PropertyBT
by The Business Times
Latest episode
Ensuring the Singapore Reit sector stays relevant
Ensuring the Singapore Reit sector stays relevant
About this podcast
Get insights from The Business Times on all things Singapore property, to help you in your property investment journey. Hosted by Leslie Yee. A podcast of BT Correspondents.
Produced by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 61 episodes
- Ensuring the Singapore Reit sector stays relevant · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 60Get insights on the big issues facing Singapore Reits. Does the external management model work? How will Reits cope with higher interest rates? Learn about challenges facing…
- Making sense of financial numbers driving big-bucks real estate decisions · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 59Get insights on the numbers driving property deals and decision making. Are yields of Singapore properties too low? Does being green help improve a property’s valuation? Learn…
- Lifting the hood on changing needs of home buyers and tenants · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 58Get insights on what matters when people look for a home and PropertyGuru’s value proposition. How do people search for homes? What do buyers and tenants want? Learn about how AI…
- Prospects and challenges for Singapore's hotel industry: the impact of AI and robots · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 57Get insights on latest developments, trends and challenges in the vital hospitality sector. How does a homegrown hospitality management group compete? Will more locals be drawn…
- On super-tall HDB flats, affordability of HDB resale flats and housing aspirations of singles · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 56Get insights on latest developments and hot button issues in HDB housing. Will super-tall HDB blocks offer good homes? Are we heading to S$1 million BTO flats and S$2 million HDB…
- Who are buying private homes and how do agents stay relevant? With PropNex’s CEO Kelvin Fong · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 55Get insights on what is driving home buyers to buy pricey condos despite mounting economic uncertainties. In this episode of PropertyBT, host Leslie Yee chats with PropNex’s CEO…
- What potential benefits can technology bring to the way we transact homes? · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 54Get to grips with how technology can disrupt the house hunting journey to the benefit of consumers. In this episode of PropertyBT, host Leslie Yee chats with realsmart.sg’s…
- China's real estate market: A rebound in sight? · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 53Examine the state of play with Chinese consumers, retailers, mall owners and tourists. Host Leslie Yee chats with seasoned China hand Cecilia Tan, former CEO of the manager of…
- Is buying Reits and shares in property developers better than investing directly in physical property? · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 52Examine the investment landscape today and understand the risk-reward of various property investment types. In this episode of PropertyBT, host Leslie Yee chats with veteran…
- Is it better investing in commercial property instead of residential property? · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 51Examine the state of play and outlook in private housing, office property and retail spaces. In this episode of PropertyBT, host Leslie Yee chats with Realion’s head honcho…
- Where is Singapore's housing market headed in 2026? · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 50What will 2026 hold for HDB resale flats, new condos, resale condos and landed homes? In this episode of PropertyBT, host Leslie Yee chats with Ismail Gafoor of PropNex. We…
- Is there gold in green buildings? · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 49Singapore’s skyline is growing fast — but how green are the buildings we live, work and play in? This week on PropertyBT, senior correspondent Leslie Yee sits down with Schneider…
- Can Vers solve HDB’s 99-year lease decay problem? · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 48By the 2030s, nearly 300 of Singapore’s earliest HDB blocks will enter the final 30 years of their 99-year leases. In this episode of PropertyBT, Leslie Yee unpacks the…
- Is Singapore retail property in dire straits? · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 47What ails retail, F&B and nightlife in Singapore? In this episode of PropertyBT, host Leslie Yee chats with Knight Frank Singapore’s retail head Ethan Hsu. We explore the…
- Bringing life to state properties · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 46Can state properties become vibrant spaces that create economic and societal value? In this episode of PropertyBT, host Leslie Yee chats with Singapore Land Authority’s Carrie…
- Making property agents do better by consumers · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 45What should be done with rogue agents, inactive agents and big agencies dominating the market? In this episode of PropertyBT, host Leslie Yee chats with Prof Sing Tien Foo to…
- Why GuocoLand’s bet on new condos is paying off: PropertyBT · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 44Why are Singaporeans so smitten with shiny new condos? In this episode of PropertyBT, host Leslie Yee chats with GuocoLand’s Dora Chng to unpack what’s driving the demand—from…
- Will Singapore commercial properties survive the trade war? PropertyBT · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 43Half-way into 2025, Singapore has a new government, and the world has a new trade war. Should we be bracing for another downturn for Singapore’s commercial properties? But don’t…
- What’s next for this Singaporean real estate family empire? PropertyBT · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 42What does it take to grow a real estate empire in Singapore? In this episode, Leslie Yee hears from Rachel Teo, director of Daniel Teo group of companies, about carving her own…
- How property valuers silently shape Singapore’s market: PropertyBT · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 41When you apply for a mortgage, the bank will hire a property valuer to evaluate the property. Have you ever wondered how the valuer arrives at their final number? And is that…
