The Quartz is a 99-year leasehold condominium at Compassvale Bow in District 19, built by GuocoLand and completed in 2009. Ten blocks of up to 19 storeys hold 625 units on a 21,985 sqm site, and the estate is unusual for one reason: almost every home in it is a family three-bedder. Pair that with six primary schools inside the 1km ballot radius and you have an owner-occupier estate by design, which seventeen years of resale history has not changed.
Buangkok station (NE15) is about 250m on foot, close enough that the North East Line works as the front door, with direct runs to Serangoon, Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront and no transfer. Ranggung, Renjong and Kangkar cover the Sengkang LRT loop within 1km, and the Hougang and Sengkang interchanges sit inside 2km. One stop away, Hougang becomes a Cross Island Line interchange around 2030, a shorter wait than the 2032 Punggol extension serving the estates further north, and it lands at the station The Quartz already uses.
Six primaries sit inside the 1km radius that decides ballot priority: CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity, Montfort Junior School, North Vista Primary, Palm View Primary, Punggol Primary and Yio Chu Kang Primary. Ten more fall between 1km and 2km including Nan Chiau Primary, with Nan Chiau High behind it. Radius only bites in the balloted phases of P1 registration, so read our complete guide to the 2026 Primary One registration and our guide to the top primary schools near District 19 condos before paying a school premium, and measure from your own block across this ten-block site.
The mix is the whole product. Floor plans run about 1,023 to 1,604 sqft across the A, B and C series. No studio stacks and no shoebox tier means no investor churn built into the address. Carpark provisioning is 625 lots against 625 homes and density is light at a plot ratio of 3, both numbers that stopped being standard in newer projects.
Tenure runs 99 years from April 2005, leaving roughly 78 years today, against about 95 for a buyer who took keys at completion. That is five to seven years shorter than the newer Punggol stock nearby, and it is the honest cost of the discount on price. Still a long runway, comfortably inside the band banks and CPF treat without friction, but lease decay compounds quietly, so our 99-year versus freehold guide belongs in any offer with a twenty-year horizon. What the discount actually is comes next.
| UNIT TYPE | TOTAL | SIZES | UNIT MIX | FLOORPLANS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All unit types | 1,023 - 1,604 | A, B & C series | ||
| Overall | 625 | 1,023 - 1,604 |
GuocoLand is an SGX-listed developer with roots since 1976 and a focused expansion into property from the early 1990s. In Singapore, it has a consistent record of on-time, high-quality delivery across residential and mixed-use projects.
Notable projects include Lentor Modern, Midtown Modern, The Avenir, Guoco Tower, and Guoco Midtown, reflecting strong design, placemaking, and integration of transport and amenities. The group develops residential, commercial, hospitality, and integrated precincts, and secures green financing to support sustainable construction. Backed by a well-capitalised balance sheet and active footprints across Asia and the UK, GuocoLand offers buyers reliability, thoughtful layouts, and well-managed communities that hold long-term appeal.
Buangkok grew into this address rather than the other way round. When The Quartz launched the station had very little around it; today the precinct is finished and newer Sengkang and Punggol launches ask well above this estate’s band. That leaves one clear position: the value entry to a precinct that has already arrived. Below: the price band, the single-product floor plan set and the supply picture.
As of June 2026 the last sixty caveats ran between $1,098 and $1,657 psf with a median around $1,442 psf, and the last twelve months carry the same range at a firmer median of $1,536 psf across 26 sales. The newest entries are dated June 2026, a month behind the busier estates nearby, which is what a thinner transaction record looks like.
Where that band sits matters more than the band itself. Among the District 19 estates we have reviewed, only about four of twenty-six neighbours trade cheaper on average, with Compass Heights anchoring the value end near $806 psf and Botanique at Bartley topping the range around $2,420 psf. The Quartz sits in the value tier while holding an MRT at the door, a combination most of that tier lacks. Parc Centros buys a three-minute walk to Punggol interchange at a higher psf, Flo Residence buys more floor area at a lower psf but adds a transfer on most journeys, and A Treasure Trove sits within a kilometre of it. The Quartz is the middle position, an MRT at the door at a price closer to the LRT stock.
