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Data-driven studies on Singapore condo investing — each one built from URA caveats, rental contracts and public data, and written to answer a single practical question. No opinions for hire; just what the transactions say.

Featured · Location study

Amber Road freehold: is there really a boutique premium?

We tested the classic Katong belief — that small boutique freehold blocks command a premium — against every freehold project within 1.5 km of Amber Road.

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Key finding
+31%
Large (>100u) freehold trades ~31% higher $psf than boutique (<50u) — the premium runs the other way.
Boutiques also sell ~9× less often, with no faster appreciation.

Project size & scale

How the number of units in a project moves its price — the site’s core body of work.

Size · Tenure

Project sizing: does unit count move $psf?

Holding location and tenure fixed, we track median $psf across unit bands — separately for freehold and 99-year leasehold.

Key finding: 99-yr leasehold under ~100 units trades roughly 15–19% below its same-tenure neighbours; freehold $psf peaks around 150–300 units.
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Matched pairs

Boutique vs large

Pairs of condos matched on district, tenure, era and MRT distance — differing only in size — compared on current $psf.

Key finding: across matched pairs the larger project trades about 18% higher $psf on average — the size premium is real and widest in the prime districts.
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Matched pairs

Medium vs mega

Do 800+ unit “mega” projects out-price ~400-unit medium ones? Matched on location and tenure.

Key finding: mega beats medium by +16% (OCR) and +10% (RCR) — but the premium flips to flat in the prime CCR.
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Growth & market trends

Where demand and supply are heading across the island.

Growth areas

Where Singapore is growing

The job and infrastructure growth nodes of URA Master Plan 2025, mapped — the long-run demand story behind each district.

Key finding: 8 major growth corridors across ~13 districts — Jurong Lake, Punggol Digital, the Greater Southern Waterfront, Paya Lebar and more — where new jobs and rental demand are heading.
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Upgrader demand

The HDB upgrader wave

The 2024–2030 pipeline of HDB flats reaching their 5-year MOP, by town — the next pool of private-home upgraders.

Key finding: flags the HDB towns with 3,000+ flats hitting their 5-year MOP in 2024–2030 — the strongest upgrader-demand signals for nearby condos.
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Schools · Family demand

Primary schools & P1 balloting

Every primary school’s Phase-2C admission odds and verified secondary affiliations — and what school access is really worth to a nearby home.

Key finding: a 1 km address is not admission — real Phase-2C odds vary widely (Nan Hua ~25%, Nanyang ~67%), and several assumed “affiliations” (Nan Hua, Nan Chiau, Raffles Girls’) simply don’t exist.
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Looking for the interactive tools? Try Indicative valuation, Invest, Rental yields and Schools — plus each project’s own Investor Score & calculators.

More studies are added over time — check back, or explore any project’s page for its own data.