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Bukit Batok Area Guide: HDB Resale Prices, Rents, Condos (2026)

Bukit Batok area guide for 2026: MRT and Jurong Region Line plans, schools, HDB resale medians and rents by flat type, condo basics and a checklist.

By Propwise EditorialUpdated 5 October 20264 min read

Bukit Batok is a mostly HDB town in the west, with a younger pocket of flats next to older 1980s estates. This guide replaces our 2019 comparison of condos. It uses public data instead of project picks, because old project lists and prices go stale quickly.

At a glance

  • SingStat’s General Household Survey 2025 counted 165,830 Bukit Batok residents. About 78% lived in HDB flats and 18% in condos and other apartments.
  • Propwise calculation from HDB resale data, Oct 2025–Sep 2026: median S$630,000 for a 4-room, S$810,000 for a 5-room and S$868,000 for an executive flat.
  • The town has two lease markets. Median remaining lease is about 60 years for 3-room flats but about 91 for 4-room flats.
  • A Jurong Region Line station named Bukit Batok West sits inside the boundary on URA’s plan, and LTA lists that line’s eastern stage for 2028, though it has pushed the first stage back by six months.

The estate in numbers

On URA’s Master Plan 2025 boundary, Bukit Batok covers about 11.1 sq km (a Propwise calculation from the boundary dataset). In the 2025 survey, 29,390 residents lived in condos and other apartments and 5,480 in landed homes. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10 and come from a survey, so treat them as a guide to the mix, not a head count.

Where Bukit Batok residents live165,830 residents counted in 2025. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10.
Home typeResidentsShare
HDB flatsabout 78%
Condos and other apartments29,390about 18%
Landed homes5,480

Source: SingStat, General Household Survey 2025 (2025). A survey, so a guide to the mix, not a head count.

MRT lines and what is coming

Master Plan 2025’s rail station layer places these stations inside the boundary.

  • North-South Line: Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak. The layer also shows Brickland (NS3A), a new station between Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Gombak that LTA targets for completion in 2034.
  • Downtown Line: Hume.
  • Jurong Region Line: Bukit Batok West, on the eastern stage. LTA’s JRL page (updated 17 March 2026) lists that stage, Tengah to Pandan Reservoir via Jurong East, for 2028. In March 2026 LTA also said the line’s first stage would open around mid-2028, six months later than planned, and that it would update the dates of the later stages.
Rail stations inside Bukit Batok, open and plannedStations inside the town boundary on URA's Master Plan 2025 rail station layer

North-South Line

  1. Bukit Batok
  2. Bukit Gombak
  3. Brickland NS3APlanned. LTA targets completion in 2034

Downtown Line

  1. Hume

Jurong Region Line

  1. Bukit Batok WestPlanned. Eastern stage, Tengah to Pandan Reservoir via Jurong East, listed for 2028

Source: URA Master Plan 2025 rail station layer (data.gov.sg) (October 2026); LTA, Jurong Region Line; LTA, new Brickland station. Schematic, not to scale. LTA said in March 2026 that the Jurong Region Line's first stage would open around mid-2028, six months later than planned, and that it would update later stage dates.

Jurong Lake District, the planned business and lifestyle hub in neighbouring Jurong East, is a major planned growth area nearby. Our Jurong Lake District guide covers it.

Schools

The MOE school directory lists 6 primary schools and 5 secondary schools under Bukit Batok. It lists no junior college there, but it does list Millennia Institute, a centralised pre-university institute. For primary schools, MOE gives priority by home-to-school distance (within 1 km, then 1 to 2 km) when a school has more applicants than places. You must keep living at the registered address for 30 months from the start of registration. Verify any school on SchoolFinder.

