Penang Island
Mount Erskine
Mid-density northern coast — hawker culture meets new condo stock
Condo PSF
RM 450–700
Active projects
0
What is the average PSF in Mount Erskine in 2026?
Most condos in Mount Erskine are priced at roughly RM450–700 per sq ft in 2026, based on asking and launch prices across the condo projects we track in the area. These are asking prices, not transacted prices.
- Condo PSF rangeRM 450–700
Character
Mid-density landed/condo mix on the Tanjung Tokong border, 4 km NW of George Town centre. Anchored by the famous Mount Erskine Hawker Centre and clustered condo blocks (Mont Residence, Puncak Erskine, Peak Residences). Distinct character from Jesselton Heights — denser, more affordable, with a working hawker-food identity.
Lifestyle scorecard
Zac's honest 1–10 rating across the dimensions buyers care about most.
✅ Pros
- Mount Erskine Hawker Centre — destination food anchor
- Dalat International School within 1 km
- Clustered condo supply with broad PSF band (RM332–897/sf)
- Mount Erskine underpass (Q4 2026 start) addresses chronic congestion
- Tanjung Tokong border location — premium amenities accessible
⚠️ Cons
- Mount Erskine area is one of Penang's most congested
- Not on funded LRT alignment
- Older walk-up stock at lower end of PSF band requires renovation
- Underpass construction (2026–2028) will worsen near-term traffic
Transaction benchmark
Mont Residence current sale band; Puncak Erskine Brickz 01/04/2024-06/03/2025Condo PSF (low)
RM 332
Condo PSF (high)
RM 897
Sample
Project anchors: Puncak Erskine 26 non-landed tx, median RM200k / RM332/sf (older walk-up); Mont Residence current sale band RM555-RM897/sf (newer 38-storey freehold, completed 2018, 473 units); Peak Residences ~RM700-800/sf.
Brickz indexes Mount Erskine as a street/project sub-locality within Tanjung Tokong; no clean Brickz median for Mount Erskine itself. Wide PSF band reflects mix of older walk-ups (Puncak Erskine) and newer high-rises (Mont Residence).
Sources
For unit-by-unit recent transactions on any specific Mount Erskine project, ask Zac for the latest →
📈 What to watch over the next 3 years
Verifiable upcoming events from named, dated announcements — not price speculation.
- Mount Erskine Underpass (Jalan Mount Erskine to Jalan Burma, ~700m, RM330m, federal + MBPP co-funded under Budget 2026) expected to begin construction Q4 2026. Utility relocation alone may take 18 months. Tunnel entrance near Kwangtung & Tengchow Funeral Parlour; exit near Penang Adventist Hospital. Construction-phase disruption is the headline near-term risk.
- Transport activists (FMT, Penang Forum) have criticised the underpass as a short-term fix that does not solve long-term congestion — implies sustained traffic pain through 2028 even after completion.
- Not on funded Mutiara LRT alignment; transit-access uplift over the next 3 years accrues to Bayan Lepas / KOMTAR area, not this northern coast.
- Limited new condo launches in-suburb means resale stock (Mont Residence, Peak Residences, Puncak Erskine) faces less new-supply competition than Tanjung Tokong.
Every project in Mount Erskine, priced
All 5 tracked projects — 0 selling, 5 trading sub-sale. Rendered from our project records, so a correction updates this table everywhere it appears.
There is no active launch in Mount Erskine right now. Everything here trades sub-sale.
Sub-sale — 5 projects
| Project | Price | PSF | Tenure | Land title | Built | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRI Pinnacle | RM300K–RM550K | 508–625 | Freehold | confirm | 2018 | sub-sale |
| Taman Skyridge | RM320K–RM508K | 414–624 | Freehold | Residential | 2018 | sub-sale |
| The Peak Residences | RM450K–RM1.2M | — | Freehold | confirm | 2011 | sub-sale |
| Mont Residence | RM590K–RM990K | 507–783 | Freehold | Residential | 2018 | sub-sale |
| The Latitude @ Mount Erskine | RM688K–RM1.2M | 456–700 | Freehold | confirm | — | sub-sale |
Price bands
Foreign buyers
2 of 5 have at least one unit clearing the island minimum (RM1M strata, RM3M landed). 3 do not: Mont Residence, Taman Skyridge, TRI Pinnacle. The threshold depends on property type, not title class.
Title & tenure
- 3 have no land title on record. Confirm it in writing before committing — it changes your financing.
Narrow it down
Filtered views of Mount Erskine stock — each one a live list, not a static page.
Projects in Mount Erskine
0 selling · 0 upcoming · 5 completed
More on Mount Erskine
Guides and comparisons specific to this area.
Mont Residence and Peak Residences clear the RM1m island minimum; older walk-ups (Puncak Erskine, RM200k median) do NOT meet foreign-buyer threshold and are local-buyer-only stock.
Foreign buyer guides →Hero photo: Cmglee, Wikimedia Commons · CC-BY-SA-4.0
Sources & data gaps (1)
Honest list of what couldn't be verified from public sources for this area (research completed 2026-06-24). These need Zac's direct input.
- •Condo PSF band is the range of PROJECT MEDIAN asking PSF across 4 verified sub-sale projects (Aug 2026) — a typical-unit band, not the absolute min-max of every listing, so it stays usable for area-vs-area comparison.