42 Kim Cheng St

HDB · Bukit Merah · built 1973 · Havelock MRT 4 min · 46 yrs left

HDB block in Bukit Merah · lease from 1973 · 48 years of lease left at its latest sale, in December 2024

No flat here was resold in the 12 months to October 2026. The last resale was a 3-room flat in December 2024, for $750,000.

3-room price per ft², by year

$650$700$750$8002018201920202021202220232024202520262018: $7392019: $7122020: $6552022: $7102024: $792$792$650$700$750$800’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’262018: $7392019: $7122020: $6552022: $7102024: $792$792

Median of each year's 3-room resales. No 3-room flat here was resold in 2021, 2023, 2025, 2026, so the line breaks. 2026 is January to October.

Which floors sold

Floors3-room
1–3$750K1

Median resale price by floor and flat type over the three years to October 2026. The small number is how many sold. Darker means dearer within the same flat type.

Latest sales

MonthFlat typeFloorsSizePricePer ft²
Dec 2024Dec ’243-room1–388 m²$750,000$792
Mar 2022Mar ’223-room1–388 m²$640,000$676
Feb 2022Feb ’223-room1–388 m²$705,000$744
Oct 2020Oct ’203-room1–388 m²$620,000$655
Apr 2019Apr ’193-room1–375 m²$575,000$712
Jul 2018Jul ’183-room4–688 m²$700,000$739

Rents

Flat typeMedian rentApprovals
3-room$4,500 a month2

HDB's approvals to rent out a whole flat of the type most let in this block, over the 12 months to September 2026. The map has every flat type and five years of rents.

Gross yield of a 3-room flat here: about 13.8% a year, the median rent over the median resale price from the sales of blocks of a like age in the town, before any costs.

Nearby

The nearest stations, hawker centre and supermarket, in a straight line from the block:

  • Havelock MRT350 m
  • Tiong Bahru MRT500 m
  • Tiong Bahru Market80 m
  • FairPrice · Kai Fook Mansion260 m

Primary schools within 2 km (1 within 1 km):

  • Zhangde Primary School630 m
  • Alexandra Primary School1.1 km
  • Chij (kellock)1.1 km
  • River Valley Primary School1.2 km
  • Radin Mas Primary School1.3 km
  • Cantonment Primary School1.4 km
  • Gan Eng Seng Primary School1.8 km

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