The schools in Bukit Batok, with type and nearest MRTMOE school directory, planning area Bukit Batok. Nearest MRT is as MOE lists it.
SchoolLevelTypeMRT listed by MOEAddress
Bukit View Primary SchoolPrimaryGovernmentBukit Batok18 Bukit Batok Street 21
Dazhong Primary SchoolPrimaryGovernmentBukit Gombak35 Bukit Batok Street 31
Keming Primary SchoolPrimaryGovernmentBukit Batok90 Bukit Batok East Avenue 6
Lianhua Primary SchoolPrimaryGovernmentBukit Gombak, Bukit Batok2 Bukit Batok Street 52
Princess Elizabeth Primary SchoolPrimaryGovernmentBukit Batok30 Bukit Batok West Avenue 3
St. Anthony's Primary SchoolPrimaryGovernment-aidedBukit Gombak30 Bukit Batok Street 32
Bukit Batok Secondary SchoolSecondary (S1-S5)GovernmentBukit Batok50 Bukit Batok West Avenue 8
Bukit View Secondary SchoolSecondary (S1-S5)GovernmentBukit Batok16 Bukit Batok Street 21
Dunearn Secondary SchoolSecondary (S1-S5)GovernmentBukit Batok, Bukit Gombak21 Bukit Batok West Avenue 2
Hillgrove Secondary SchoolSecondary (S1-S5)GovernmentBukit Batok, Bukit Gombak10 Bukit Batok Street 52
Swiss Cottage Secondary SchoolSecondary (S1-S5)GovernmentBukit Gombak3 Bukit Batok Street 34
Millennia InstituteCentralised institute (pre-university)GovernmentBukit Batok60 Bukit Batok West Avenue 8

Source: MOE school directory (data.gov.sg) (October 2026). For Primary 1, MOE gives priority by home-to-school distance (within 1 km, then 1 to 2 km). Check the distance with MOE.

HDB resale prices and rents

Islandwide, HDB’s resale price index fell 0.2% in the Q3 2026 flash estimate, the third dip in a row. The table is a Propwise calculation from the data.gov.sg resale dataset and the HDB rental dataset, Oct 2025–Sep 2026 (resales by registration month, rents by approval month).

HDB resale price indexHDB Resale Price Index, 1Q2009 = 100. Quarterly.
  • Policy measures (select one for details)
HDB resale price index. The index slides from about 136 in 2015 to about 131 in 2019, then climbs from 2020 to a peak of about 204 in the third quarter of 2025 and has been flat since, at about 203 in the second quarter of 2026.100120140160180200201620182020202220242026202.82017-03-10: SSD holding period cut to 3 years; TDSR relaxed for equity withdrawal2018-02-19: Budget 2018: top BSD rate raised to 4% above S$1m2018-02-19: Budget 2018: Proximity Housing Grant enhanced2018-07-05: Property cooling measures, July 2018: higher ABSD and lower LTV limits2021-12-15: Property cooling measures, December 2021: higher ABSD, TDSR 55%, HDB loan LTV 85%2022-09-29: Property measures, September 2022: higher TDSR and MSR rate floor, HDB loan LTV 80%, 15-month wait-out2023-02-14: Buyer's Stamp Duty raised for higher-value properties, Budget 20232023-02-14: CPF Housing Grant raised for first-time resale buyers, Budget 20232023-04-26: ABSD rates raised, April 20232024-08-19: HDB loan LTV cut to 75% and Enhanced CPF Housing Grant raised2025-07-03: Seller's Stamp Duty holding period back to four years, rates raised by 4 ppHDB resale price index. The index slides from about 136 in 2015 to about 131 in 2019, then climbs from 2020 to a peak of about 204 in the third quarter of 2025 and has been flat since, at about 203 in the second quarter of 2026.1001201401601802002016201820202022202420262017-03-10: SSD holding period cut to 3 years; TDSR relaxed for equity withdrawal2018-02-19: Budget 2018: top BSD rate raised to 4% above S$1m2018-02-19: Budget 2018: Proximity Housing Grant enhanced2018-07-05: Property cooling measures, July 2018: higher ABSD and lower LTV limits2021-12-15: Property cooling measures, December 2021: higher ABSD, TDSR 55%, HDB loan LTV 85%2022-09-29: Property measures, September 2022: higher TDSR and MSR rate floor, HDB loan LTV 80%, 15-month wait-out2023-02-14: Buyer's Stamp Duty raised for higher-value properties, Budget 20232023-02-14: CPF Housing Grant raised for first-time resale buyers, Budget 20232023-04-26: ABSD rates raised, April 20232024-08-19: HDB loan LTV cut to 75% and Enhanced CPF Housing Grant raised2025-07-03: Seller's Stamp Duty holding period back to four years, rates raised by 4 pp

Latest: HDB 202.8 (Q2 2026).

HDB adjusts for the mix of flats sold: it used stratification up to 3Q2014 and a stratified hedonic regression from 4Q2014 (HDB, data.gov.sg). Quarters appear when HDB publishes the final figure.

