Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT from The Business Times shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. Episodes feature views and insights from property analysts Maybe other property asset classes, besides residential property investors will be hit with higher taxes. Is there scope for new types of property-related taxes to be introduced? Learn all about property-related taxes and how they impact various physical ...
Jan 25, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT from The Business Times shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. Episodes feature views and insights from property analysts Is Orchard Road appealing to home buyers and office space users? Get insights on property trends in the Orchard Road belt and suggestions to make Orchard Road vibrant with senior correspondent Leslie Yee. Highlights of the podcast: 00:43 Underperforming O...
Dec 21, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT from The Business Times shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. Episodes feature views and insights from property analysts Is it worth paying a premium for a freehold home or one with a longer leasehold tenure? Should one avoid older leasehold private homes or older resale HDB flats, as there is risk of land lease decay? Should one buy an older home with under 60 years of lan...
Nov 23, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT from The Business Times shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. Episodes feature views and insights from property analysts What are the pros and cons of buying uncompleted new private homes off-plan? Can buyers count on the timely delivery of high quality finished products? Singaporeans like to buy new homes and pay premiums for new homes. Amid rising interest rates, not havi...
Oct 26, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. Episodes feature views and insights from property analysts Leasing activity and investment sales activity for good grade office buildings in the Central Business District is strong. Is optimism justified? What are the risks? What are the prospects for Singapore’s office market and what will differentiate the winners from the losers? Les...
Sep 28, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. Episodes feature views and insights from property analysts. Higher home loan rates can crimp the affordability of home buyers. Will new home launches feel the chill from higher mortgage rates? Can it still make sense to borrow to buy a home for investment? Maybe interest rate rises are still manageable in a market dominated by buyers bu...
Aug 24, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT by The Business Times shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. Episodes feature views and insights from property analysts. Is it a good time to shop for a home overseas, especially since homes in Singapore are expensive, yield may be low, and transaction costs can be high? What are the pitfalls to avoid, so one’s overseas home buying journey is a fruitful one? With borders reo...
Jul 27, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT by The Business Times shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. Episodes feature views and insights from property analysts. Can investing in strata commercial spaces pay off, given transaction costs for buying strata office and shop lots may be lower than for buying homes in Singapore? What are the pitfalls to avoid? And how do prospects compare between strata-office and strata...
Jun 22, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. Episodes feature views and insights from property analysts What is happening in the Singapore private homes market post the property cooling measures introduced late last year? Will volume pick up? What segments are showing strength? Can new home buyers expect to find good deals? Leslie also looks at prospects in the residential en bloc...
May 25, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey. What should property investors do in the wake of the property cooling measures introduced late last year? Are homes still a good investment? Perhaps look at commercial real estate or venture overseas. Leslie explores this and gets comments from analysts as well. Highlights of the podcast: 02:13 Prospects for Singapore homes (including c...
Apr 27, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Synopsis: Hosted by senior correspondent Leslie Yee, PropertyBT shares insights on all things Singapore property to help you on your property investment journey, including comments from industry players. In this episode of PropertyBT, Leslie delves into the topic of the purchase of build-to-order or BTO flats from the Housing & Development Board or HDB. He suggests raising the income ceiling for the purchase of BTO units so that more people can have a chance to snare highly sought after BTO ...
Mar 23, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Synopsis: Get insights from The Business Times on all things Singapore property, to help you in your property investment journey from senior correspondent Leslie Yee and industry players. In this episode, senior correspondent Leslie Yee discusses his article arguing that physical offices continue to be relevant despite the rise of remote working and that Grade A spaces will outperform. It also features the take of property analysts’ on the future of Singapore’s office buildings. Highlights (clic...
Feb 23, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Synopsis: Get insights from The Business Times on all things Singapore property, to help you in your property investment journey from senior correspondent Leslie Yee and industry players. In this episode, senior correspondent Leslie Yee discusses his article arguing that private homes in Singapore are not far too expensive. It also features property analysts’ takes on the affordability of private homes and the impact of the latest property cooling measures. Highlights (click/tap above): 00:58 Le...
Jan 26, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Synopsis: Get insights from The Business Times on all things Singapore property, to help you in your property investment journey from senior correspondent Leslie Yee and industry players. In this episode, correspondent Howie Lim hosts senior correspondent Leslie Yee to discuss the exclusion of singles from the new PLH model and its investment viability. It also features comments from property analysts. Highlights (click/tap above): 01:25 Leslie's take on why it is detrimental to exclude singles ...
Dec 22, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Synopsis: Get insights from The Business Times on all things Singapore property, to help you in your property investment journey from senior correspondent Leslie Yee and industry players. In this episode, BT digital editor Chris Lim hosts senior correspondent Leslie Yee to discuss his article Renting can be a viable alternative to owning a private home in Singapore . It also features property analysts’ take on it. Highlights (click/tap above): 00:56 Why explore the financial viability of renting...
Nov 24, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 1
