15 February 2024
Money and Me: The Singapore Budget "Property" wishlist
Cut the 15-month waiting period, rethink ABSD for Singaporeans to be able to afford a second property and reintroduce Singapore's estate tax for some.
Dr Lee Nai Jia from the PropertyGuru Group and Michelle Martin discuss why Property Guru is recommending a rethink of what the Singapore property market in 2024 needs to balance affordable housing, social equity and Singapore's positioning as a financial hub that welcomes the wealthy.

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4 January 2024
Money and Me : What could drive Singapore property in 2024
Which districts in Singapore are becoming increasingly popular with private condo buyers?Which areas are receiving more recent attention from HDB resale buyers? Which new private launches have made a splash? And will there be fewer million-dollar HDB flats in 2024? We discuss the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Housing Development Board (HDB) Q4 2023 flash estimates, with guest Dr Lee Nai Jia, Head of Real Estate Intelligence, Data and Software Solutions, PropertyGuru Group.

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15 November 2023
Why It Matters: Why 5 in 10 Singaporeans Struggle to Buy Their First Home
More 50% of non-property owners in Singapore are finding it difficult to buy their first home, according to a bi-annual PropertyGuru Consumer Sentiment Study.
Is Singapore property truly unaffordable? How do measure the difference between housing affordability and housing attainability?
Dr Lee Nai Jia, Head of Real Estate Intelligence, Data and Software Solutions, PropertyGuru Group explains. In our conversation, Dr Lee also shares his expectations for Singapore's property landscape in 2024.

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28 April 2023
Weekly Wrap Up: April's property cooling measures, reactions so far, expected impact
As announced late on Wednesday night, foreigners buying any residential property in Singapore from yesterday (April 27) will have to pay an additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) of 60 percent after it was doubled from 30 percent.
While Singaporeans buying their second residential property will pay an ABSD rate of 20 percent, up from 17 percent, while those buying their third and subsequent residential property will have to pay an increased rate of 30 percent, up from 25 percent.
Dr Lee Nai Jia, Head of Real Estate Intelligence, Data and Software Solutions, PropertyGuru Group shares his analysis and more.

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27 December 2022
Powering Your Property: Singapore’s residential property sector to face slow down due to sluggish economic growth in 2023
Despite property market cooling measures and rising interest rates, the demand for homes in Singapore shows no signs of abating, even if a slight slowdown in the pace of inflation can already be observed.
Now, Singapore’s residential property sector is set to face a slow down due to the sluggish economic growth in 2023.
In Powering Your Property, Prime Time's Bharati Jagdish speaks with Dr. Lee Nai Jia, Head of Real Estate Intelligence, Data and Software Solutions, PropertyGuru Group to find out the trends that homeowners, buyers, and renters should be aware of to help guide them in their property journey in the new year.

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29 October 2021
Weekly Wrap Up: HDB's new PHL model — How will it affect property markets?
Bharati Jagdish and Ryan Huang spoke with Lee Nai Jia, Deputy Director, Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies (IREUS) on The Breakfast Huddle about the recently announced tighter buying and selling conditions under a new prime location public housing (PLH) model, and the impact on the property market here.

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10 August 2021
Powering Your Property: Top agents bag the lion's share of HDB resale transactions
In Powering Your Property, hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Dr Lee Nai Jia, Deputy Director, Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies at the National University of Singapore on why the top salespersons are bagging the lion's share of HDB resale units and the outlook for the HDB resale market.

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30 June 2021
Powering Your Property: Singapore Residential Price Index - May 2021 & Q2 Outlook
In Powering Your Property, Rachel Kelly speaks to Dr Lee Nai Jia, Deputy Director of the Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies, National University of Singapore about the Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies'  latest Singapore Residential Price Index and what that means for the private property market in the coming months.

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8 June 2021
Powering Your Property: Are HDB upgraders fueling the mass market demand for condominiums?
Private non-landed homes in the outside central region of Singapore continued to be popular with owner-occupiers upgrading from Housing and Development Board flats.
In Powering Your Property, Rachel Kelly spoke to Dr Lee Nai Jia,  Deputy Director of the Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies to find out why many HDB upgraders are looking to condominiums as their home, fueling the mass market demand for condominiums.

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