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District Intelligence · Singapore 2026

District 27.

Sembawang / Yishun — naval history, honest prices, and a reputation worse than the reality. Everything about buying, selling and renting here, refreshed live.

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Live · Snapshot
Median PSF$1,281
MoM change▼ 1.5%
Market Segment OCR
18-mo transactions18 / mo (Jul)
PSF rank#11 of 11 OCR
— URA Realis · Verified as of 3 Aug 2026 · Data through Jul 2026
New launch unsold stock
Rental vacancy
Rent, QoQ
The Neighbourhood · District 27

Naval history, honest prices, and a reputation worse than the reality.

District 27 carries its naval history in the details, black-and-white colonial houses still standing near Sembawang Park while the old shipyard slowly turns into dining and lifestyle space. Yishun's reputation online outpaces the reality on the ground, and both towns run at some of the most affordable private property prices in Singapore. It's a genuine trade of prestige for value, nobody buys here for the address. For a buyer chasing space and price over a fashionable postcode, District 27 remains one of the most honest value corners on the market.

Black-and-white colonial houses
Sembawang Park waterfront
Old shipyard turned lifestyle space
Among Singapore's most affordable psf
Illustrative placeholders — future: curated pull from location_pois (2-4 hand-picked highlights, not a full list)
Median price
$1.32M
-25.0% YoY
Median PSF
$1,281
-1.5% MoM
Transactions (18mo)
457
avg 25/mo
YoY volume Δ
-25.0%
vs Jul 2025
Txn velocity (proxy)
25/mo
SG resale has no "days on market" field — caveats/month is the closest live proxy.
District 27 · drag to explore
By bedroom type

Median PSF, Jul 2026

3BR
Dominant · 10 caveats
$1,276
2BR
4 caveats
$1,251
4BR+
3 caveats
$1,281
1BR
1 caveats
$1,312
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Data deep-dive · practitioner-grade research

PSF Trend

Headline psf hides a lot. Here's how District 27's resale transactions actually break down by bedroom type in May 2026.

Live · BigQuery → Jinja2
PSF by type

Last 6 months

1BR2BR (dominant)3BR4BR+
Special units

The MOAT

Penthouse
14 transacted, 18mo
$1,068
Dual-key
5 transacted, 18mo
$1,925
Study
16 transacted, 18mo
$1,368
Duplex / Sky
0 transacted, 18mo
Private resale's differentiator vs Town Page: special-unit inventory (penthouse/dual-key/study/duplex) that HDB has no equivalent for.
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Schools nearby

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GLS + New Launch supply

Units in the pipeline, 2024–2026

Launch pipeline

Next 90 days

North Gaia
616 units · TOP 2027
Selling
The Watergardens at Canberra
448 units · TOP 2026
Selling
Canberra Crescent Residences
376 units · By BUC
Confirmed
Absorption signal

Ronnie's read

— Ronnie's signal · verified as of 3 Aug 2026

District 27's May psf pulled back 10.0% month on month to $1,229, even as year on year volume is still up 18.2%, a reminder that Sembawang and Yishun trade in swings a smaller base makes look dramatic. Ranked #10 of 12 OCR districts by psf, this remains one of the most affordable corners of private property in Singapore, exactly the trade buyers are making here. Volume held steady at 26 transactions in May, right in line with the 18-month average, so this looks like a price correction rather than a demand problem. With North Gaia, The Watergardens at Canberra and Canberra Crescent Residences all still under construction, the Sembawang side of the district has real new supply working through the pipeline.

The Pulse, month over month

District 27 Pulse archive

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— This month's deep-dive

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