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 642's median is S$625 psf, the 4th highest of 10 blocks with two or more sales.
Blk 642 Hougang Ave 8
Postal code 530642. Resale prices since Nov 2024:
This blockBlk 642 Hougang Ave 820 min to Hougang · built 1986 with the 33 blocks in grey · 3-room · 59 years left
Nearest stations
Hougang MRT1.7 km to Exit C 20 min walk
Kovan MRT 22 min walk
Buangkok MRT 30 min walk
121 homes in this block
3‑room121
- Completed
- 1986
- Storeys
- 10
- Lease
- 1987 to 2086
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Blk 642 resale prices
S$395,000 to S$455,000
6 sales at Blk 642 since Nov 2024 · median S$625 psf
| Month | Storey | Size | Model | Price | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 10–12 | 69 m² · 743 sq ft | Improved | S$455,000 | S$613 |
| Jul 2026 | 7–9 | 60 m² · 646 sq ft | Improved | S$405,000 | S$627 |
| Dec 2025 | 7–9 | 60 m² · 646 sq ft | Improved | S$405,000 | S$627 |
| May 2025 | 10–12 | 60 m² · 646 sq ft | Improved | S$420,000 | S$650 |
| Apr 2025 | 4–6 | 60 m² · 646 sq ft | Improved | S$395,000 | S$612 |
| Apr 2025 | 4–6 | 60 m² · 646 sq ft | Improved | S$402,000 | S$622 |
Against the blocks around it
3‑room sales since Nov 2024 at Blk 642, eight blocks built with it and three other blocks within 250 m with leases from 1984 to 1990. In S$ 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 went for a median S$619 psf, against S$599 on 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 642's own sales.
The median went from S$619 psf in the first year to S$607 in the past year.
Blk 642 rents
S$1,850 to S$2,700 a month
What most 3‑room flats here rent for: 16 rentals at Blk 642 since Nov 2024, median S$2,250
Blk 642 28 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 642
Within 1 km · 5
- 1Xinmin Primary School240 m
- 2Rosyth School530 m
- 3Hougang Primary School600 m
- 4Yio Chu Kang Primary School860 m
- 5Montfort Junior SchoolClose to the 1 km line950 m
1 to 2 km · 6
- 6Holy Innocents' Primary School1.5 km
- 7Zhonghua Primary School1.6 km
- 8Punggol Primary School1.7 km
- 9Palm View Primary School1.8 km
- 10Xinghua Primary School1.8 km
- 11CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity1.9 km
Distances are straight lines from Blk 642 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.