Best Condos for Yield-focused investors in District 1 (Raffles Place)

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Key Takeaways
  • Persona: Yield-focused investors
  • District: 1 — Raffles Place, Marina, Cecil, People's Park (CCR)
  • Editorial green matches in this district: 8
  • Showing top: 5 ranked by ShiokNest Score

Who this fits in District 1

Buy primarily for rental return; target gross yield of 3.5%+, typically OCR or RCR.

District 1 (Raffles Place, Marina, Cecil, People's Park) sits in the CCR market segment. The full editorial introduction, related calculators, and cross-segment fit signals for this persona are on the persona hub: /best-for/yield-focused-investors.

For a wider view of every Singapore condo that fits this persona (not just this district), see Top 10 Singapore Condos for Yield-focused investors.

Top 5 condos for Yield-focused investors in District 1

  1. ONE SHENTON · 341 units · ShiokNest Score 59 · 99 yrs lease commencing from 2
    Editorial fit: 'Rental yield investors'. CCR (Core Central Region) location with rental demand profile worth running through our Rental Yield Calculator.
  2. THE CLIFT · 312 units · ShiokNest Score 58 · 99 yrs lease commencing from 2
    Editorial fit: 'Yield-focused investors seeking accessible-quantum CBD rental income'. CCR (Core Central Region) location with rental demand profile worth running through our Rental Yield Calculator.
  3. RIVERWALK APARTMENTS · 118 units · ShiokNest Score 58 · 99 yrs lease commencing from 1
    Editorial fit for Yield-focused investors: RCR (Rest of Central Region) location with rental demand profile worth running through our Rental Yield Calculator.
  4. MARINA BAY RESIDENCES · 428 units · ShiokNest Score 52 · 99 yrs lease commencing from 2
    Editorial fit: 'Rental income investors'. CCR (Core Central Region) location with rental demand profile worth running through our Rental Yield Calculator.
  5. MARINA BAY SUITES · 221 units · ShiokNest Score 52 · 99 yrs lease commencing from 2
    Editorial fit: 'Yield-focused investors'. CCR (Core Central Region) location with rental demand profile worth running through our Rental Yield Calculator.

Live editorial picks for District 1

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

Methodology & Sources

This analysis covers Editorial green pills as of bake date and refreshes every month.

Transaction data sourced from URA REALIS.

  • Ranking: ShiokNest Score, then Investment Score, then alphabetical.
  • Source data: URA REALIS for transactions.
  • Persona vocabulary: 40-persona canonical list at /best-for.
  • Only green editorial fits are listed. Amber and red signals appear on the persona hub.

Median values used to minimise outlier impact. PSF = price per square foot.