Property: say what exactly you’re looking for

Property in Singapore: what it costs and how to buy or rent

Updated 4 November 2026

A two-bedroom home listed for sale in Singapore starts at about S$1,950,000, and a three-bedroom listing reaches S$6,250,000, approximately, according to sellers' websites, November 2026. These are asking prices from listing pages, not sale prices, so treat them as a guide rather than a budget. For a current price for your area and size, send a request on BlaBlaPrice and sellers will reply with their own figures.

Agent licences and what they cost

Estate agents and their salespersons need a licence. The application fee for a new licence or a renewal is S$120, and the annual licence fee starts at S$330 for an agency with up to 10 salespersons. Training for the licence, the RES course, generally costs S$650 to S$800, and the two exam papers cost S$512.30 including GST. A salesperson can be licensed through only one agency at a time, so ask to see the licence details of the person showing you a home before you sign anything.

Season and timing

Singapore is tropical: it is hot all year, with a wet season and a dry season instead of winter and summer. The climate gives no winter break, so viewings can be booked in any month. What the weather changes is the day itself. Schedule visits for the dry part of the day, so that you can walk around the outside of a property without getting soaked.

How rents and sizes are quoted

Rent is quoted per month. One rental listing in the search results shows S$8,800 a month and also a rate per square foot, S$9.57 psf, so sizes are given in square feet rather than square metres. Ask whether a rent is per month or for the whole term, and whether a size is quoted per square foot, before you compare two homes.

What to put in your request

Say whether you want to buy or rent, and the type: apartment, room, house, land, commercial space, garage or parking. Name the area, for example Singapore, Tampines, Jurong West, Woodlands or Ang Mo Kio, and the number of bedrooms or the size in square feet. State your budget as a total price or a monthly rent, and give the move-in date.

Requests on BlaBlaPrice are free for buyers. You describe what you need in your own words in a chat, and you can add a photo. BlaBlaPrice's AI reads the request, asks for missing details and looks through sellers' websites and price lists in Singapore, then shows the prices and businesses it found. Registered sellers reply in the chat with their own offer, including price, terms and delivery or viewing arrangements. Your contacts stay hidden, and you decide with whom to exchange them. You can also send the request link to local agents yourself. Create a request, or read how it works.