Emerald of Katong

Emerald of Katong’s story is one number. It cleared the building inside its launch window, and every District 15 launch since has priced off that result. A cheap land entry let it undercut the pocket, buyers took almost the whole estate in eight weeks, and the only stock available now is somebody else’s sub-sale.

Emerald of Katong Prices: From the Land Bid to the Sub-Sale

Start at the ground. Sim Lian took the Jalan Tembusu site on a Land Bid of $828.8 million, or $1,069 psf per plot ratio, before the enclave repriced. That entry cost is what let Emerald of Katong launch from $2,387 psf and still sit under the neighbouring benchmarks. The November 2024 price list ran $1.24m for a one-bedroom to $3.59m for a five-bedroom, across a band of $2,387 to $2,983 psf.

There is no developer price list left. As of February 2026, the newest entry on record, the last sixty caveats cleared between $2,423 and $2,986 psf at a median around $2,756 psf. The trailing twelve months hold only four trades at a $2,935 median, because there is almost nothing left to transact. One-bedroom stock that launched near $2,560 psf traded at $2,961 psf in February 2026, which is the plain cost of arriving after a sellout. Our read on District 15 new launch versus resale covers how both sides of that trade have performed.

The pocket frames the number. Tembusu Grand sits 170m away, 638 units completed 2025, the direct comparison. Grand Dunman puts 1,008 units on the same 99-year tenure one street west, TOP expected 2026, and The Continuum brings 816 freehold units also expected 2026. Further along, Amber Park added 592 freehold units in 2023, Liv @ MB holds 298 and Meyer Blue 226. Check tenure before comparing psf: our 99-year versus freehold guide covers what the difference is worth, and why District 15 is 94% freehold explains why leasehold is the scarce half here.

One technical note. Emerald of Katong is a post-GFA harmonisation project, so its strata areas exclude aircon ledges that older Katong stock still counts. Set its psf against a 2010s block and you are not comparing identical square feet.

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Emerald of Katong Floor Plans: Eleven Families, Little Waste

The Emerald of Katong floor plans are among the market’s most efficient, with minimal aircon-ledge and corridor waste, so liveable space per psf beats rivals that look larger on paper. The two-bedroom core shows it best: 145 premium units from 624 to 646 sqft and 143 two-bed-plus-study from 678 to 700 sqft, with the study formats adding a room rather than a hundred square feet of price.

The family ladder is deeper than the district usually offers. Three-bedroom stock splits four ways between 883 and 1,023 sqft, four-bedroom runs 1,152 to 1,302 sqft across 158 homes, and the 36 five-bedroom luxe apartments close it at 1,475 to 1,561 sqft. Plans are released, so ask for the specific format rather than the bedroom count: the study and flexi variants change the room you get more than they change the price.

Price the ladder at the $2,756 psf median and it reads cleanly: the 484 sqft one-plus-study near $1.33m, two-bedroom premium $1.72m to $1.78m, standard three-bedders $2.43m to $2.49m, four-bedroom stock $3.17m to $3.59m and the five-bedroom luxe $4.07m to $4.30m. That is arithmetic on the caveat record rather than quotes. The live prints bracket it: a 484 sqft one-bedder at $1,433,000 in February 2026, a 1,023 sqft three-bedder at $2,808,000 and a 1,475 sqft five-bedder at $4,009,000 in October 2025.

Maintenance is tiered simply and sits low for the facilities count: $300 monthly for the one-bedroom-plus-study, $360 for the two and three-bedroom formats and $420 for the four and five-bedroom homes. Across 846 households, seven pools and a tennis court cost each home less than a boutique block’s short list would. Efficiency also argues for you at resale, and our guide to condo unit types and buyer demand shows which formats have won that contest.

Is Emerald of Katong Worth Buying? The Katong Supply Count

Count the pocket properly. The Katong subzone holds 89 private developments and about 4,129 units between them, an average of 46 homes a project. Emerald of Katong alone adds 846, so roughly one in five private homes in the subzone will sit behind this single gate. Only two projects here are under construction, this estate and the 35-unit Ardor Residence.

Widen out and the pipeline stays modest. Marine Parade holds 159 private projects and about 14,044 homes, only 28 projects and 5,093 units of them from 2016 or newer. Scheduled after 2026: Amber House with 105 units in 2028, Meyer Blue with 226 in 2027, and this estate. Around 1,177 new homes into a 14,044-home area is manageable rather than crowded. The URA Master Plan is where to check what else is planned along the coastline and at Paya Lebar.

The demand side is not the local flat pool. Marine Parade town carries 7,855 HDB flats across 59 blocks, with 3,482 at 4-room or larger, small next to the heartland towns. Buyers arrive from wider: Bedok, Tampines and Pasir Ris upgraders staying east while stepping up in product, plus families balloting the school belt from outside the district.

An unbuilt project has no resale history, so read the district instead. District 15 holds 453 condominiums and about 34,126 private homes, and only 50 of those projects are ten years old or newer. An 846-unit fresh-lease estate inside a twin-school radius sits in a small club. Our Q2 2026 property market review puts the city-fringe band in context, and our rental yields guide sets out what this belt sustains for landlords.

Who Emerald of Katong Suits

Emerald of Katong suits families playing the ballot at Tanjong Katong Primary and Haig Girls’, upgraders who want a fresh 99-year lease and a full facilities deck without leaving the east, and buyers who missed the launch and are hunting sub-sale value with clear eyes about the premium. The 288-unit two-bedroom band is the landlord’s entry.

Your exit is only as good as its next buyer. At handover in 2028 the exit audience is that same school-belt family flow, plus tenants who want a new estate with two TEL stations inside a kilometre and the Katong food streets on foot. The international-school cluster within 2km adds a second tenant stream. Our District 15 family guide maps that demand, while our Katong condo guide and Joo Chiat living guide cover the streets themselves.

Fit runs the other way too. If you need keys soon, this is a construction site until 2028 and Tembusu Grand one street over is finished today. If you run two cars, note 670 residential lots against 846 homes and read the allocation rules first. And the pocket still carries large sites in build, so the roads will be busy for a while yet.

Thinking about Emerald of Katong? The live comparison is its sub-sale pricing against Tembusu Grand’s completed resale, and that number usually decides whether you buy here or one street over. Before you commit, speak to us. We’ll run the numbers with you, honest advice, no pressure. WhatsApp us.