Simei MRT Property Guide: Prices, HDB Blocks and What Is Coming
Updated 2026-09-28
Simei (EW3) is one of the East West Line's quietest residential stops, a compact estate of HDB blocks, older condominiums and a pocket of landed housing between Tampines and Changi. Hombble currently tracks 281 live listings here at an average asking price of S$2,119,209, or S$1,419 per square foot. This guide covers the housing stock, prices, amenities and the URA plans that could add more than 2,000 homes nearby.
Is Simei a good place to live?
Simei suits buyers who want an established, low-key estate with a train station, a mall and a hospital all within walking distance, rather than a town centre buzz. The station sits on the East West Line at EW3, three stops from Tampines in one direction and two from Expo and the airport corridor in the other.
The estate falls within the Tampines planning area but feels self-contained. Eastpoint Mall sits directly beside the station with a 24-hour supermarket, banks, clinics and enrichment centres, while Changi General Hospital and the Changi-Simei Community Club serve the wider neighbourhood. It is a practical, family-oriented address rather than a lifestyle destination, and residents tend to describe that as the point.
How much do homes near Simei MRT cost?
Hombble's live data shows 281 listings around Simei station at an average asking price of S$2,119,209, an average size of 1,517 square feet, and an average of S$1,419 per square foot. That average is pulled up by landed homes; the mix is 167 condominium listings, 87 HDB flats and 27 landed properties.
Condominium pricing here remains below the district norm. Melville Park, the estate's largest condominium at 1,232 units on Simei Street 1, transacted at an average of about S$967 per square foot over the past year according to 99.co data, against a District 18 average of roughly S$1,350 per square foot. For HDB flats, Simei falls under Tampines town, where the median resale price was about S$719,000 in the most recent month; street-level data shows medians of around S$661,500 on Simei Street 5 and S$750,000 on Simei Lane.
Which blocks make up the Simei estate?
Simei's public housing sits along Simei Street 1 through 5, Simei Road and Simei Lane, with searches for individual blocks such as 148 Simei Street 1, 162 and 165 Simei Road, and 19C Simei Street 4 among the most common ways buyers look the estate up. These blocks are administered as part of Tampines town for HDB purposes, so town-level grants, upgrading programmes and resale statistics all fall under Tampines.
On the private side, Simei Street 1 is anchored by Melville Park, a 99-year leasehold condominium completed in 1996 with blocks numbered along the street. The estate also holds a small landed enclave, which explains the 27 landed listings in Hombble's current count and much of the spread in asking prices.
Schools and amenities around the station
Families have a dense cluster of schools within the estate and just beyond it. Changkat Primary School, Chongzheng Primary School, Changkat Changi Secondary School and Metta School sit in or beside Simei, with ITE College East and United World College of South East Asia's East Campus a short distance away.
Day-to-day needs are covered by Eastpoint Mall at the station and neighbourhood shops among the blocks, with Tampines Regional Centre's three malls one train stop away. Changi General Hospital, the main acute hospital for Singapore's east, is within the neighbourhood, and the Simei Park Connector links residents to the wider park connector network.
What is planned for Simei and Upper Changi?
The near-term story is housing supply and connectivity. In September 2026 the URA proposed raising the plot ratios of three housing sites in Upper Changi and Simei; together with two other plots, the sites could accommodate more than 2,000 homes if developed fully for public housing, all within walking distance of an MRT station.
On transport, the first phase of the Cross Island Line is due by 2030, improving east-side connections through nearby Pasir Ris and Tampines, and both the Cross Island Line and Thomson-East Coast Line will eventually extend to Changi Airport's Terminal 5, expected in the mid-2030s. LTA has also named Simei among the estates to receive its Friendly Streets treatment, which reworks local roads for safer walking and cycling. For owners, the combination of added supply and improved connectivity cuts both ways; for buyers, Simei remains one of the more affordable entry points into the east near a train line.