Table view
PeriodHDB Resale Price Index
Q2 2026202.8
Q1 2026203.4
Q4 2025203.6
Q3 2025203.7
Q2 2025202.9
Q1 2025201.0
Q4 2024197.9
Q3 2024192.9
Q2 2024187.9
Q1 2024183.7
Q4 2023180.4
Q3 2023178.5
Q2 2023176.2
Q1 2023173.6
Q4 2022171.9
Q3 2022168.1
Q2 2022163.9
Q1 2022159.5
Q4 2021155.7
Q3 2021150.6
Q2 2021146.4
Q1 2021142.2
Q4 2020138.1
Q3 2020133.9
Q2 2020131.9
Q1 2020131.5
Q4 2019131.5
Q3 2019130.9
Q2 2019130.8
Q1 2019131.0
Q4 2018131.4
Q3 2018131.6
Q2 2018131.7
Q1 2018131.6
Q4 2017132.6
Q3 2017132.8
Q2 2017133.7
Q1 2017133.9
Q4 2016134.6
Q3 2016134.7
Q2 2016134.7
Q1 2016134.7
Q4 2015134.8
Q3 2015134.6
Q2 2015135.0
Q1 2015135.6
Policy measures marked on this chart (11)
  • 2025-07-03 Seller's Stamp Duty holding period back to four years, rates raised by 4 pp
  • 2024-08-19 HDB loan LTV cut to 75% and Enhanced CPF Housing Grant raised
  • 2023-04-26 ABSD rates raised, April 2023
  • 2023-02-14 CPF Housing Grant raised for first-time resale buyers, Budget 2023
  • 2023-02-14 Buyer's Stamp Duty raised for higher-value properties, Budget 2023
  • 2022-09-29 Property measures, September 2022: higher TDSR and MSR rate floor, HDB loan LTV 80%, 15-month wait-out
  • 2021-12-15 Property cooling measures, December 2021: higher ABSD, TDSR 55%, HDB loan LTV 85%
  • 2018-07-05 Property cooling measures, July 2018: higher ABSD and lower LTV limits
  • 2018-02-19 Budget 2018: Proximity Housing Grant enhanced
  • 2018-02-19 Budget 2018: top BSD rate raised to 4% above S$1m
  • 2017-03-10 SSD holding period cut to 3 years; TDSR relaxed for equity withdrawal

Source: HDB (via SingStat). Data to Q2 2026.

Bukit BatokResalesMedian priceChangeRentalsMedian rentChange
2-room88S$380,000+1.3%158S$2,4500.0%
3-room330S$412,944−1.4%552S$2,700+1.9%
4-room587S$630,000+1.6%571S$3,300+3.1%
5-room299S$810,000+1.3%208S$3,600+2.9%
Executive67S$868,000−0.2%64S$3,800+1.3%
Twelve months to September 2026. Change is against the 12 months before. Medians of HDB resale registrations and renting-out approvals, calculated by Propwise from HDB data on data.gov.sg. Rents are declared by owners and not verified by HDB.

Half of the 4-room and 5-room resales came from leases that began in 2018 or later, which is why a Bukit Batok 4-room costs more than a Bedok one. Older 3-room and executive flats have about 59 to 60 years left. Only 9 of 1,371 resales crossed S$1m: 7 5-room and 2 executive flats. Our lease decay guide explains why that gap in remaining lease matters at resale.

How Bukit Batok compares with every other HDB town:

Bukit Batok 4-room flats: 15th for price, 18th for rent, of 25 and 26 ranked towns

4-room resale price

Median price, high to low. Bukit Batok is 15th of 25.

  1. 1QueenstownS$1,028,000
  2. 2Toa PayohS$1,000,000
  3. 3Bukit MerahS$935,000
  4. 4Kallang/WhampoaS$905,000
  5. 5Central AreaS$870,000
  6. 6ClementiS$821,500
  7. 7BishanS$788,000
  8. 8GeylangS$740,000
  9. 9PunggolS$680,000
  10. 10TampinesS$665,000
  11. 11SerangoonS$660,000
  12. 12Marine ParadeS$645,000
  13. 13SengkangS$640,000
  14. 14Pasir RisS$635,000
  15. 15Bukit BatokS$630,000
  16. 16HougangS$618,888
  17. 17Ang Mo KioS$615,000
  18. 18SembawangS$600,000
  19. 19BedokS$593,000
  20. 20Bukit PanjangS$570,000
  21. 21Choa Chu KangS$555,000
  22. 22WoodlandsS$550,000
  23. 23YishunS$550,000
  24. 24Jurong EastS$548,000
  25. 25Jurong WestS$535,000

Island median: S$630,000

Not ranked (fewer than 30 cases): Bukit Timah.

