Stacked Homes reported on 29 September 2026 that a five-room flat at The Pinnacle @ Duxton, Block 1C on Cantonment Road, sold for a record price. Numbers tell most of the story, so here are five of them, in the order of how much they matter.
$1.72 million. This is the price paid, and Stacked says it is the highest recorded for a five-room resale flat in the Central Area. Note the qualifier: it is a Central Area record, not an island-wide one. The unit is on the 19th to 21st floor band.
About $1,493 psf. The flat measures roughly 1,152 sq ft, so the per-square-foot figure is what lets you compare it with other homes of different sizes. It is still a comparison inside one niche estate, and it should not be lined up against private condominium prices as if they were the same kind of asset.
$1.701 million, about $1,477 psf. This is the earlier record: a Block 1B unit on the 28th to 30th floors, sold two weeks before. The newer sale came in about $19,000 higher, or roughly $16 psf more, despite being on a lower floor band. That gap is small, which is the point. Stacked says prices are compressed across a wide range of floors.
More than $280,000. That is how far the block's price ceiling has risen since October 2023, according to Stacked. It is a useful measure of momentum in this block, but it describes the block only. One estate is not a market.
Roughly 83 years. This is the lease remaining on the flat. Buyers pay attention to remaining tenure, and it is a reminder that a headline price never tells you everything about what is being bought.
Read together, the figures describe one strong result in a small, central estate. They do not predict the wider HDB market, and they do not forecast private-condo prices.
For a project with its own set of numbers, look at Dorset Gardens. It is a joint venture between UOL, Singapore Land and Kheng Leong (through United Venture Development 2022), in District 8, Kallang. The 99-year leasehold site covers 10,399 sqm and will hold 425 homes. Farrer Park MRT is about 330m away, TOP is targeted for Q2 2030 and the launch target is 1H 2027. The location page lays out the neighbourhood.
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General information only, not financial or legal advice.A few notes on using figures like these well. First, always check what a number is measuring. A price psf, a record and a ceiling are three different things, and mixing them up is how weak conclusions get built. Second, keep the sample size in mind: two sales two weeks apart, in one block, make a very thin base for any sweeping claim. Third, remember that the same discipline applies to any project. When you look at a development, ask which figures are confirmed, which are targets and which are still to be announced.
That last point applies neatly to Dorset Gardens. The site size, the number of homes and the distance to the station are fixed facts about the project, whereas the launch timing is a target and the completion date is stated as a projected TOP. Keeping that distinction in view is the same habit that stops a single Duxton record from being over-read.
The wider point is that good numbers reward patience. Collect several data points, compare like with like, and let the pattern rather than the loudest headline guide your thinking.
One more habit worth building is writing figures down with their source and date. A number quoted without attribution has a way of drifting over time, and a record from late September 2026 will look quite different once further sales are recorded. Stacked Homes is the source for every Duxton figure above, and anyone wanting to rely on them should check the original report directly.
Finally, remember what the numbers cannot tell you: the condition of the flat, the negotiation, or the buyer's motivation. Those are private to the two parties, which is another reason a single record makes a poor forecast.
>Source: Stacked Homes. This article is independent commentary; Dorset Gardens is not affiliated with the parties mentioned.
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