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The Essence

Chong Kuo Road · Mandai / Upper Thomson

The Essence — Transacted Prices

Median PSF · 12 months to Q2 2026
S$1,477 psf
7 sales
Transactions · last 2 yrs
11
Caveats tracked
21
Tenure
99 yrs lease commencing from 2018

Price figures use settled quarters only: we add a quarter about 7 weeks after it ends, once late URA caveats are in. Data as of 10 Oct 2026.

Median PSF by quarter (Q4 2023 → Q2 2026)

Resale (10)Sub Sale (8)New Sale (3)

Source: URA private residential caveat records via PropKaki's market data layer · Refreshed daily

Market Context

The Essence has a median of S$1,477 psf (7 sales) over the 12 months to Q2 2026, against a District 26 condo median of S$2,172 psf (975 sales) over the same period. Island-wide, the PropKaki Gap™ puts the freehold premium over 99-year leasehold condos at -1.5% in Q3 2026 (freehold median S$1,987 psf vs leasehold S$2,017 psf) — relevant context for this leasehold project.

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Recent Transactions at The Essence

DateFloorAreaPricePSFType
Sep 2026#01-05538 sqftS$770,000S$1,431Resale
Sep 2026#01-05624 sqftS$950,000S$1,522Resale
Aug 2026#01-05700 sqftS$1,080,000S$1,544Resale
Jun 2026#01-05818 sqftS$1,208,000S$1,477Resale
Jun 2026#01-05624 sqftS$975,000S$1,562Resale
May 2026#01-05700 sqftS$1,008,888S$1,442Resale
Apr 2026#01-05538 sqftS$850,000S$1,579Resale
Mar 2026#01-051,001 sqftS$1,250,000S$1,249Resale
Jan 2026#01-051,001 sqftS$1,280,000S$1,279Resale
Sep 2025#01-05689 sqftS$1,070,000S$1,553Resale

Up to 10 most recent URA caveat records. Multi-unit purchases appear as one record.

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Primary schools near this development

Measured the way MOE measures home-school distance · indicative

  • Peiying Primary School1.99 km

    Close to the 2 km line — check OneMap

    This school’s own boundary isn’t published, so its distance is shown as a range

    Homes near this school →

Indicative. Follows MOE’s published method (school boundary to building).

Based on the school list for the 2026 exercise (P1 in 2027); the 2027 list comes out around June 2027.

Sources: MOE · SLA/OneMap (Singapore Open Data Licence) · HDB · URA · © OpenStreetMap contributors

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