Actually I dun get it. If own a car and driving, does it matter stay tampines or yishun for that matter ? If talk about mall, is it important to travel all the way down to town when most area already got their own shopping mall ? And seems like pple here like punggol more than woodland or yishun which has a mega mall (north point and causeway point) which makes me puzzled.Buyer got no choice what to do if die die want new and also want to stay in hdb till TOP, then have to swallow the premium for this Yishun EC specially if do not want to change district.
Yishun & Canberra area is like people want to move out from there rather than to go there from other districts. Only price sensitive buyer get attracted to yishun properties because one of lowest prices and all amenities available (Big hospital, Safra, Mega mall, polyclinic etc), and price sensitive buyers do not pay premium when it come to resale hence not much capital gain.
My take is stay near MRT (any MRT) will be fine. Most MRT will have a mall and NTUC beside it already. Usually only weekend then travel around and driving in sg does not take much time to anyway for that matter right ?