Floor height is one of the main factors in developer pricing. It almost goes without saying that, as far as new launches go, a higher floor will cost more than a lower one. Even floor height discounts only have meaning because of this assumption; otherwise “all-floors-same-price” wouldn’t be much of a sales promo.
But just because you paid a steep premium for a higher floor, does that mean it will carry over when you sell? Or does the high floor advantage vanish in the resale market, where subsequent buyers focus on other fundamentals like layout, size, renovations, etc.?
In this piece, we look at how floor price premiums behave across districts, unit sizes, and property age – and whether those premiums meaningfully translate into better resale outcomes across different transaction types.
To examine this, we looked at resale and sub sale transactions from January 2024 to November 2025, comparing only units that...