Which HDB town has the highest executive rental yield in Singapore?

Jurong West has the highest gross rental yield on a executive HDB flat, about 5.9%, from a median rent of $3,900 against a median resale price of $800,000. Gross yield is annual rent divided by resale price, before maintenance, tax, and vacancy.

What is a good rental yield for a executive HDB flat?

Gross rental yields on executive HDB flats in Singapore typically run from about 4% in pricey central towns to over 7% in older, more affordable towns. Gross yield is before maintenance, property tax, and vacancy, so the net return is lower.

Can I rent out my executive HDB flat for the yield?

Only after meeting the 5-year Minimum Occupation Period and getting HDB approval to sublet the whole flat. Yield figures here assume the whole flat is rented at the town's median rate.

Executive HDB rental yield by town

21 towns ranked · Gross yield, executive · Updated monthly from data.gov.sg

The highest gross rental yield on a executive HDB flat is in Jurong West and Sembawang (around 5.9%), where resale prices are low relative to rent. The lowest is in Bukit Timah (about 4.2%), where pricier flats hold yields down. Yields are computed across 21 towns with enough recent executive rentals.

Towns ranked by executive gross rental yield

Yield is annual rent ÷ resale price for a executive flat. Only towns with at least 10 recent executive rentals are ranked. Tap a town for rent across every flat type.

#	Town	Median rent /mo	Median resale	Gross yield
1	Jurong West	$3,900	$800,000	5.9%
2	Sembawang	$3,500	$750,000	5.6%
3	Kallang/Whampoa	$4,600	$988,000	5.6%
4	Clementi	$4,850	$1,085,000	5.4%
5	Bukit Batok	$3,800	$880,000	5.2%
6	Jurong East	$4,150	$976,000	5.1%
7	Punggol	$3,500	$832,500	5%
8	Bedok	$4,200	$1,000,000	5%
9	Choa Chu Kang	$3,500	$832,500	5%
10	Tampines	$4,000	$970,000	4.9%
11	Sengkang	$3,500	$850,000	4.9%
12	Bukit Panjang	$3,600	$875,000	4.9%
13	Pasir Ris	$3,800	$925,000	4.9%
14	Yishun	$3,600	$905,000	4.8%
15	Geylang	$4,200	$1,050,000	4.8%
16	Woodlands	$3,600	$920,000	4.7%
17	Toa Payoh	$3,900	$988,000	4.7%
18	Serangoon	$3,900	$1,050,000	4.5%
19	Hougang	$3,600	$980,000	4.4%
20	Bishan	$4,500	$1,270,000	4.3%
21	Bukit Timah	$4,800	$1,370,000	4.2%

Gross yield is annual rent before maintenance, tax, and vacancy, so net return is lower. High yield often means a cheaper, older flat with a shorter lease. Renting out a whole HDB flat requires meeting the 5-year Minimum Occupation Period and HDB approval.

Source: HDB Renting Out of Flats and Resale Flat Prices, data.gov.sg (Singapore Open Data Licence). Cite as: CheckHowMuch, "Executive HDB Rental Yield by Town (2026)", https://checkhowmuch.sg/rent/yield/executive/.

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How executive HDB rental yield differs across towns

Gross rental yield is the clearest way to compare HDB towns as an income asset: it divides a year of rent by the resale price. On a executive flat, Jurong West leads at about 5.9%, while Bukit Timah sits near 4.2%. Yields run highest where resale prices are low relative to rent, which usually means older flats in non-central towns with shorter remaining leases. Central, mature towns rent for more in absolute terms but their high purchase prices pull yields down. The typical executive rent across towns is about $3,900 per month ($3,500–$4,200 across the middle half of leases). All figures come from Singapore's data.gov.sg open data and are updated monthly.