The earlier high was a different flat
The next-highest four-room registration in the checked series was S$1.550 million in May 2026 at Block 1C Cantonment Road. That flat measured 96 sqm and was within the 40th-to-42nd-storey band. The October flat is slightly smaller and in a lower storey band, making floor level alone an inadequate explanation for the difference.
The two registrations are five months apart and involve different homes. Their price gap does not measure appreciation of the same property, and the public records do not establish why one buyer agreed to pay more.
A like-for-like unit-price comparison
Dividing the October price by its recorded area gives S$16,715.79 per sqm, or approximately S$1,552.95 per square foot. Applying the same conversion to the May registration gives S$16,145.83 per sqm, or approximately S$1,500.00 per square foot.
These are derived, rounded calculations from the registered prices and approximate floor areas, not HDB-published unit prices. They help compare homes of slightly different sizes, but a ranking by total price does not establish a price-per-square-foot record.
What the public details leave open
The October flat’s lease commenced in 2011, with 83 years and four months remaining in the record. HDB reports an approximate area, a storey range and a registration month, rather than an exact unit, floor or agreement date. Renovation, orientation, view, condition and cash over valuation are not established by the public entry. HDB also describes the prices as indicative and excludes some transactions that may not reflect full market price.
Those limits matter when a buyer sees a home advertised against a nearby record. The viewing and valuation process must fill in the features the public comparison cannot show. The ranking quoted in the opening was checked on 8 October 2026 and may move as the January 2017-onward series is updated.
From a comparable to a workable purchase or sale
A buyer can start with recent four-room sales at the development, then review area, lease and floor band before considering the actual condition and asking price. Keep the purchase price separate from the available loan and CPF funding: the guides to cash over valuation and HDB versus bank financing explain the checks alongside a price comparison.
For a seller, the next step is to place the specific home among the transactions and competing listings, then work through net proceeds and the next-home timetable. The existing seller’s OTP checklist turns that planning into the decisions required before granting an option.