Blk 218 Lor 8 Toa Payoh
Completed 1977 · 25 storeys · 96 flats · 50 years 07 months remaining · 15 resale transactions on record · median household income in Toa Payoh: $8,500/mo
25 storeys · completed 1977
What the record shows
A 5-room here sold for $608,000 in Jul 2026. The same flat type in this block averaged $524,500 in 2020 - a gain of $83,500 - about $38 a day while the owner slept.
This block crossed 60 years remaining in 2017 - 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.
Price trend
median PSF by year · ━ this block · ╌ Toa Payoh · gaps = years with no sales here
Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 15
| Month | Type | Storey | Area (sqm) | Price | PSF | Lease left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 5 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 114 | $608,000 | $495 | 50y 07m |
| Sept 2025 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 117 | $695,000 | $552 | 51y 04m |
| May 2025 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 117 | $710,000 | $564 | 51y 08m |
| Feb 2023 | 5 ROOM | 19 to 21 | 119 | $670,000 | $523 | 53y 11m |
| Mar 2022 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 117 | $510,000 | $405 | 54y 11m |
| Dec 2021 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 117 | $528,000 | $419 | 55y 02m |
| Jul 2021 | 5 ROOM | 19 to 21 | 119 | $538,000 | $420 | 55y 07m |
| Aug 2020 | 5 ROOM | 22 to 24 | 114 | $522,000 | $425 | 56y 05m |
| Jun 2019 | 5 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 119 | $488,000 | $381 | 57y 07m |
| May 2019 | 5 ROOM | 22 to 24 | 117 | $520,000 | $413 | 57y 08m |
| Apr 2019 | 5 ROOM | 16 to 18 | 117 | $505,000 | $401 | 57y 09m |
| Jun 2018 | 5 ROOM | 19 to 21 | 117 | $560,000 | $445 | 58y 08m |
| Jun 2018 | 5 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 119 | $490,000 | $383 | 58y 08m |
| Jan 2018 | 5 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 117 | $565,000 | $449 | 59y |
| Oct 2017 | 5 ROOM | 13 to 15 | 117 | $540,000 | $429 | 59y 03m |
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 $7k below this block · 7 vs 3 sales
built 1977 · same generation
5-room median $50k above this block · 6 vs 3 sales
5-room median $7k below this block · 3 vs 3 sales
built 1986 · 9 more lease years than this block
built 1975 · same generation
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.