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District Intelligence · Singapore 2026

District 5.

Buona Vista / West Coast — one-north's tech energy meets NUS academia. Everything about buying, selling and renting here, refreshed live.

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Live · Snapshot
Median PSF$1,919
MoM change▲ 2.4%
Market Segment OCR
18-mo transactions59 / mo (Sep)
PSF rank#1 of 11 OCR
— URA Realis · Verified as of 6 Oct 2026 · Data through Sep 2026
New launch unsold stock—
Rental vacancy—
Rent, QoQ—
The Neighbourhood · District 5

NUS and one-north keep this district running on academic-meets-tech energy, street by street.

District 5 grew up around NUS and one-north, and it still runs on the same academic-meets-tech energy. Pasir Panjang, West Coast Park, and Science Park keep the R&D crowd close to home, and newer launches like Normanton Park and Clavon gave the area a proper wave of fresh stock. It's still a mixed bag, HDB blocks sit right beside private towers, so the district's identity depends entirely on which street you're standing on. For academics, researchers, and anyone chasing a one-north commute, District 5 remains one of the west's steadiest bets.

one-north & Science Park — R&D and tech cluster
NUS — anchor institution for the district
West Coast Park — green space along the waterfront
Normanton Park & Clavon — newer private launches
Illustrative placeholders, future: curated pull from location_pois (2-4 hand-picked highlights, not a full list)
Median price
$1.72M
-3.3% YoY
Median PSF
$1,919
+2.4% MoM
Transactions (18mo)
1,076
avg 60/mo
YoY volume Δ
-3.3%
vs Sep 2025
Txn velocity (proxy)
60/mo
SG resale has no "days on market" field, caveats/month is the closest live proxy.
District 5 · drag to explore
By bedroom type

Median PSF, Sep 2026

2BR
Dominant · 23 caveats
$1,923
3BR
22 caveats
$2,027
4BR+
7 caveats
$1,692
1BR
7 caveats
$1,685
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What's nearby

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Data deep-dive · practitioner-grade research

PSF Trend

One line per bedroom type, May 2026 data, not a single blended average. 3-bedders carry the volume here; watch the spread between 1BR and 4BR+ widen or compress.

Live · BigQuery → Jinja2
PSF by type

Last 6 months

$1,601$1,865$2,128AprMayJunJulAugSep
1BR2BR3BR4BR+
Special units

The MOAT

District 5: lease value falls ~1.08%/yr — OCR segment avg 1.18%/yr
Measured over this area's own observed lease range · 2427 trades · How we calculate this
Penthouse
12 transacted, 18mo
$1,920
Dual-key
21 transacted, 18mo
$2,044
Study
2 transacted, 18mo
$1,683
Duplex / Sky
0 transacted, 18mo
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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

Within 2km of District 5
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Admissions Leg-Up

Affiliated schools

Primary schools here with a direct secondary pathway
Affiliated schoolCo-Ed primaryCo-Ed secondary→ Anglo-Chinese Junior College
PSLE COP 2025 (aff. → non-aff.):PG3 6 - 20 → 6 - 11· PG2 21 - 25 → 21 - 21· PG1 25 - 28 → 25 - 27
Full affiliation reference guide → Source: MOE Schoolfinder
GLS + New Launch supply

Units in the pipeline, 2024–2026

1 of 8 launches priced below current comps
Launch pipeline

Next 90 days

Blossoms By The Park
275 units, TOP 2027
Confirmed
ELTA
501 units, By BUC
Selling
Faber Residence
399 units, By BUC
Selling
Absorption signal

Ronnie's read

Ronnie's signal · verified as of 6 Oct 2026

District 5 psf eased 2.2% month on month to $1,833, yet it still tops the entire OCR segment on price, ranking #1 of 12. That's the one-north effect, NUS and the tech cluster keep genuine demand flowing even as the month to month number softens. Volume tells the more bullish story, 61 caveats in May and up 15.1% yoy, among the busiest months this district has had. For a buyer with patience, the mild pullback plus strong transaction count is exactly the kind of window worth watching.

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The Pulse, month over month

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