The entry price is the draw. Three-bedders starting near $1.5m is upgrader money for a condominium home beside an MRT station, and the quantum buys more floor area than the launches one stop away. The surrounding Sengkang, Buangkok and Hougang flats keep feeding that demand as they exit their Minimum Occupation Period, and our District 19 HDB upgrading checklist walks through how it gets funded. One technical note: The Quartz predates GFA harmonisation, so its strata areas still include features the current rulebook excludes, and the honest comparison against a new launch adjusts for that first.
Working out what a fair offer looks like? Identical layouts make comparison easy, which is exactly why the deal is won on stack, floor and condition. Talk to us before you offer, honest advice, no pressure. WhatsApp us.
GuocoLand built the estate around a single product, the family three-bedder, from about 1,023 to 1,604 sqft, with terrace units on the ground floor and penthouses up top. At 2009-era proportions those layouts carry proper bedrooms, real kitchens and storage a new launch at the same footage cannot match, and our data piece on condo unit types and buyer demand tracks how much usable space the market has given up since.
Run the arithmetic at the $1,442 median and the ladder is short and clear: the 1,023 sqft entry three-bedder lands near $1.48m, a mid-range 1,141 sqft unit about $1.65m and the 1,604 sqft top format close to $2.31m. At the firmer twelve-month median of $1,536 those become roughly $1.57m, $1.75m and $2.46m. Treat them as arithmetic on the caveat record rather than quotes.
The live prints run slightly ahead of that. A 1,141 sqft three-bedder closed at $1,560 psf for $1.78m in June 2026, and a 1,335 sqft penthouse cleared $1,596 psf for $2.13m in April 2026, the reverse of the usual pattern: the large formats here hold their psf instead of discounting. For a buyer the benefit is comparability, because every listing is a close substitute and negotiation rests on evidence rather than one asking price.
The single-product mix cuts both ways and the honest version matters. A couple wanting a compact unit will not find one at The Quartz, and neither will a household that needs four bedrooms; The Minton nearby is the better starting point for larger formats. What you get in exchange is an estate that never competes with its own shoebox stacks for tenants or buyers, a quieter advantage than it sounds.
Being the oldest of the four private estates in the Compassvale subzone is also what makes it the cheapest way into the pocket. Those four hold about 2,494 homes between them and the map is settled, with nothing under construction here and no private project scheduled anywhere in Sengkang after 2026. The nearby field is dense but finished: Jewel @ Buangkok at 616 units from 2016 sits 0.19km away, Riversound Residence adds 590 from 2015, The Luxurie 622 from 2015 and La Fiesta 810 from 2016, with Esparina Residences, Austville Residences and Park Green filling the executive condominium ring. All run 99-year tenure, so the comparison is age, position and price.
The demand side is lopsided in the owner’s favour. Sengkang holds 15,222 private homes against about 77,661 HDB flats, roughly five flats for every private unit, and 64,763 of those flats are 4-room or larger. That is the pool a $1.5m three-bedroom home sells to, and it renews with every wave of flats clearing its Minimum Occupation Period.
Liquidity is the honest weak spot, and it comes from owners staying put. 117 caveats have been lodged since August 2021, roughly 23 sales a year against 625 units and under four per cent of the estate annually. Good for community, and a real consideration for a buyer who needs choice, because listings are fewer and the good stacks do not sit around. Rental yields average about 3.0 per cent, and our rental yields guide explains why family layouts rent well but not efficiently.
The precinct around The Quartz has done the heavy lifting. Sengkang Grand Mall sits one stop away, Buangkok Square is across the estate, Buangkok Hawker Centre handles the morning kopi, and Compass One, Hougang Mall and Rivervale Plaza fall within 2km. Our Buangkok condo guide sets out why this stretch of the purple line prices the way it does, our Sengkang condo guide maps value across the town, the URA Master Plan shows the corridor thickening around its interchanges, and our study of how the Cross Island Line will move prices takes that further.
The Quartz suits HDB upgraders stepping into a first condominium, school-focused families working the 1km ballot map, and owner-occupiers who value a settled, family-heavy community over new-launch sparkle. Because the whole estate is one product, neighbours arrive at the same life stage and demand renews as the next wave of school-age parents comes through.
