Blk 42 Kim Cheng St
Block 42 Kim Cheng Street, Bukit Merah · S161042 · 23 resale transactions since 1996
12 months to Oct 2026: median price, median $psf and number of sales. “Most” is the middle 80% of prices.
Price history
Each dot is one sale; the line is the median per quarter.
What's a flat here worth?
What a higher floor adds · 3-room
Around here, each floor up adds about -0.2% to the price of a 3-room flat in the same block. Storeys 10–12 sell for 0% less than storeys 01–03.
3-room sales over the last 5 years in blocks within 500 m in Bukit Merah, this one included (102 sales). Each sale is compared with its own block's median, so the figures show the floor alone, not newer or taller blocks; prices are brought to today with HDB's resale price index. View and facing also play a part.
Lease timeline
- Now (2026): 45 years left. CPF and an HDB loan can be used in full if the youngest buyer is 50 or older (the lease must cover them to age 95); for younger buyers both are pro-rated. An HDB loan can run up to 25 years here.
- 2032: 40 years left. Full CPF use only if the youngest buyer is 55 or older.
- 2042: 30 years left. Full CPF use only if the youngest buyer is 65 or older.
- 2052: 20 years left. No more HDB loans: they must end 20 years before the lease.
- 2072: the lease ends and the flat goes back to HDB.
From HDB's rules as at October 2026: CPF use and the HDB loan are pro-rated when the remaining lease doesn't cover the youngest buyer to age 95, and HDB loans must end 20 years before the lease. Banks set their own limits on short leases. Rules change: check with HDB and CPF before you buy. How lease left affects price →
Block facts
- Lease
- 99 years from 1973 · 45 years left (ends 2072)
- Completed
- 1949
- Storeys
- 4
- Flats
- 24 (24 × 3-room)
- Postal code
- Singapore 161042
- Nearest station
- Havelock MRT · 350 m (about 6 min walk)
- Nearest hawker centre
- Tiong Bahru Market · 80 m
Primary schools nearby
Straight-line distance from the block. For Primary 1 registration, check the exact 1 km and 2 km distance with OneMap's school query.
Within 1 km
- Zhangde Primary School 630 m
1–2 km
- Alexandra Primary School 1.1 km
- CHIJ (Kellock) 1.1 km
- River Valley Primary School 1.2 km
- Radin Mas Primary School 1.3 km
- Cantonment Primary School 1.4 km
- Gan Eng Seng Primary School 1.8 km
Location
Nearby blocks · 3-room
| Block | Distance | Lease left | Median | $psf | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blk 45 Kim Cheng St | 20 m | 45y | $770k | $813 | 3 |
| Blk 41 Kim Cheng St | 30 m | 45y | $681k | $719 | 1 |
| Blk 46 Seng Poh Rd | 50 m | 45y | $850k | $897 | 1 |
| Blk 34 Kim Cheng St | 50 m | 45y | $815k | $860 | 1 |
| Blk 44 Moh Guan Ter | 60 m | 45y | $619k | $958 | 1 |
| Blk 43 Moh Guan Ter | 70 m | 45y | $695k | $839 | 1 |
| Blk 36 Moh Guan Ter | 80 m | 45y | $760k | $802 | 1 |
| Blk 35 Lim Liak St | 100 m | 45y | $832k | $878 | 3 |
3-room sales over the last 24 months within 1.2 km.
All resale transactions
| Month | Type | Storey | sqm | Model | Lease left | Price | $psf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 47y | $750,000 | $792 |
| Mar 2022 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 50y | $640,000 | $676 |
| Feb 2022 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 50y | $705,000 | $744 |
| Oct 2020 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 51y | $620,000 | $655 |
| Apr 2019 | 3-room | 01–03 | 75 | Standard | 53y | $575,000 | $712 |
| Jul 2018 | 3-room | 04–06 | 88 | Standard | 54y | $700,000 | $739 |
| Jun 2014 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 58y | $655,000 | $691 |
| Oct 2013 | 3-room | 04–06 | 88 | Standard | 58y | $638,000 | $674 |
| Jul 2012 | 3-room | 01–03 | 75 | Standard | 60y | $585,000 | $725 |
| Jul 2010 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 62y | $540,000 | $570 |
| Feb 2009 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 63y | $433,000 | $457 |
| Jan 2009 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 63y | $430,800 | $455 |
| Oct 2008 | 3-room | 04–06 | 88 | Standard | 63y | $429,000 | $453 |
| Apr 2005 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 67y | $242,000 | $255 |
| Mar 2005 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 67y | $255,000 | $269 |
| Jun 2002 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 70y | $247,000 | $261 |
| Sep 1998 | 3-room | 04–06 | 88 | Standard | 73y | $195,000 | $206 |
| Feb 1998 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 74y | $265,000 | $280 |
| Jan 1997 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 75y | $230,000 | $243 |
| Dec 1996 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 75y | $320,000 | $338 |
| Sep 1996 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 75y | $325,000 | $343 |
| Jul 1996 | 3-room | 01–03 | 75 | Standard | 76y | $243,000 | $301 |
| Apr 1996 | 3-room | 01–03 | 88 | Standard | 76y | $268,000 | $283 |