Blk 216 Lor 8 Toa Payoh
Completed 1975 · 25 storeys · 96 flats · 48 years 09 months remaining · 20 resale transactions on record · median household income in Toa Payoh: $8,500/mo
25 storeys · completed 1975 · shops below
What the record shows
A 5-room here sold for $688,000 in Dec 2025. The same flat type in this block averaged $556,500 in 2020 - a gain of $131,500 - about $60 a day while the owner slept.
In this block, 5-room flats from floor 17 up have sold for a median of $683,000 - $102,000 more than floors 8 and below, same flat type, same block.
This block crossed 60 years remaining in 2014 - the line where CPF usage rules tighten for buyers. In Toa Payoh over the last two years, flats below that line sold at a median 47% below their younger neighbours' PSF (967 sales).
Across Toa Payoh, roughly 3,491 flats in newly-completed blocks reach the end of MOP between 2026 and 2028 - new sellers entering this market.
Rent check
What flats in this block actually rented for in the last 12 months - official approvals, not listings. If you’re quoted much more, you have a number to negotiate with.
| Type | Block median | Range | Toa Payoh median | Gross yield | Rented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-ROOM | $2,900/mo | $2,900–$2,900 | $4,000/mo | - | 1 |
Price trend
median PSF by year · ━ this block · ╌ Toa Payoh · gaps = years with no sales here
The height gradient
every sale in 5 years, plotted by starting floor · 12 sales - do higher floors really fetch more here?
Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 20
| Month | Type | Storey | Area (sqm) | Price | PSF | Lease left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 114 | $688,000 | $561 | 48y 09m |
| Dec 2025 | 5 ROOM | 19 to 21 | 114 | $683,000 | $557 | 48y 09m |
| Jul 2025 | 5 ROOM | 22 to 24 | 114 | $730,000 | $595 | 49y 01m |
| Apr 2024 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 119 | $638,000 | $498 | 50y 04m |
| Jan 2024 | 5 ROOM | 19 to 21 | 117 | $698,000 | $554 | 50y 09m |
| Jul 2023 | 5 ROOM | 19 to 21 | 114 | $693,000 | $565 | 51y 01m |
| Jan 2023 | 5 ROOM | 22 to 24 | 117 | $668,000 | $530 | 51y 08m |
| Jan 2023 | 5 ROOM | 22 to 24 | 119 | $660,000 | $515 | 51y 08m |
| Aug 2022 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 114 | $638,000 | $520 | 52y 01m |
| Jun 2022 | 5 ROOM | 16 to 18 | 117 | $628,000 | $499 | 52y 03m |
| Mar 2022 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 117 | $524,000 | $416 | 52y 06m |
| Jan 2022 | 5 ROOM | 22 to 24 | 114 | $620,000 | $505 | 52y 08m |
| Jun 2021 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 114 | $520,000 | $424 | 53y 03m |
| May 2021 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 114 | $527,000 | $429 | 53y 04m |
| Nov 2020 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 117 | $520,000 | $413 | 53y 10m |
| Dec 2019 | 5 ROOM | 25 to 27 | 114 | $510,000 | $416 | 54y 08m |
| Jun 2019 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 114 | $500,000 | $407 | 55y 03m |
| Apr 2019 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 114 | $516,000 | $421 | 55y 04m |
| Dec 2018 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 117 | $525,000 | $417 | 55y 09m |
| Aug 2017 | 5 ROOM | 22 to 24 | 117 | $600,888 | $477 | 57y |
Who lives in Toa Payoh
Census of Population 2020 · planning-area aggregates · SingStat via data.gov.sg
The neighbourhood
What sits around this address - distances computed from official OneMap and LTA records.
The neighbourhood, photographed
freely-licensed photographs taken within ~450 m · Wikimedia Commons
Around this block
The nearest blocks by actual distance - street names are postal artifacts, so true neighbours often sit on a different road. Price gaps are median-vs-median on the flat type both blocks actually trade.
5-room median within $5k of this block
built 1975 · same generation
5-room median $7k above this block · 3 vs 3 sales
5-room median $57k above this block · 6 vs 3 sales
built 1974 · same generation
built 1986 · 12 more lease years than this block
Condos nearby
The private premium, measured: the nearest condo trades at 3.7×this block’s PSF.
Grounded in this block’s own resale record, trend and lease - ask away.