Your exit audience is that same queue. Renters read it as one of the cheapest ways to put a family into a proper three-bedroom home 250m from an MRT station, with a parking lot per household, so landlords should expect steady multi-year tenancies from school-stage families and a yield that trails the compact stock nearer the interchanges.
Fit runs the other way as well. If you need a compact unit or a four-bedroom format, the estates named above serve you better. If your horizon is short, the April 2005 lease start is the number to test first. And The Quartz is past its seventeenth year, so budget for renovation on original-condition units and walk the common areas, because sinking-fund health shows there first.
Thinking about The Quartz? With every layout close to identical, the difference between a good buy and an average one is stack, floor and condition. That is worth a conversation before you write an offer. Speak to us, honest advice, no pressure. WhatsApp us.
The Quartz has 10 blocks of 19 storeys.
The Quartz rises 19 storeys across 10 blocks.
The Quartz has 625 residential units.
The Quartz offers All unit types (1,023 to 1,604 sqft).
The floor plans we hold for The Quartz are shown on this page. For the full set, a specific stack, or an unblocked-facing recommendation, WhatsApp us and we’ll send them over.
The Quartz sits on a site of about 21,985 sqm (roughly 236,600 sqft).
The Quartz is 99-year leasehold (lease from Apr 2005).
No, The Quartz is a 99-year leasehold development (lease from Apr 2005).
The Quartz is developed by GuocoLand.
The Quartz is at 51 – 73 Compassvale Bow, Singapore – about 250m from Buangkok MRT (NE15).
The Quartz is in District 19 (Serangoon Garden, Hougang, Punggol), in the Outside Central Region (OCR).
The nearest MRT is Buangkok (NE15), about 250m away. Ranggung (SE5), Renjong (SW8) and Kangkar (SE4) LRT stations are also within 1km.
Schools within 1km of The Quartz: CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity, Montfort Junior School, North Vista Primary School, Palm View Primary School, Punggol Primary School, Yio Chu Kang Primary School.
Primary schools within 2km of The Quartz: CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity, Montfort Junior School, North Vista Primary School, Palm View Primary School, Punggol Primary School, Yio Chu Kang Primary School, Anchor Green Primary School and Compassvale Primary School. Of these, CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity, Montfort Junior School, North Vista Primary School, Palm View Primary School, Punggol Primary School and Yio Chu Kang Primary School fall inside the 1km P1 registration radius. Secondary options nearby include North Vista Secondary School, Seng Kang Secondary School, Monfort Secondary School and Nan Chiau High School.
Shopping malls within about 2km of The Quartz include Sengkang Grand Mall, Hougang Green Shopping Mall, Hougang Mall, Kang Kar Mall, Rivervale Plaza and Compass One.
Yes – parks within about 2km of The Quartz include Compassvale Ancilla Park, Marquee @ Hougang St 51, Compassvale Lane Park, Butterfly Garden and Punggol Park.
Based on transactions in the last 12 months, PSF ranges from about $1,098 to $1,656.
Based on recent transactions, 3 Bedroom units start from about $1.46M.
The Quartz has seen average rental yields of about 3.0% based on recent transactions, and the nearest MRT, Buangkok (NE15), is about 250m away. As with any OCR project, your entry price matters more than the address – speak to us for a detailed breakdown before committing.
The Quartz is a good fit for school-focused families – CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity, Montfort Junior School, North Vista Primary School, Palm View Primary School, Punggol Primary School, Yio Chu Kang Primary School are within 1km.
The Quartz is a 99-year leasehold condominium in District 19 developed by GuocoLand, comprising 625 units across 10 blocks. It obtained TOP in 2009.
The Quartz obtained TOP in 2009.
The Quartz is fully completed – TOP was obtained in 2009. Units are now available on the resale market.
Yes. Foreigners can buy The Quartz because it is a private residential development. Foreigners pay 60% Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) on top of the purchase price.
The Quartz is a completed development, so there is no showflat. Viewings of available resale units can be arranged with our sales team.
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Kelvin Sin 9722 2222
Chew Peixuan 9101 5301
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