Toa Payoh Property Guide: Prices, Blocks and What Comes Next
Updated 2026-09-28
Toa Payoh is Singapore's oldest satellite town and now one of its strongest HDB resale markets, with median four-room prices crossing S$1 million. This guide covers what specific blocks are fetching, transport from Toa Payoh MRT (NS19), schools, and the 1,600-unit BTO wave arriving from October 2026.
Living in Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh was Singapore's first satellite town built entirely by the HDB, and it remains one of the most complete places to live in the central region. The town centre packs a shopping mall at HDB Hub, a fully air-conditioned bus interchange, a library, a sports complex and hawker centres within a few minutes' walk of the MRT station.
The estate wears its history openly. The mosaic Dragon Tower playground in front of Block 240 Lorong 1 is one of only two of its kind left in Singapore, a survivor from the era when HDB built its own bespoke playgrounds. Older low-rise blocks along Lorong 1 through Lorong 8 sit alongside newer DBSS towers and private condominiums, which gives buyers an unusually wide spread of ages, sizes and prices in one town.
What are HDB flats in Toa Payoh selling for?
Median resale prices in Toa Payoh crossed S$1 million for four-room flats and S$1.1 million for five-room flats in the first quarter of 2026. In the second quarter, Toa Payoh recorded 66 million-dollar HDB transactions, the highest of any town in Singapore, ahead of Queenstown and Bukit Merah.
The momentum is broad-based. In the first quarter of 2026, 52 of the 102 flats resold in the town changed hands for a million dollars or more, and the year-to-date count reached 159 by July. On Hombble there are currently 376 live listings around Toa Payoh station, of which 158 are HDB flats and 166 are condominiums, with an average asking price of S$2,370,309 across all types at an average of S$1,424 per square foot.
Which blocks along Lorong 1 and Lorong 1A fetch the highest prices?
The blocks at 138, 138A and 138B Lorong 1A Toa Payoh form The Peak @ Toa Payoh, a DBSS project that holds the town's five-room price record. A mid-floor unit at 138A sold for S$1.6 million in January 2025, the first HDB resale in Singapore to reach that threshold, at roughly S$1,270 per square foot for 1,259 square feet.
Searches for older addresses such as 107 and 161 Lorong 1, 116 Lorong 2, 10B Lorong 7 and 218 Lorong 8 point to the estate's original stock, which trades well below the DBSS peaks and offers some of the most affordable central-region entry points in the town. Buyers weighing these blocks should check remaining lease carefully, since much of the early Toa Payoh stock dates from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Prices for specific blocks vary with floor, size and lease, so recent transactions for the exact block are the reliable guide.
How well connected is Toa Payoh MRT?
Toa Payoh station (NS19) on the North South Line puts the town two stops from Bishan and a direct run to Orchard, City Hall and Raffles Place. The station sits directly beneath the town centre, next to HDB Hub and the bus interchange, so most errands need no train at all.
The wider town is served by three stations: Toa Payoh (NS19), Braddell (NS18) and Caldecott (CC17), where the Circle Line interchange opens up the east and west of the island. This three-station coverage is a large part of why central-region buyers who are priced out of Bishan and Novena keep landing here.
Schools and everyday amenities
Toa Payoh has eight primary schools, including CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh) at 628 Lorong 1, Pei Chun Public School, Kheng Cheng School and First Toa Payoh Primary School. CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) serves the town at secondary level, and the concentration of schools within one estate is a persistent draw for families planning around the primary school priority radius.
For daily life, HDB Hub anchors the town centre with retail and supermarkets, while Zhongshan Mall and Shaw Plaza sit at the fringes. Hawker centres along the lorongs, the Toa Payoh Sports Complex and the public library round out an estate that was deliberately planned to be self-sufficient.
What is being built in Toa Payoh next?
The biggest change on the horizon is the Toa Payoh West BTO next to Caldecott MRT, confirmed for the October 2026 sales exercise. It will bring about 1,600 units across five blocks, including 590 two-room flexi flats, 580 four-room flats, 230 public rental flats and 240 Community Care Apartments for seniors, a first for the town.
Beyond that launch, more than 10,000 additional homes are planned across Toa Payoh West and Mount Pleasant over the next decade, alongside a new mixed-use development with private homes and a shopping centre similar in scale to Woodleigh Mall. The Toa Payoh Integrated Development, a new sports and lifestyle hub, is expected to complete by 2030. For owners of existing flats, fresh supply cuts both ways, but the record of the past two years suggests demand for a matured central town with this much infrastructure runs deep.