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Leslie Yee

Leslie Yee

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

Leslie Yee is a Senior Correspondent with BT. His focus is on property, where he writes a weekly column The Level Ground. Leslie has a monthly podcast PropertyBT and helps to produce the newsletter Property Insights. He also writes a monthly column on wealth and investing Sense and Cents as well as contributes corporate commentaries.Leslie has over 25 years of experience in banking and real estate. He has worked for foreign financial institutions and regional property groups in Singapore and overseas. Leslie holds a degree in Economics and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

emaillyee@sph.com.sg
Potential economic weakness could lead to softer new private housing demand in late 2027, early 2028
THE LEVEL GROUND

Are developers over-optimistic with bullish housing land bids?

2026-09-07T03:12:59.000Z
Some of Maju Forest may be lost to make way for new homes.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Developing Gillman Barracks and Sunset Way: Don’t mourn losing some green spaces

2026-08-31T04:16:05.000Z
Singaporeans should cheer when companies linked to Temasek, such as DBS, soar.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Cheering DBS’ stellar performance and Temasek’s dominance in economy, stock market

2026-08-25T04:45:26.000Z
Property groups going asset light may find a private platform superior to a Singapore-listed real estate investment trust.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Hongkong Land’s SCPREF shows private funds may trump Reits for asset-light strategies

2026-08-24T03:19:18.000Z
Retrenchments in Singapore climbed to their highest level in more than five years in Q2.
SENSE & CENTS

Salaried workers should learn from entrepreneurs to ensure career longevity

2026-08-18T07:00:00.000Z
While Vers for old HDB flats is a much-needed scheme, its implementation will be tricky.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Vers for old HDB flats: Could the consent threshold be 65%?

2026-08-17T04:57:38.000Z
Many owners of units at ageing condo developments will be happy to be able to divest their homes more easily via a collective sale. 
THE LEVEL GROUND

En bloc changes: More redevelopment of ageing condos, reuse of old buildings yield benefits

2026-08-10T23:00:00.000Z
Many homebuyers, regardless of whether they have young children, are fine paying more to live near popular primary schools.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Consider removing the property proximity advantage in allocating Primary 1 places in schools 

2026-08-03T06:03:26.000Z
Shopping at a Metro department store will soon be a thing of the past.

Metro should abandon the retail business and focus on building condos

2026-08-02T07:00:00.000Z
Home buyers are now not subject to a wait-out period when trading a private home for a resale HDB flat.
COMMENTARY

Mobility wins, more buzz in million-dollar HDB market with lifting of 15-month wait-out period 

2026-07-28T09:34:53.000Z
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