4-room monthly rent

Median rent, high to low. Bukit Batok is 18th of 26.

  1. 1Central AreaS$4,450
  2. 2QueenstownS$4,150
  3. 3ClementiS$4,000
  4. 4Bukit MerahS$3,900
  5. 5Kallang/WhampoaS$3,800
  6. 6Bukit TimahS$3,700
  7. 7Toa PayohS$3,700
  8. 8BishanS$3,650
  9. 9GeylangS$3,600
  10. 10Jurong EastS$3,500
  11. 11Jurong WestS$3,500
  12. 12Marine ParadeS$3,500
  13. 13Ang Mo KioS$3,400
  14. 14SerangoonS$3,400
  15. 15TampinesS$3,400
  16. 16BedokS$3,380
  17. 17Pasir RisS$3,325
  18. 18Bukit BatokS$3,300
  19. 19PunggolS$3,250
  20. 20HougangS$3,200
  21. 21SengkangS$3,200
  22. 22Choa Chu KangS$3,100
  23. 23SembawangS$3,100
  24. 24WoodlandsS$3,100
  25. 25YishunS$3,100
  26. 26Bukit PanjangS$3,000

Island median: S$3,300

Twelve months to September 2026. Bars start above zero so that gaps show; compare the figures, not the bar lengths. Medians of HDB resale registrations and renting-out approvals, calculated by Propwise from HDB data on data.gov.sg. Rents are declared by owners and not verified by HDB.

Condos in Bukit Batok

Bukit Batok sits in URA’s Outside Central Region. URA’s Q3 2026 flash estimate showed a change in private prices of +1.4% overall and +2.2% in that region, quarter on quarter. We do not name projects or quote private prices here, because we cannot verify them on a primary source. Instead, search the project you like on URA’s transaction search, compare its recent deals, and check tenure (freehold or 99-year) first.

Private non-landed home prices by regionURA price index, Q1 2009 = 100. Quarterly.
  • Core Central Region
  • Rest of Central Region
  • Outside Central Region
  • Policy measures (select one for details)
Private non-landed home prices by region. Three lines show condo prices by region from 2004. The rest of the central region and the suburbs have risen furthest since 2009, while the core central region has been flatter.100.0150.0200.0250.020052010201520202025OCR 271.1RCR 226.2CCR 161.52005-07-19: Property policy review, July 2005: LTV limit raised to 90%, CPF housing rules eased, foreign ownership rules eased2009-09-14: Interest-only loans and Interest Absorption Scheme disallowed, September 20092010-02-19: Seller's Stamp Duty introduced and LTV limit cut to 80%, February 20102010-08-30: Property cooling measures, August 20102010-08-30: HDB measures after National Day Rally 2010: DBSS income ceiling, 5-year MOP for non-subsidised flats2011-01-13: Property cooling measures, January 20112011-12-07: Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty introduced, December 20112012-10-05: Maximum loan tenure of 35 years and tighter LTV limits, October 20122013-01-11: Property cooling measures, January 20132013-06-28: MAS introduces the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) framework2013-08-27: HDB loan and resale measures, August 20132017-03-10: SSD holding period cut to 3 years; TDSR relaxed for equity withdrawal2018-02-19: Budget 2018: top BSD rate raised to 4% above S$1m2018-02-19: Budget 2018: Proximity Housing Grant enhanced2018-07-05: Property cooling measures, July 2018: higher ABSD and lower LTV limits2021-12-15: Property cooling measures, December 2021: higher ABSD, TDSR 55%, HDB loan LTV 85%2022-09-29: Property measures, September 2022: higher TDSR and MSR rate floor, HDB loan LTV 80%, 15-month wait-out2023-02-14: Buyer's Stamp Duty raised for higher-value properties, Budget 20232023-02-14: CPF Housing Grant raised for first-time resale buyers, Budget 20232023-04-26: ABSD rates raised, April 20232024-08-19: HDB loan LTV cut to 75% and Enhanced CPF Housing Grant raised2025-07-03: Seller's Stamp Duty holding period back to four years, rates raised by 4 ppPrivate non-landed home prices by region. Three lines show condo prices by region from 2004. The rest of the central region and the suburbs have risen furthest since 2009, while the core central region has been flatter.100.0150.0200.0250.0200520102015202020252005-07-19: Property policy review, July 2005: LTV limit raised to 90%, CPF housing rules eased, foreign ownership rules eased2009-09-14: Interest-only loans and Interest Absorption Scheme disallowed, September 20092010-02-19: Seller's Stamp Duty introduced and LTV limit cut to 80%, February 20102010-08-30: Property cooling measures, August 20102010-08-30: HDB measures after National Day Rally 2010: DBSS income ceiling, 5-year MOP for non-subsidised flats2011-01-13: Property cooling measures, January 20112011-12-07: Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty introduced, December 20112012-10-05: Maximum loan tenure of 35 years and tighter LTV limits, October 20122013-01-11: Property cooling measures, January 20132013-06-28: MAS introduces the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) framework2013-08-27: HDB loan and resale measures, August 20132017-03-10: SSD holding period cut to 3 years; TDSR relaxed for equity withdrawal2018-02-19: Budget 2018: top BSD rate raised to 4% above S$1m2018-02-19: Budget 2018: Proximity Housing Grant enhanced2018-07-05: Property cooling measures, July 2018: higher ABSD and lower LTV limits2021-12-15: Property cooling measures, December 2021: higher ABSD, TDSR 55%, HDB loan LTV 85%2022-09-29: Property measures, September 2022: higher TDSR and MSR rate floor, HDB loan LTV 80%, 15-month wait-out2023-02-14: Buyer's Stamp Duty raised for higher-value properties, Budget 20232023-02-14: CPF Housing Grant raised for first-time resale buyers, Budget 20232023-04-26: ABSD rates raised, April 20232024-08-19: HDB loan LTV cut to 75% and Enhanced CPF Housing Grant raised2025-07-03: Seller's Stamp Duty holding period back to four years, rates raised by 4 pp

