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3 Easy Ways to Determine Your HDB Selling Price Like a Top Agent

Ohmyhome

March 10, 2025

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Research is the number one thing you can do that will help you determine the best HDB selling price for your home. And by ‘best’ price, we don’t just mean the highest, because overpricing your flat can actually backfire and make you lose out on some serious buyers, like these two HDB flats with a $2 million price tag. We mean setting a fair market price for your HDB resale flat for sale.

3 Easy Ways to Determine the Best Selling Price for Your HDB

Look at Past Transactions Within the Cluster of Blocks in Your Surrounding Area
Get an Accurate Home Valuation for Free
Analyze the Unit Layout Carefully

Look at Past Transactions Within the Cluster of Blocks in Your Surrounding Area

Upward trend of HDB selling price for apartment blocks

When we say look at the past transactions in your area, we specifically mean the blocks closest to yours. You can use whichever type of map you’re most comfortable with, such as Street Directory or Google Maps, to identify the cluster of blocks you need to be looking at. Once you’ve identified them, you can compare the prices of the units in those blocks.

You can also check the transactions of other units in your block in the last two years. Then, check the current market — go on property portals like Ohmyhome and look at how much the properties are being listed for. If you own a 4-room HDB flat at the 10th floor, look for similar units online. This will give you a more accurate representation of the current price trend for units like yours.

Also, you should only compare apples with apples. In this case, it means that you should only compare units with the same remaining lease as this is a factor that may affect buyers’ demand for a unit. They usually prefer units with longer remaining leases or newer units. So if your unit is new, compare it with the prices of new units. If it’s old, compare it with old units.

For an easier way to track the past transactions near you at a glance, sign up for HomerAI.

On HomerAI, you won’t have to toggle between 10 open tabs on your phone. You can get all the information you need about the past transactions in your block and area in one place, from the average transacted price per month and the highest transacted price to a breakdown of all the recent transactions in the past six months.

Chart showing recent HDB selling price data and trends

Example of a high HDB selling price for a home

Get an Accurate Home Valuation for Free

After doing your transaction research, you can get an indicative price before you even list your place for sale. This is different from the HDB valuation, which can only be done after the Option to Purchase has been issued.

We use trusted private and public sources, and continuously train HomerAI so that it always reflects the latest price trends in the market; keeping you and your home valuation updated.

Now, when you’re selling a home, you’re most likely also looking for a new place to move into. Well, we’ve got a tip for you too!

Analyze the Unit Layout Carefully

The dumbbell unit layout is one of the most rare layouts you’ll find in Singapore — and the most preferred by most buyers.

Dumbbell Layout

If you see the bedrooms are on either side of the living or dining rooms, that is an HDB dumbbell layout. A lot of people love this because you can get more privacy with the bedrooms placed apart from each other, separated by the living area. This is great for families who wish to stay together as they won’t have to compromise their individual privacy at home.

Unlike L-shaped units, a dumbbell layout does not waste any space with corridors that lead to the bathrooms. More about this below.

L-shaped Layout

Also deemed as the regular layout for HDB flats, especially BTOs, what sets the L-shaped layout apart is that it places the two bedrooms along a corridor.

They are clustered on one end of the flat, which means the bedrooms are smaller as the corridor is taking up quite a bit of space. Many buyers deem the corridor as wasted space and thus prefer the dumbbell layout.

It also means anyone in the living room can get a glimpse of the bedroom at the end of the corridor, thus lessening the privacy at home.

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With all these tips on hand, we hope you have an easier time preparing for your home sale. If you need further assistance, don’t hesitate to drop us a message on WhatsApp to reach any of our always-available Relationship Managers.

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