The CheckHowMuch HDB Resale Index

HDB Resale Index, August 2024

Archived monthly report · August 2024 data · 2,591 sales · Source: data.gov.sg

HDB resale prices held broadly flat in August 2024, rising 0.8% to a $600,000 median. That makes August the second straight month of sub-1.5% movement. On a three-month basis the national median is up 7.7% on a year ago, and it has held between $550,000 and $600,000 over the past 13 months. 2,591 flats changed hands (down on July, 5% above August 2023), and 30 blocks crossed $1 million for the first time.

What Moved This Month

Median, August

$600,000

+0.8% vs July

Year on year

+7.7%

3-month basis

Resale volume

2,591

+5.0% vs August 2023

New $1M blocks

First-ever $1M sale

Biggest single sale $1,480,000 · 5 Room at Blk 1F Cantonment Road, Central Area

New to the $1M club Blk 59 Jalan Ma'Mor, Blk 422 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, Blk 133 Potong Pasir Avenue 1, Blk 419 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Blk 267B Punggol Field, Blk 23 Jalan Membina and 24 more

The Median, Month by Month

National median resale price across the 13 complete months to August 2024. The band has stayed narrow: $550,000 to $600,000, a spread of just 9%.

Median resale price per month, all HDB flat types. Latest complete month shown: August 2024. Source: data.gov.sg, processed by CheckHowMuch.

Where Towns Are Pulling Apart

Biggest movers by median, latest three months versus the prior three (a smoother read than a single month). Town medians shift with the MIX of flats sold each month, so treat these as directional, not a per-flat price change.

Firming

Geylang +28.5% $490K → $630K · 212 sales Toa Payoh +11.7% $580K → $648K · 246 sales Bishan +9.1% $750K → $818K · 119 sales

Softening

Queenstown −3.9% $635K → $610K · 201 sales Clementi −3.7% $540K → $520K · 173 sales

Methodology & How to Cite This

The CheckHowMuch HDB Resale Index reports movement for a complete month only. The current in-progress month is excluded because HDB registers resale transactions with a lag, so its volume is still filling in. A month is treated as complete when its transaction count is within normal range of the preceding six months.

Median, month on month, year on year: the median of all resale prices recorded in a month, compared to the prior month and, on a three-month trailing basis, to a year earlier. The three-month basis is used for the year-on-year figure because it is far less sensitive to the mix of flats sold in any single month.
Flat streak: a month is called flat when the median moves less than 1.5% from the prior month. August is the second straight month of sub-1.5% movement.
Town movers: each town's median over the latest three months versus the prior three months, shown only where at least 60 sales occurred in each window. Town medians move with the mix of flats sold, so these are directional.
New $1M blocks: blocks recording their first-ever resale above $1 million during the month.

Cite this index

The CheckHowMuch HDB Resale Index (August 2024): median HDB resale price $600,000, +0.8% month on month, +7.7% year on year (three-month basis). 2,591 transactions; 30 new $1M blocks. Source: CheckHowMuch, from data.gov.sg. checkhowmuch.sg/market/2024-08/

All transaction data is sourced from data.gov.sg, published by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), and refreshed on the 1st and 15th of each month. Computed from 234,672 transactions since 2017. Licensed under the Singapore Open Data Licence. Informational, not financial advice. Read the full valuation methodology.

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