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Woodlands at $600,000 to $700,000: a newer 4-room flat or an older, larger 5-room flat?

In the 12 months to June 2026, 510 Woodlands flats were resold for $600,000 to under $700,000. 239 were 5-room flats with leases from 1996 to 2000, at a median of 121 square metres, and 123 were 4-room flats with leases from 2013 onwards, at a median of 93 square metres. Their median prices were $655,000 and $650,000.

Published
5 Oct 2026
Last fact-checked
5 Oct 2026
Data period
Jul 2025 – Jun 2026
Reading time
5 min

Filed underWoodlandsHDB resalePrices and transactions

What does $600,000 to $700,000 buy in Woodlands?

Mostly one of two things, at almost the same price. From July 2025 to June 2026, 510 of the 1,762 flats resold in Woodlands went for $600,000 to under $700,000. The largest group, 239 sales, was 5-room flats with leases from 1996 to 2000: a median of 121 square metres, about 71 years left on the lease and a median price of $655,000. The next, 123 sales, was 4-room flats with leases from 2013 to 2019: a median of 93 square metres, about 91 years left and a median price of $650,000. So at this budget the choice is roughly 28 more square metres or 20 more years of lease. Smaller numbers of 4-room flats from 1996 to 2000 and 5-room flats from 2001 to 2004 also sold in the range.

Key takeaways

  • 510 of the 1,762 flats resold in Woodlands from July 2025 to June 2026 sold for $600,000 to under $700,000. That is 29% of all resales.
  • 239 were 5-room flats with leases from 1996 to 2000: median price $655,000, median size 121 square metres, about 71 years left on the lease.
  • 123 were 4-room flats with leases from 2013 to 2019: median price $650,000, median size 93 square metres, about 91 years left.
  • The 4-room flats cost 30% more per square metre: a median of $7,011 against $5,410 for the 5-room flats.
  • The two groups made up 362 of the 510 sales. Most of the rest were 4-room flats from 1996 to 2000 (60) and 5-room flats from 2001 to 2004 (45).

Data snapshot

CalculatedSales at $600,000 to under $700,000
510
29% of the 1,762 resales, July 2025 to June 2026
Calculated5-room, lease 1996 to 2000
$655,000
Median of 239 sales in the range. Median size 121 sq m
Calculated4-room, lease 2013 to 2019
$650,000
Median of 123 sales in the range. Median size 93 sq m
CalculatedDifference in floor area
28 sq m
Median size of the 5-room group less that of the 4-room group
CalculatedDifference in lease
About 20 years
Middle flat in each group: lease from 1998 against 2018
CalculatedPrice per sq m, 4-room against 5-room
$7,011 / $5,410
Median of each group's sales in the range

Source: Resale flat prices (Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg), Jul 2025 – Jun 2026. Extracted 5 Oct 2026.

Floor area of Woodlands flats resold for $600,000 to under $700,000

Smallest, median and largest floor area in each group · sq m · July 2025 to June 2026

  • Lowest to highest
  • Median
5-room, lease 1996 to 2000 · 239 sales121 sq m

110 sq m to 136 sq m

5-room, lease 2001 to 2004 · 45 sales111 sq m

110 sq m to 115 sq m

4-room, lease 1996 to 2000 · 60 sales105 sq m

97 sq m to 115 sq m

4-room, lease from 2013 · 123 sales93 sq m

88 sq m to 95 sq m

The scale starts at 80 sq m, not zero, so the bands show position, not size.

At the same price, the 5-room flats are larger. 5-room flats with leases from 1996 to 2000 ranged from 110 to 136 square metres, with a median of 121. 5-room flats with leases from 2001 to 2004 ranged from 110 to 115, with a median of 111. 4-room flats from 1996 to 2000 ranged from 97 to 115, with a median of 105. 4-room flats with leases from 2013 ranged from 88 to 95, with a median of 93.

Source: Resale flat prices (Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg), Jul 2025 – Jun 2026. Extracted 5 Oct 2026.

Calculated from HDB's transaction records. The four largest groups are shown: 467 of the 510 sales in this price range.

Show the data as a table
Floor area of Woodlands flats resold for $600,000 to under $700,000: data table
GroupLowestMedianHighest
5-room, lease 1996 to 2000 · 239 sales110 sq m121 sq m136 sq m
5-room, lease 2001 to 2004 · 45 sales110 sq m111 sq m115 sq m
4-room, lease 1996 to 2000 · 60 sales97 sq m105 sq m115 sq m
4-room, lease from 2013 · 123 sales88 sq m93 sq m95 sq m

Evidence

What the data shows

From July 2025 to June 2026, 1,762 HDB flats were resold in Woodlands. Sorting them by price shows what each budget bought.