Latest: CCR 161.5 (Q2 2026); RCR 226.2 (Q2 2026); OCR 271.1 (Q2 2026).

Table view
PeriodCore Central RegionRest of Central RegionOutside Central Region
Q2 2026161.5226.2271.1
Q1 2026158.6228.9271.4
Q4 2025157.7227.1265.6
Q3 2025163.4225.5263.0
Q2 2025160.7224.8260.9
Q1 2025156.0227.3258.1
Q4 2024154.8223.5257.3
Q3 2024150.9217.0249.1
Q2 2024152.6215.3249.1
Q1 2024153.1211.9248.6
Q4 2023148.1211.3248.1
Q3 2023142.5213.0237.4
Q2 2023146.5208.6225.0
Q1 2023146.6213.9222.3
Q4 2022145.4204.9218.2
Q3 2022144.4198.7224.0
Q2 2022141.2193.3208.4
Q1 2022138.6181.7204.1
Q4 2021138.7186.7199.7
Q3 2021135.1175.0188.9
Q2 2021135.8170.6189.1
Q1 2021134.3170.4185.6
Q4 2020133.6160.6183.6
Q3 2020129.5153.8180.4
Q2 2020134.6150.0177.4
Q1 2020131.1152.6177.2
Q4 2019134.1153.4177.9
Q3 2019138.0155.4173.1
Q2 2019135.3153.4171.7
Q1 2019132.3148.2171.0
Q4 2018136.4149.2170.7
Q3 2018137.8146.6169.5
Q2 2018136.0148.5169.7
Q1 2018134.8140.6164.8
Q4 2017127.8138.9156.1
Q3 2017126.0138.3154.9
Q2 2017125.9137.6153.7
Q1 2017126.5136.8154.2
Q4 2016127.0136.4154.0
Q3 2016126.9139.2154.9
Q2 2016129.4140.6156.5
Q1 2016129.0140.3157.3
Q4 2015128.6140.3159.4
Q3 2015129.0140.9159.4
Q2 2015130.6143.2162.0
Q1 2015131.4144.1163.8
Q4 2014131.9146.6165.6
Q3 2014133.1148.6167.0
Q2 2014134.2149.2167.6
Q1 2014136.2149.7169.1
Q4 2013137.6154.8169.3
Q3 2013140.5154.2170.9
Q2 2013140.9155.6167.3
Q1 2013141.2155.3161.1
Q4 2012140.3155.0158.9
Q3 2012139.4153.6153.2
Q2 2012139.2152.3151.6
Q1 2012138.4151.7150.9
Q4 2011139.2152.5149.2
Q3 2011138.5152.4148.4
Q2 2011137.5150.6145.3
Q1 2011135.3148.9142.8
Q4 2010133.9145.9138.6
Q3 2010131.0143.3135.8
Q2 2010128.9140.0132.9
Q1 2010122.4133.8125.7
Q4 2009117.2124.1120.5
Q3 2009109.2113.3113.4
Q2 200994.895.697.7
Q1 2009100.0100.0100.0
Q4 2008119.4120.4107.9
Q3 2008127.6128.3114.6
Q2 2008131.2131.5116.3
Q1 2008131.3130.6115.2
Q4 2007126.5126.4111.0
Q3 2007117.7117.4103.7
Q2 2007108.6108.796.1
Q1 2007100.7100.689.7
Q4 200695.496.987.9
Q3 200690.994.886.5
Q2 200686.394.485.8
Q1 200682.594.484.5
Q4 200581.594.184.3
Q3 200579.794.183.6
Q2 200577.994.183.6
Q1 200577.693.783.6
Q4 200476.992.983.4
Q3 200476.492.283.0
Q2 200476.191.682.7
Q1 200476.091.583.0
Policy measures marked on this chart (22)
  • 2025-07-03 Seller's Stamp Duty holding period back to four years, rates raised by 4 pp
  • 2024-08-19 HDB loan LTV cut to 75% and Enhanced CPF Housing Grant raised
  • 2023-04-26 ABSD rates raised, April 2023
  • 2023-02-14 CPF Housing Grant raised for first-time resale buyers, Budget 2023
  • 2023-02-14 Buyer's Stamp Duty raised for higher-value properties, Budget 2023
  • 2022-09-29 Property measures, September 2022: higher TDSR and MSR rate floor, HDB loan LTV 80%, 15-month wait-out
  • 2021-12-15 Property cooling measures, December 2021: higher ABSD, TDSR 55%, HDB loan LTV 85%
