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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$1,856
MoM change▲ 1.7%
Market Segment OCR
18-mo transactions37 / mo (Jul)
PSF rank#1 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 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
$1.90M
-31.5% YoY
Median PSF
$1,856
+1.7% MoM
Transactions (18mo)
1,061
avg 59/mo
YoY volume Δ
-31.5%
vs Jul 2025
Txn velocity (proxy)
59/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, Jul 2026

3BR
Dominant · 13 caveats
$1,999
2BR
11 caveats
$1,913
1BR
6 caveats
$1,702
4BR+
6 caveats
$1,754
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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

1BR2BR3BR (dominant)4BR+
Special units

The MOAT

Penthouse
14 transacted, 18mo
$1,973
Dual-key
16 transacted, 18mo
$2,023
Study
56 transacted, 18mo
$1,883
Duplex / Sky
42 transacted, 18mo
$2,072
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

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 3 Aug 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.

The Pulse, month over month

District 5 Pulse archive

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