What each budget bought in Woodlands, July 2025 to June 2026
Under $400,000112 (6%)3-room flats with leases from before 1990 (74 sales) and 2-room flats with leases from 2015 onwards (32). Median size 65 sq m.
$400,000 to under $500,000176 (10%)4-room flats with leases from before 1990 (70), 3-room flats of all ages (67) and 4-room flats from 1996 to 2000 (23). Median size 84 sq m.
$500,000 to under $600,000636 (36%)4-room flats from 1996 to 2000 (396). Also 3-room flats with leases from 2013 (47) and 4-room flats from 2001 to 2004 (41), from 2013 (40) and from 1990 to 1995 (35). Median size 100 sq m.
$600,000 to under $700,000510 (29%)5-room flats from 1996 to 2000 (239) and 4-room flats with leases from 2013 (123). Also 4-room flats from 1996 to 2000 (60) and 5-room flats from 2001 to 2004 (45). Median size 115 sq m.
$700,000 to under $800,000146 (8%)5-room flats from 1996 to 2000 (77) and with leases from 2013 (40); 4-room flats with leases from 2013 (16). Median size 121 sq m.
$800,000 to under $1 million146 (8%)Executive flats (127) and 5-room flats with leases from 2013 (17). Median size 144 sq m.
$1 million or more36 (2%)Executive apartments with leases from 1993 to 1995 (all 36). Median size 177 sq m.

Source: Resale flat prices (Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg), Jul 2025 – Jun 2026. Extracted 5 Oct 2026.

All 1,762 resale transactions in the 12 months. Calculated from HDB's transaction records. Shares are rounded.

The two busiest ranges were $500,000 to under $600,000, with 636 sales, and $600,000 to under $700,000, with 510. In the first of those, 396 of the 636 sales were 4-room flats with leases from 1996 to 2000. From $600,000 the mix changes.

What sold for $600,000 to under $700,000

The 510 sales in this range were not one kind of flat. Two groups make up 362 of them.

What sold in Woodlands for $600,000 to under $700,000, July 2025 to June 2026
FlatsSalesMedian priceMedian sizeLease leftPer sq m
5-room, 1996 to 2000239$655,000121 sq mAbout 71 years$5,410
4-room, 2013 to 2019123$650,00093 sq mAbout 91 years$7,011
4-room, 1996 to 200060$613,500105 sq mAbout 71 years$5,975
5-room, 2001 to 200445$635,000111 sq mAbout 76 years$5,658
5-room, before 199018$620,000121 sq mAbout 59 years$5,116
5-room, 2013 to 201913$670,000112 sq mAbout 88 years$5,982
5-room, 1990 to 199511$657,000122 sq mAbout 66 years$5,289

Source: Resale flat prices (Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg), Jul 2025 – Jun 2026. Extracted 5 Oct 2026.

Calculated from HDB's transaction records. Flats are grouped by flat type and the period in which the lease began. Lease left is counted from 2026 for the middle flat in each group, on a 99-year lease. Per sq m is the median resale price per square metre of floor area. One 4-room flat with a lease from 2001 also sold in this range and is not shown.

The largest group is 5-room flats with leases from 1996 to 2000: 239 sales at a median of $655,000. They range from 110 to 136 square metres, with a median of 121. The middle flat in the group has a lease from 1998, which leaves about 71 years in 2026.

The second is 4-room flats with leases from 2013 to 2019: 123 sales at a median of $650,000. Every one is between 88 and 95 square metres, with a median of 93. The middle flat has a lease from 2018, which leaves about 91 years.

Two smaller groups follow. 60 were 4-room flats from 1996 to 2000, at a median of $613,500 and 105 square metres. 45 were 5-room flats with leases from 2001 to 2004, at a median of $635,000 and 111 square metres, with about 76 years left.

The same price, measured two ways

The median prices of the two largest groups differ by $5,000. The 5-room group is 28 square metres larger at the median. The 4-room group has about 20 more years on the lease.

Per square metre, the 4-room flats cost more: a median of $7,011, against $5,410 for the 5-room flats from 1996 to 2000. That is 30% more.

This range is where each of the two groups mostly sells. 239 of the 326 five-room flats from 1996 to 2000 resold in the 12 months went for $600,000 to under $700,000, as did 123 of the 179 four-room flats with leases from 2013 onwards.

Either side of the range

Under $600,000, 648 of the 924 sales were 4-room flats. From $700,000 to under $800,000, the sales were mainly 5-room flats from 1996 to 2000 (77) and 5-room flats with leases from 2013 onwards (40). Executive flats start at $725,000 and made up 127 of the 146 sales from $800,000 to under $1 million.