  • 2018-07-05 Property cooling measures, July 2018: higher ABSD and lower LTV limits
  • 2018-02-19 Budget 2018: Proximity Housing Grant enhanced
  • 2018-02-19 Budget 2018: top BSD rate raised to 4% above S$1m
  • 2017-03-10 SSD holding period cut to 3 years; TDSR relaxed for equity withdrawal
  • 2013-08-27 HDB loan and resale measures, August 2013
  • 2013-06-28 MAS introduces the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) framework
  • 2013-01-11 Property cooling measures, January 2013
  • 2012-10-05 Maximum loan tenure of 35 years and tighter LTV limits, October 2012
  • 2011-12-07 Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty introduced, December 2011
  • 2011-01-13 Property cooling measures, January 2011
  • 2010-08-30 HDB measures after National Day Rally 2010: DBSS income ceiling, 5-year MOP for non-subsidised flats
  • 2010-08-30 Property cooling measures, August 2010
  • 2010-02-19 Seller's Stamp Duty introduced and LTV limit cut to 80%, February 2010
  • 2009-09-14 Interest-only loans and Interest Absorption Scheme disallowed, September 2009
  • 2005-07-19 Property policy review, July 2005: LTV limit raised to 90%, CPF housing rules eased, foreign ownership rules eased

Source: URA (via SingStat). Data to Q2 2026.

Who Bukit Batok suits

  • Buyers who want a mid-sized town next to Jurong East.
  • Families who can choose between younger leases at higher prices and older flats at lower prices.
  • Households who want to follow the Jurong Region Line’s progress.

It suits you less if you need a station within a short walk today. Check the exact block, because distance to the stations varies across the town. Our location guide helps you weigh these trade-offs.

Checklist before you buy

  1. Check the remaining lease and how much CPF you can use. CPF Board pro-rates usage if the lease does not reach the youngest buyer’s age 95.
  2. Walk from the flat to the nearest station at rush hour, and note which line it is on.
  3. Measure the home-to-school distance if a primary school matters.
  4. Pull recent sales for the same block and compare them with the asking price.
  5. Test your loan. Banks test affordability at 4% under the TDSR cap of 55%. Floating packages were about 1.5% to 1.8% and fixed about 2.0% to 2.2% after the 16 September Fed hike (Business Times, 2 Oct 2026). Use our mortgage calculator.
  6. A Singapore citizen who still owns a home pays 20% ABSD on a second property, unless the sale timing qualifies for a refund. Plan the sequence.
  7. Watch the BTO calendar. HDB’s November 2026 exercise covers six towns, and Bukit Batok is not one of them.

Bottom line

In Bukit Batok, the lease on the block matters more than the town name. The figures above are medians, so check the specific block before you decide.

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