Last 4-room sale here: $600k, storey 01–03, Aug 2026. Listed 14 days ago. $11k per year of lease left.
Details on HDB Flat Portal ↗Blk 438 Hougang Ave 8
Block 438 Hougang Avenue 8, Hougang · S530438 · 37 resale transactions since 1995
12 months to Oct 2026: median price, median $psf and number of sales. “Most” is the middle 80% of prices.
For sale now
Listed on the HDB Flat Portal. Our estimate, demand and rarity readings are explained on the listings page.
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 · 4-room
Around here, each floor up adds about 0.7% to the price of a 4-room flat in the same block. Storeys 13–15 sell for 7% more than storeys 01–03.
4-room sales over the last 5 years in blocks within 500 m in Hougang, this one included (323 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): 62 years left. CPF and an HDB loan can be used in full if the youngest buyer is 33 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.
- 2029: 60 years left. Full CPF use only if the youngest buyer is 35 or older.
- 2039: 50 years left. Full CPF use only if the youngest buyer is 45 or older.
- 2049: 40 years left. Full CPF use only if the youngest buyer is 55 or older.
- 2059: 30 years left. Full CPF use only if the youngest buyer is 65 or older.
- 2069: 20 years left. No more HDB loans: they must end 20 years before the lease.
- 2089: 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 1990 · 62 years left (ends 2089)
- Completed
- 1989
- Storeys
- 4
- Flats
- 32 (32 × 4-room)
- Postal code
- Singapore 530438
- Nearest station
- Buangkok MRT · 510 m (about 8 min walk)
- Nearest hawker centre
- Buangkok Hawker Centre · 550 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
- Punggol Primary School 150 m
- North Vista Primary School 620 m
- Montfort Junior School 640 m
- Palm View Primary School 670 m
- CHIJ Our Lady Of The Nativity 720 m
- Yio Chu Kang Primary School 840 m
1–2 km
- Holy Innocents' Primary School 1.2 km
- Xinmin Primary School 1.3 km
- Hougang Primary School 1.4 km
- Seng Kang Primary School 1.5 km
- North Spring Primary School 1.5 km
- Anchor Green Primary School 1.5 km
- Nan Chiau Primary School 1.6 km
- Springdale Primary School 1.9 km
- Compassvale Primary School 1.9 km
Location
Nearby blocks · 4-room
| Block | Distance | Lease left | Median | $psf | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blk 435 Hougang Ave 8 | 50 m | 63y | $602k | $533 | 3 |
| Blk 439 Hougang Ave 8 | 70 m | 63y | $608k | $528 | 1 |
| Blk 437 Hougang Ave 8 | 80 m | 63y | $660k | $568 | 2 |
| Blk 436 Hougang Ave 8 | 120 m | 63y | $660k | $499 | 1 |
| Blk 440 Hougang Ave 8 | 120 m | 63y | $619k | $558 | 3 |
| Blk 543 Hougang Ave 8 | 130 m | 65y | $595k | $521 | 1 |
| Blk 544 Hougang Ave 8 | 150 m | 65y | $700k | $619 | 3 |
| Blk 443 Hougang Ave 8 | 160 m | 63y | $638k | $575 | 1 |
4-room sales over the last 24 months within 1.2 km.
All resale transactions
| Month | Type | Storey | sqm | Model | Lease left | Price | $psf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 62y | $600,000 | $531 |
| Dec 2022 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 66y | $500,000 | $442 |
| Feb 2022 | 4-room | 01–03 | 116 | Model A | 67y | $450,000 | $360 |
| Jul 2019 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 70y | $350,000 | $310 |
| Jun 2016 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 73y | $380,000 | $336 |
| May 2016 | 4-room | 01–03 | 117 | Model A | 73y | $388,000 | $308 |
| Apr 2016 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 73y | $380,000 | $336 |
| Jan 2016 | 4-room | 04–06 | 107 | Model A | 73y | $388,000 | $337 |
| Jan 2015 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 74y | $445,000 | $394 |
| Dec 2014 | 4-room | 04–06 | 105 | Model A | 74y | $398,000 | $352 |
| Jan 2013 | 4-room | 04–06 | 105 | Model A | 76y | $490,000 | $434 |
| Jul 2011 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 78y | $440,000 | $389 |
| Jul 2011 | 4-room | 01–03 | 107 | Model A | 78y | $411,000 | $357 |
| Aug 2010 | 4-room | 01–03 | 107 | Model A | 78y | $410,000 | $356 |
| May 2009 | 4-room | 01–03 | 117 | Model A | 80y | $315,000 | $250 |
| Mar 2007 | 4-room | 04–06 | 105 | Model A | 82y | $234,000 | $207 |
| Jan 2007 | 4-room | 04–06 | 105 | Model A | 82y | $215,000 | $190 |
| Jun 2005 | 4-room | 04–06 | 107 | Model A | 84y | $225,000 | $195 |
| Dec 2002 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 86y | $220,200 | $195 |
| Sep 2002 | 4-room | 04–06 | 105 | Model A | 86y | $222,000 | $196 |
| Aug 2001 | 4-room | 01–03 | 107 | Model A | 87y | $251,000 | $218 |
| Jun 2001 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 88y | $256,000 | $227 |
| Feb 2001 | 4-room | 01–03 | 117 | Model A | 88y | $276,000 | $219 |
| Jan 2001 | 4-room | 04–06 | 105 | Model A | 88y | $245,000 | $217 |
| Nov 2000 | 4-room | 04–06 | 105 | Model A | 88y | $264,000 | $234 |
| Oct 2000 | 4-room | 01–03 | 116 | Model A | 88y | $288,000 | $231 |
| Jan 2000 | 4-room | 01–03 | 107 | Model A | 89y | $280,000 | $243 |
| Jun 1999 | 4-room | 01–03 | 116 | Model A | 90y | $305,000 | $244 |
| Jun 1999 | 4-room | 01–03 | 106 | Model A | 90y | $269,000 | $236 |
| May 1999 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 90y | $252,000 | $223 |
| Apr 1999 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 90y | $252,000 | $223 |
| Dec 1998 | 4-room | 04–06 | 105 | Model A | 90y | $243,000 | $215 |
| Apr 1998 | 4-room | 04–06 | 105 | Model A | 91y | $277,000 | $245 |
| Sep 1997 | 4-room | 01–03 | 107 | Model A | 91y | $297,000 | $258 |
| Jan 1996 | 4-room | 01–03 | 107 | Model A | 93y | $253,000 | $220 |
| Nov 1995 | 4-room | 01–03 | 117 | Model A | 93y | $230,000 | $183 |
| Apr 1995 | 4-room | 01–03 | 105 | Model A | 94y | $195,000 | $173 |