Commonwealth MRT: 133 listings, old leases, a new Tanglin Halt
Updated 2026-09-30
Commonwealth sits on the East West Line in the middle of Queenstown, one of Singapore's most expensive HDB towns, yet the low-numbered blocks on Commonwealth Crescent still change hands in the low hundreds of thousands. Hombble currently tracks 133 listings around the station at an average asking price of S$1,674,168. The gap between those two figures is the story of this neighbourhood, and the Tanglin Halt redevelopment next door will widen or close it.
What is it like to live near Commonwealth MRT?
Commonwealth is a mature Queenstown neighbourhood arranged around an elevated station on the East West Line, where 1960s and 1970s HDB slab blocks stand alongside newer condominiums on Commonwealth Avenue. It is quiet, low-rise in parts, and close enough to town that most residents commute without a car.
The housing here is genuinely mixed rather than nominally mixed. Of the 133 listings Hombble tracks around the station, 91 are HDB flats, 39 are condominiums, two are landed homes and one is an executive condominium. That spread sits inside a single walkable area, so a buyer comparing a 1970s three-room flat with a newer private unit is often comparing two homes a few hundred metres apart.
What is it like to buy at 102 Commonwealth Crescent?
Block 102 Commonwealth Crescent is a ten-storey HDB block completed in 1970 on a 99-year lease starting that year, containing 95 flats: ten two-room, 80 three-room and five four-room units. Recorded sale prices in the block over the past twelve months have ranged from roughly S$249,000 to S$530,000, far below Queenstown's headline numbers.
Block 108 next door follows the same pattern. It was completed in 1969 with a 99-year lease from that year, also rises to ten storeys, and holds 76 flats made up of eight two-room, 64 three-room and four four-room units. Both blocks are small, mostly three-room, and sit directly beside the Commonwealth Crescent market.
The low prices reflect the lease rather than the location. With around four decades left to run, these flats are attractive to buyers who want a central address cheaply and to landlords letting to the nearby research and hospital campuses, but anyone using CPF or an HDB loan should confirm exactly how much they can draw on a shorter lease before committing. That single factor explains most of the price difference between Commonwealth Crescent and the Dawson blocks a short distance away.
How much do homes near Commonwealth cost?
Across all 133 live listings near the station, the average asking price is S$1,674,168, the average size is 1,087 sqft and the average works out to S$1,199 per square foot. Those averages blend public and private stock, so read them as a range rather than a typical home.
The wider Queenstown market gives the upper bound. HDB Insights recorded 65 resale transactions in Queenstown in September 2026, with four-room flats the most active type at 29 deals, and counted 201 million-dollar HDB resale transactions in the town in the first nine months of 2026. Commonwealth therefore offers two very different entry points in one postcode: newer flats and condominiums priced against a million-dollar town, and older short-lease blocks priced against their remaining years.
Transport from Commonwealth station
Commonwealth station is EW20 on the East West Line. It opened on 12 March 1988, is elevated with an island platform, and has four exits spread along Commonwealth Avenue, with exits C and D opening in 2015 and built barrier-free.
Bus connections at the two stops beside the station include services 32, 61, 100, 105, 111, 122, 145, 147, 195, 196, 198 and 970. Buona Vista, one stop west, links the East West Line to the Circle Line, which gives Commonwealth residents a second rail route without a long walk.
Food, shops and schools
Commonwealth Crescent Market and Food Centre is the anchor for daily life in the older blocks. It first opened in 1969, was rebuilt into a two-storey market and food centre in 1998, and is recognisable by its wave-like roof and sail facade. A lift was added to connect the market and food centre levels, which matters in an estate with many older residents.
Holland Road Shopping Centre, One Holland Village and The Star Vista are the closest malls, and the Alexandra Park Connector runs nearby for walking and cycling. The nearest primary schools include New Town Primary School, Queenstown Primary School and Nanyang Primary School. Parents should check current distance categories and ballot outcomes directly with the Ministry of Education, as these change each admissions cycle.
What is changing around Commonwealth
The largest change is next door. HDB announced on 19 October 2023 that the redeveloped Tanglin Halt estate will hold up to 5,500 new flats, together with a Tanglin Halt Integrated Development combining housing with a hawker centre, market and polyclinic under one roof, built on the Tanglin Halt Neighbourhood Centre site in two phases.
For sellers, that pipeline means more competing supply and better amenities within walking distance over the coming years. For buyers, it means the area's character will keep shifting from old estate towards renewed estate, and the case for any specific block now rests on its lease, its size and how far it is from the new centre of gravity rather than on the neighbourhood average.