{"id":20022,"date":"2018-09-17T12:26:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T04:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/blog\/singapore\/?p=20022"},"modified":"2022-07-01T05:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T21:00:05","slug":"east-west-coast-condos-in-singapore-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/east-west-coast-condos-in-singapore-property\/","title":{"rendered":"East Coast vs. West Coast condos: a Singapore Property Face-off"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Debate about whether the East or the West side of Singapore is a better place to live usually centres around food, amenities or accessibility.\u00a0<\/strong>While these things are certainly important in deciding where to live and set up home, it\u2019s perhaps more accurate, and possibly more interesting to look at data and statistics. In the second part of our East vs West series (read the first here<\/a>), we compare the property value between condos on the East Coast and West Coast region in Singapore, to determine if one is worth more than the other \u2014 based on past transactions.\u00a0Read on to find out if you or your friends live on the more expensive side of Singapore, according to data from Singapore\u2019s largest\u00a0property portal 99.co<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What’s the East and West Coast of Singapore in property terms?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For our comparison, we defined East Coast as the area south of Mountbatten Road, East Coast Road and Upper East Coast Road. The Tanjong Rhu neighbourhood is also included. The East Coast area is bounded on the West by Marina Bay and on the East by Laguna Golf Course & Country Club.<\/p>\n

We defined West Coast as the area south of Ayer Rajah Expressway. It is bounded on the West by Pandan River and on the East by West Coast Highway (from Sentosa Gateway onwards).<\/p>\n

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**[View all East Coast condos for sale in Singapore here<\/a>]
\n**[View all West Coast condos for sale in Singapore here<\/a>]<\/p>\n

How we compared East Coast vs. West Coast condos in Singapore<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We’ll be comparing freehold and 999-year leasehold condos separately from 99-year leasehold condos separately, for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n

For each group of freehold\/leasehold properties, we also decided to compare per square foot (psf) transaction values according to floor level: low floor (up to 5 storeys), mid floor (6 to 11 storeys) and high floor (12 storeys and higher); this is because there’s a higher proportion of low-rise condos in the West Coast area we specified, compared to the East Coast of Singapore. We also wanted to find out if low\/med\/high floor West Coast properties cost more than their respective East Coast condos.<\/p>\n

For freehold condos, East Coast properties appear to have the price advantage<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Comparing freehold condos between the East and West Coast of Singapore without any additional parameters, it’s obvious to see that average psf transaction prices of East Coast condos are typically higher than West Coast condos (with the exception of 2011). In 2018 to date, East Coast freehold condo psf transactions are typically 8.4% higher than in the West Coast.<\/p>\n

But low-floor freehold East Coast condos don’t seem to fare as well<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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When we limited the comparison to units up to the 5th storey, we found that there was a big drop in the average psf transaction prices for freehold condos in East Coast. In 2018 to date, the average psf transaction price is $1,547, which is 13.4% lower than the overall average psf price. Interestingly, low-floor freehold condo units in the West Coast have transacted at a higher psf price than their overall average ($1,680 for low floors vs. $1,649 overall).\u00a0<\/strong>The poorer price performance for low floor freehold East Coast units can be attributed to the following:<\/p>\n