20 August 2024
Bigger Picture: With rising prices, what is a "dream home" in Singapore nowadays?
If someone asked you to describe your dream home, what would you say? Some want a bigger space, while others say they want a private property, or they want to live closer to the town centre.
ERA’s latest report, called "My Dream Home Survey", has revealed that a significant majority of Singaporeans are ready to invest heavily in their dream homes,
Audrey speaks to Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer, ERA.
Presented and produced by Audrey Siek

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18 July 2024
Mind Your Business: Should you invest in Boutique Condos, and what makes them profitable?
What is a boutique condo?
Why and how does it appeal to homebuyers or investors?
A boutique style condominium typically comes in a mid-rise building, and they offer fewer condo units, roughly 100 units or so, than most other developments.
While they might offer a unique investment opportunity, what is their appreciation value and are there potential drawbacks?
Well, we find out more from Eugene Lim, KEO, ERA Singapore.
Presented by Audrey Siek
This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg)
She produces Mind Your Business, Biz-How-To and Breakfast Special segments on the Breakfast Show.
Do contact her for topics: C-Suite, SME, Startups, Health-tech, Sustainability, Property, Intergenerational Family Business, Industry Outlook, Fintech and trending businesses in town.

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1 February 2023
Money and Me: Key property trends in 2023
Which segments of the Singapore property market are seeing greater price movements? And which areas given what we can see from the government master plan are likely to see long term growth? Michelle Martin investigates with Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer of ERA Realty Network.

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27 September 2022
Transformation of Singapore's East & Housing Needs of the Future
Following the rejuvenation plans for Changi and Paya Lebar, what can homebuyers look forward to in the eastern region of Singapore? And following the Ministry of National Development’s first Forward Singapore engagement session on public housing, what issues need to be addressed during conversations on public housing? Prime Time’s Bharati Jagdish speaks with Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer, ERA Realty Network about Singapore’s urban redevelopment ambitions and housing plans for the future.

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10 August 2021
Money and Me: What type of HDB flats are in demand and where? Will increased construction costs temper sentiment for demand. International Plaza's collective sale and the reinvigoration of the CBD and the top real estate agents dominating HDB resale, who are they and how do we find them?
Michelle Martin and Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer, ERA Realty Network discuss key issues affecting the property market.

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7 July 2021
Money and Me: Home prices, the property market as a whole and the future of office space
Shehzad Haque sitting in for Michelle Martin and Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer, ERA Realty Network discuss home prices in Singapore, a potentially overheating property market and the future of office space.

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28 April 2021
Is competition for land heating up in Singapore? What are your options should you be affected by BTO delays?
Michelle Martin and Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer at ERA Realty take a pulse of Singapore's property market, discuss what the big bets on state land auctions could mean for property prices and what options home buyers have given delays in construction.

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23 April 2021
Money and Me: What could four quarters of price rises signal for the private property market?
Michelle Martin and Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer at ERA Realty discuss the odds of cooling measures, the projection for private home sales, transaction volumes, non-central regions and Mr Tharman's warning about rising interest rates.

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31 March 2021
Money and Me: Overpaying for freehold? After Punggol and Sengkang which resale areas could see resale sales heating up?
Is freehold worth it? Why are Punggol and Sengkang so hot in the resale markets? In the virtual world, are property sales an enduring trend?
Michelle Martin and Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer, ERA Realty Network discuss.

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12 January 2021
Money and Me: What’s ahead for Singapore Property in 2021?
Michelle Martin and Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer, ERA Realty Network Pte Ltd discuss the state of play in the Singapore property market, emerging value in the market, potential recovery and expectations for buyers in 2021.

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22 December 2020
Powering Your Property: Property outlook and trends in 2021
How has the property market been doing? What were the silver linings coming out of impact of the pandemic on the sector? What will be the trends in 2021? Find out from Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer at ERA Realty in Powering Your Property.

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10 November 2020
Money and Me: Lack of data point on foreign buying of property, expectations of cooling measures in 6 months and which market segment is seeing buying action?
Michelle Martin speaks to Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer at ERA Realty Network to discuss the implications of a recent overhaul of the Urban Redevelopment Authority platform removing certain pricing data on foreign buying, good buys in the market, value in the market for luxury properties, findings from the real estate sentiment index and expectations of bank rates for buyers.

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28 October 2020
Would you contribute to rating your real estate agent? And will the Dyson Penthouse sale impact the market?
Michelle Martin speaks to Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer of ERA Realty Network to discuss the Council for Estate Agencies' Guide on best practices for consumer ratings of property agents, increased transparency in the property space and the impact on consumers and buyers and the Dysons selling their Wallich Penthouse at a loss.

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30 September 2020
Influence: What the curbing of multiple OTPs could mean for the property market
Private home sales in August hit a 11 month high with 1,256 new homes sold excluding executive condominiums in August. The Urban Redevelopment Authority announced that developers are restricted from reissuing options to purchase to the same buyer of the same unit within 12 months after the expiry of the earlier option to purchase. Michelle Martin speaks to Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer of the ERA Realty Network to discuss the inception of this initiative, what it means for genuine buyers and the implications for developers.

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