Singapore HDB Resale Flat Prices Scraper

Extract official Singapore HDB (Housing Development Board) resale flat transaction data directly from the Singapore Government's open data portal (data.gov.sg). No authentication, no proxy, and no rate limits — it's a fully open government API.

What This Actor Does

This actor queries the official HDB resale flat prices dataset published by Singapore's Housing Development Board. It supports filtering by town, flat type, price range, floor area, and date range, and returns structured transaction records including a derived price-per-sqm field.

The data covers HDB resale transactions from 2017 to present. HDB (public housing) accounts for over 80% of Singapore's residential housing stock, making this one of the most comprehensive property transaction datasets in Southeast Asia.

Data Source

Source: data.gov.sg — Resale Flat Prices
API: Singapore Government CKAN open data API (no auth required)
Coverage: All 26 HDB towns, all flat types (1 ROOM to EXECUTIVE), 2017–present
Update frequency: Monthly by HDB

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	search (filter transactions) or byTown (all records for one town)
town	select	HDB town name — e.g. TAMPINES, BISHAN, JURONG WEST
flatType	select	Flat type — 1 ROOM, 2 ROOM, 3 ROOM, 4 ROOM, 5 ROOM, EXECUTIVE, MULTI-GENERATION
minPrice	integer	Minimum resale price in SGD
maxPrice	integer	Maximum resale price in SGD
dateFrom	string	Start month in YYYY-MM format (e.g. 2024-01)
dateTo	string	End month in YYYY-MM format (e.g. 2024-12)
minFloorArea	number	Minimum floor area in square metres
maxFloorArea	number	Maximum floor area in square metres
maxItems	integer	Maximum number of records to return (default: 100, max: 10,000)

Output Fields

Each output record contains:

Field	Type	Description
month	string	Transaction month (YYYY-MM)
town	string	HDB town name (e.g. TAMPINES)
flatType	string	Flat type (e.g. 4 ROOM)
block	string	Block number
streetName	string	Street name
storeyRange	string	Storey range (e.g. "07 TO 09")
floorAreaSqm	number	Floor area in square metres
flatModel	string	Flat model (e.g. Improved, New Generation)
leaseCommenceDate	integer	Year lease commenced
remainingLease	string	Remaining lease (e.g. "61 years 04 months")
resalePrice	integer	Resale price in SGD
pricePerSqm	number	Derived: resalePrice / floorAreaSqm
sourceUrl	string	Fixed: https://data.gov.sg/dataset/resale-flat-prices
scrapedAt	string	UTC ISO timestamp of when the record was fetched
recordType	string	Always "transaction"

Example Output

{
  "month": "2024-03",
  "town": "TAMPINES",
  "flatType": "4 ROOM",
  "block": "123",
  "streetName": "TAMPINES AVE 4",
  "storeyRange": "07 TO 09",
  "floorAreaSqm": 93.0,
  "flatModel": "New Generation",
  "leaseCommenceDate": 1988,
  "remainingLease": "61 years 04 months",
  "resalePrice": 490000,
  "pricePerSqm": 5268.82,
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.gov.sg/dataset/resale-flat-prices",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-07T12:00:00+00:00",
  "recordType": "transaction"
}

Use Cases

• Property market research — Track HDB resale price trends by town, flat type, or floor area
• Investment analysis — Identify undervalued towns or flat types by comparing price-per-sqm
• Real estate reporting — Generate price indices and statistics for Singapore public housing
• Academic research — Study Singapore's public housing market and affordability trends
• Buyer/seller tools — Compare recent transactions before making purchase or sale decisions

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does this require any API key or login?
No. The data.gov.sg API is fully open. No authentication, no API key, no cookies.

Q: Does it work without a proxy?
Yes. The data.gov.sg API is a government open data service with no bot protection or geo-blocking.

Q: How current is the data?
HDB updates the dataset monthly. The latest transactions are typically available within 30 days of the transaction month.

Q: What is the full date range covered?
The dataset covers resale transactions from January 2017 to the present.

Q: How many records are available?
The full dataset contains over 170,000 transactions (and grows monthly).

Q: Can I get all transactions for a town?
Yes — set mode to byTown, select the town, and set maxItems to 10000.

Q: What is pricePerSqm?
It is a derived field calculated as resalePrice / floorAreaSqm, rounded to 2 decimal places. Useful for comparing value across different flat sizes.

Q: Are HDB flats freehold?
No. All HDB flats are on 99-year leases. The leaseCommenceDate and remainingLease fields tell you how much lease is left.