HDB block scorecard · rubric v0.3
Blk 438A Bt Batok West Ave 8
HDB block scorecard · Bukit Batok · 42 resales 2024-02–2026-03
Carried by transaction liquidity (5.0/5); capped by price vs town peers (1.0/5).
Best for: Own-stay buyers choosing the street, not the spreadsheet.
the headline rubric: price, trend, liquidity, location, lease
92th pctile in Bukit Batok · 84th pctile of all 8842 blocks islandwide
trend n/a · 42 resales/36mo · ~93yr lease left
The rubric
How we rate →Price vs Town Peers
20%computed1.0/5698
$698 median psf = 92th pctile of 347 rated Bukit Batok blocks (cheaper=better)
Realized Price Trend
20%manual · awaiting data3.0/5Awaiting data — neutral placeholder. observed window 25mo < 36mo — trend not yet computable
Transaction Liquidity
15%computed5.0/542 resales / 36mo
3yr resale volume; block med ~7 — single-block markets are thin
Location & Connectivity
15%computed1.5/520.6min walk to Bukit Gombak
20.6min to BUKIT GOMBAK MRT STATION Exit C (straight-line x1.35 detour @80m/min), 15 bus stops <=400m
Lease Runway
15%computed5.0/5~93yr left
~93yr remaining (99yr grant); block universe med ~66yr; CPF/loan limits tighten as runway shrinks
Flat Mix
5%partial3.0/554% 4RM+, avg 72sqm
share of 4-room-and-larger resales (family stock holds demand) — proxy
Sentiment Signal
10%manual · awaiting data3.0/5Awaiting data — neutral placeholder. manual aggregated overlay (Tier3 fragile layer)
Strongest: Transaction Liquidity · Weakest: Price vs Town Peers. Each category is scored 0–5 against public anchors, multiplied by its weight and scaled to 100.
Key facts
- Median resale psf
- $698 psf
- Resales (36 mo)
- 42
- Town
- Bukit Batok
- Remaining lease
- ~93yr
- Avg flat size
- 72 sqm
- Nearest MRT
- Bukit Gombak · 20.6 min walk
- Data through
- Mar 2026
Data coverage
68%68% of this rating’s weight is measured from data. The rest is a clearly-labelled placeholder or estimate — never silently blended in.
- computed
- — fully measured from source data (full coverage credit)
- partial
- — real but proxy signal (half credit)
- inferred
- — estimate, dampened toward neutral (no credit)
- manual
- — neutral 3.0 placeholder awaiting data (no credit)
Map
Price history
median $psf by monthMedian resale $psf per month for this single block, from HDB resale registrations. A block trades thinly, so the series is sparse — the line breaks across months with no recorded resale rather than bridging the gap.
- median resale $psf
- transactions / month
- trend extrapolation — not a forecast