Best Condos for P1 school balloting families in District 8 (Little India)

Who this fits in District 8

Families targeting MOE Primary 1 registration in the 1km catchment of a popular primary school.

Within ShiokNest's 40 canonical buyer profiles, P1 school balloting families belongs to the Family Priorities category. It applies to condos, HDB resale and landed homes — matching listings surface wherever the editorial team finds a genuine fit. Each fit signal behind this persona is curated entirely by our editorial team — no automated rule assigns it.

District 8 (Little India) sits in the RCR market segment. The full editorial introduction, related calculators, and cross-segment fit signals for this persona are on the persona hub: /best-for/p1-school-balloting.

For a wider view of every Singapore condo that fits this persona (not just this district), see Top 10 Singapore Condos for P1 school balloting families.

District 8 market pulse

Over the past 12 months, buyers closed 207 non-landed private deals in District 8 (Little India), at an average of S$1,824 psf. Activity at that level supports fair price discovery, but check per-project caveats before anchoring on any single asking price.

Top 5 condos for P1 school balloting families in District 8

1. DORSET MANSIONS · 2 units · ShiokNest Score 82 · Freehold
   Sits within the 1km MOE catchment of one or more popular primary schools — confirm exact distance for your target school.
   Boutique at 2 units: exclusivity comes with fewer comparable sales and higher per-unit upkeep.
2. OWEN 88 · 12 units · ShiokNest Score 82
   Sits within the 1km MOE catchment of one or more popular primary schools — confirm exact distance for your target school.
   Boutique at 12 units: exclusivity comes with fewer comparable sales and higher per-unit upkeep.
3. VERDUN HOUSE · 4 units · ShiokNest Score 82
   Sits within the 1km MOE catchment of one or more popular primary schools — confirm exact distance for your target school.
   At 4 units it is boutique — quieter grounds, but thinner resale liquidity and a smaller maintenance-fee base.
4. 70@TRURO · 24 units · ShiokNest Score 78
   Editorial fit: 'P1 balloting families — CHIJ OLP (430m), St Margaret's Primary (640m)'. Sits within the 1km MOE catchment of one or more popular primary schools — confirm exact distance for your target school.
   Boutique at 24 units: exclusivity comes with fewer comparable sales and higher per-unit upkeep.
5. FARRER PARK SUITES · 29 units · ShiokNest Score 74 · Freehold
   Sits within the 1km MOE catchment of one or more popular primary schools — confirm exact distance for your target school.
   At 29 units it is boutique — quieter grounds, but thinner resale liquidity and a smaller maintenance-fee base. Completed in 2011, it is past its defects period with an established resale track record.

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Live editorial picks for District 8

The list below refreshes whenever editorial pills change, so it can drift from the static top-5 bake above as new matches are seeded: