,831 |
| Oct 2018 | 01 TO 03 | 5 ROOM | 120 sqm | $558,000 | $4,650 |
About Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive
Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive is an ageing-lease HDB block in Bukit Merah, built in 1978 with about 51 years left on its 99-year lease, so remaining lease is the dominant price factor here. Its median runs about 7% above the Bukit Merah median, ahead of around 59% of the town's blocks. It has a relatively light resale record, with 10 transactions since 2017 across 5 room flats priced from $558,000 to $830,000. The most recent transaction was a 5 room flat on storeys 13 TO 15 at $790,000 in Sep 2025, and the median works out to $5,822/sqm. All transaction data is sourced from data.gov.sg and updated monthly.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is an HDB flat at Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive worth?
The most recent resale transaction at Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive was $790,000 for a 5 room flat in 2025-09. The median price per square metre across all flat types is $5,822, based on 10 transactions since January 2017. Data sourced from data.gov.sg.
What is the remaining lease for Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive?
Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive was built in 1978 and has approximately 51 years and 5 months remaining on its 99-year lease. Under Bala's Table (the SLA leasehold valuation model), the annual lease decay rate is 0.72%, meaning the leasehold value decreases by approximately 0.72% per year at the current remaining lease.
What flat types are available at Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive?
Block 53 Telok Blangah Drive in Bukit Merah contains 5 room flats. Resale prices range from $558,000 to $830,000 based on historical transaction records from data.gov.sg.