01 · Blocks
Which blocks sold for less?
Each block's median, low to high. The line runs from its cheapest sale to its dearest.
Blk 542 ranks the 2nd highest of 3 blocks with two or more sales.
Blk 542 Hougang Ave 8
Postal code 530542. Resale prices since Nov 2024:
This blockBlk 542 Hougang Ave 810 min to Buangkok · built 1991 with the 3 blocks in grey · 4–5 room · 64 years left
Nearest stations
Buangkok MRT800 m to Exit B 10 min walk
Hougang MRT 10 min walk
Ranggung LRT 17 min walk
99 homes in this block
4‑room81
5‑room18
- Completed
- 1991
- Storeys
- 10
- Lease
- 1992 to 2091
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Blk 542 resale prices
S$720,000 to S$725,000
Two sales at Blk 542 since Nov 2024 · S$544 and S$561 psf
| Month | Storey | Size | Model | Price | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 4–6 | 123 m² · 1324 sq ft | Improved | S$720,000 | S$544 |
| Mar 2026 | 4–6 | 120 m² · 1292 sq ft | Improved | S$725,000 | S$561 |
Against the blocks around it
5‑room sales since Nov 2024 at Blk 542 and five other blocks within 250 m with leases from 1989 to 1995. In S$ per sq ft, so sizes compare.
02 · Floors
Do higher floors cost more?
The median for each storey band, across the same blocks.
Storeys 10–12 sold for more per sq ft than storeys 1–3.
03 · Months
How have prices moved?
Each month's median across these blocks, with a line from its cheapest sale to its dearest and the number sold. Blk 542's own sales.
The median went from S$553 psf in the first year to S$550 in the past year.
S$656,000
One 4‑room sale at Blk 542, in Sep 2026 · S$559 psf
| Month | Storey | Size | Model | Price | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 7–9 | 109 m² · 1173 sq ft | Model A | S$656,000 | S$559 |
Against the blocks around it
4‑room sales since Nov 2024 at Blk 542, two blocks built with it and 14 other blocks within 250 m with leases from 1989 to 1995. In S$ per sq ft, so sizes compare.
01 · Blocks
Which blocks sold for less?
Each block's median, low to high. The line runs from its cheapest sale to its dearest.
Blk 542's one sale was S$559 psf.
02 · Floors
Do higher floors cost more?
The median for each storey band, across the same blocks.
Storeys 13–15 sold for more per sq ft than storeys 1–3.
03 · Months
How have prices moved?
Each month's median across these blocks, with a line from its cheapest sale to its dearest and the number sold. Blk 542's own sales.
The median went from S$580 psf in the first year to S$540 in the past year.
Blk 542 rents
S$2,400, S$3,000, S$3,250 and S$3,300 a month
Four 4‑room rentals at Blk 542 since Nov 2024
Blk 542 21 other blocks around it Median across all of them
Each dot is a rental HDB approved since Nov 2024. Owners declare the rent and HDB doesn't check it, so treat single rentals with care.
Primary schools near Blk 542
Within 1 km · 7
- 1Montfort Junior School270 m
- 2Punggol Primary School300 m
- 3Yio Chu Kang Primary School630 m
- 4Palm View Primary School680 m
- 5CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity680 m
- 6North Vista Primary School730 m
- 7Xinmin Primary SchoolClose to the 1 km line990 m
1 to 2 km · 9
- 8Holy Innocents' Primary SchoolClose to the 1 km line1.1 km
- 9Hougang Primary School1.1 km
- 10Anchor Green Primary School1.5 km
- 11Seng Kang Primary School1.5 km
- 12Nan Chiau Primary School1.6 km
- 13North Spring Primary School1.7 km
- 14Rosyth School1.9 km
- 15Springdale Primary School1.9 km
- 16Xinghua Primary School2.0 km
Distances are straight lines from Blk 542 to each school's grounds, as MOE measures for Primary 1. Check ones near 1 km on OneMap.
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Block details, resale prices and rentals come from HDB, building outlines from HDB's Existing Building dataset, MRT exits from LTA, schools from MOE and school grounds from URA's Master Plan, all published on data.gov.sg. Walking routes and map tiles are from OneMap by the Singapore Land Authority. Updated 26 Oct 2026.