For how floor area and lease age compare within each flat type in another town, see the analysis of flat size and age in Jurong West.

Analysis · opinion

James's interpretation

I read this as the market weighing lease against floor area. A buyer with about $650,000 in Woodlands is offered roughly 28 more square metres or roughly 20 more years, and over these 12 months buyers paid almost the same for either.

That does not make the two equal for a particular household. A household that needs the larger floor area gets it only from the 5-room flat. A buyer who expects to sell in 15 or 20 years would then be selling a flat with about 51 to 56 years left if it is the 5-room flat, and about 71 to 76 years if it is the newer 4-room flat. I would think about that next buyer too: a flat with about 50 years left is likely to be judged differently from one with about 70.

I would not call either one better value. I read the lower price per square metre of the 5-room flats as the price of an older lease, and partly of location, not as a discount.

What it may mean for buyers

If your budget is $600,000 to $700,000, view both kinds before you decide. Compare a 5-room flat from 1996 to 2000 and a newer 4-room flat at the same price, and ask which you would miss more: the extra floor area or the extra years.

Check the remaining lease against your age, your CPF usage and the loan tenure before you commit to an older flat.

If you are stretching from the $500,000 to $600,000 range, the step up buys a different flat, not a slightly better version of the same one. In that lower range, 396 of the 636 sales were 4-room flats from 1996 to 2000.

What it may mean for sellers and owners

If you own a 5-room flat from 1996 to 2000, your competition at $600,000 to $700,000 includes newer 4-room flats, not only other 5-room flats. Lead with the floor area and the layout.

If you own a 4-room flat with a lease from 2013 onwards, price against other flats of that age, not against the town's 4-room median of $550,000. The 179 sold in the 12 months went for $512,000 to $750,000, at a median of $640,000.

In both cases, recent sales in your own block or on your street are a better guide than the group medians here.

Limitations

The price range is a round-number choice, and the mix depends on it. Moved up by $20,000, the same two groups are the largest (251 and 111 sales). Moved down by $20,000, 5-room flats from 1996 to 2000 are still the largest group (197), but 4-room flats from 1996 to 2000 (126) outnumber the newer 4-room flats (115).

The comparison does not adjust for storey, block, condition or distance to an MRT station. Newer and older flats are also in different parts of the town, so some of the difference in price per square metre is location as well as age.

Small groups are shown for completeness: 11, 13 and 18 sales. Their medians can move with a few sales.

The figures say what buyers paid over 12 months. They say nothing about how prices of older flats will move as their leases run down.

HDB's records are by date of registration and can be revised. The figures here are as extracted on 5 October 2026.

Methodology

I took every resale transaction in Woodlands registered from July 2025 to June 2026 from HDB's resale flat price records on data.gov.sg: 1,762 transactions. Each was placed in a price range by its resale price, and in a group by flat type and the period in which its lease began. The periods follow the lease years of the flats sold: before 1980 and 1980 to 1989 (joined for 5-room flats, which had few sales that old), 1990 to 1995, 1996 to 2000, 2001 to 2004 and 2013 to 2019.

A price range includes its lower figure and excludes its upper one, so a flat sold for exactly $700,000 is counted in the next range up.

For each group I calculated the median resale price, the smallest, median and largest floor area, the middle lease commencement year and the median price per square metre. Years left on the lease are counted from 2026 on a 99-year lease: a lease that began in 1998 has about 71 years left.

To check the records, I recalculated the town median for each of the four flat types in each of the four quarters and compared it with HDB's published figure. It matched, to the nearest $100, in 15 of 16 cases; for 3-room flats in the fourth quarter of 2025 the records give $424,000 against a published $418,000.

Median
The middle value when all sales are lined up by price. Half the sales are above it and half are below.
Calculated median
A median worked out on this site from HDB's transaction records, as opposed to a median HDB itself has published. Each one is shown with the number of sales behind it.
Lease commencement date
The year the flat's 99-year lease started. HDB records it for every resale transaction.
Floor area
The size of the flat in square metres, as HDB records it for each resale transaction.
Price per square metre
The resale price divided by the floor area. It lets you compare flats of different sizes.

How all research on this site is built

Sources

  1. 1.
    Resale flat prices

    Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg · Period: Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · Extracted 5 Oct 2026

    Woodlands: all 1,762 resale transactions registered from July 2025 to June 2026, with the floor area and lease commencement date of each.

  2. 2.
    Median resale prices by town and flat type

    Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg · Period: Q3 2025 – Q2 2026 · Extracted 5 Oct 2026

General information only, not financial, legal or tax advice. Figures reflect the data period shown and may since have changed; your own circumstances will differ. Full disclaimer.

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