Blk 54 Lor 5 Toa Payoh
Completed 1967 · 12 storeys · 176 flats · 40 years 06 months remaining · 18 resale transactions on record · median household income in Toa Payoh: $8,500/mo
12 storeys · completed 1967
What the record shows
A 2-room here sold for $278,000 in Jan 2026. The same flat type in this block averaged $228,750 in 2020 - a gain of $49,250 - about $22 a day while the owner slept.
In this block, 2-room flats from floor 8 up have sold for a median of $295,000 - $33,750 more than floors 4 and below, same flat type, same block.
This block crossed 60 years remaining in 2006 - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-ROOM | $2,300/mo | $2,000–$2,700 | $2,300/mo | - | 5 |
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 18
| Month | Type | Storey | Area (sqm) | Price | PSF | Lease left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 2 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 43 | $278,000 | $601 | 40y 06m |
| Nov 2025 | 2 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 43 | $280,000 | $605 | 40y 08m |
| Sept 2025 | 2 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 43 | $275,000 | $594 | 40y 09m |
| May 2025 | 2 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 43 | $295,000 | $637 | 41y 02m |
| Jan 2025 | 2 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 43 | $280,000 | $605 | 41y 07m |
| Sept 2024 | 2 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 43 | $270,000 | $583 | 41y 11m |
| Sept 2023 | 2 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 43 | $260,000 | $562 | 42y 09m |
| Apr 2023 | 2 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 43 | $240,000 | $519 | 43y 03m |
| Jun 2022 | 2 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 43 | $242,000 | $523 | 44y 01m |
| Dec 2021 | 2 ROOM | 01 to 03 | 55 | $252,500 | $427 | 44y 06m |
| Nov 2021 | 2 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 43 | $240,000 | $519 | 44y 07m |
| Aug 2021 | 2 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 43 | $228,000 | $493 | 44y 10m |
| Apr 2021 | 2 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 43 | $225,000 | $486 | 45y 03m |
| Jul 2020 | 2 ROOM | 07 to 09 | 43 | $185,000 | $400 | 46y |
| Feb 2020 | 2 ROOM | 04 to 06 | 43 | $180,000 | $389 | 46y 04m |
| Jun 2019 | 2 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 43 | $215,000 | $465 | 47y 06m |
| Oct 2017 | 2 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 43 | $225,000 | $486 | 48y 09m |
| Jun 2017 | 2 ROOM | 10 to 12 | 43 | $236,000 | $510 | 49y |
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.
2-room median $9k below this block · 4 vs 6 sales
built 1967 · same generation
built 1966 · same generation
built 1967 · same generation
built 1998 · 32 more lease years than this block
built 1967 · same generation
Condos nearby
The private premium, measured: the nearest condo trades at 3.4×this block’s PSF.
Grounded in this block’s own resale record, trend and lease - ask away.