Joyce Lim

Senior Correspondent

Joyce Lim is a senior correspondent with more than 20 years of reporting experience. She currently focuses on property markets and urban policy, examining how regulations and market forces affect communities. She has also reported on politics and major events across Asia, including elections, protests, and natural disasters. Specialising in investigative work, she brings a focus on accountability and the impact of policy on everyday lives.

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New rules, whistle-blowing channel for PropertyLimBrothers after leadership controversy

Mr Adrian Lim (left) with fellow PropertyLimBrothers co-founder Melvin Lim in 2022. The latter resigned from the firm on Jan 25.

Proposed measures to help ageing condos welcomed, but implementation and funding are concerns

Lakeview Estate, a 49-year-old leasehold development in Upper Thomson, has been struggling with issues but lack the funds to carry out major repairs.

Ageing condos could get help to fix estate problems, maintain sinking funds, under new proposal

The review comes at a time when more private residential developments in Singapore have crossed the 30-year mark.

New private home sales rose in January following launch of three projects with over 1,500 homes

Analysts said January’s sales were largely driven by three new launches, including Newport Residences in Anson Road.

Over 100 agents to leave KW Singapore after fallout from PropertyLimBrothers saga

Little India remains big draw for shophouse buyers in 2025 amid a slow market

In PropNex Research’s latest shophouse market report, District 8 (Little India) topped sales in the last three months of 2025.

How to spot a bait property listing

Listings that do not name the project, or use generic facade images or street photos instead of actual unit images, should raise red flags.

‘Too good to be true’: Bait-style listings being used by some property agents to lure buyers

ST reviewed over 100 listings across major portals and found numerous fake and misleading ones. The price for one listing for a Bagnall House unit was changed by the agent after ST contacted him.

Private home prices rose at gentler pace of 3.3% in 2025 even as new home sales hit 4-year high

Overall private residential price index rose at a slower pace of 0.6 per cent in the last three months of 2025.

Fewer property agencies, slower agent growth amid rising costs, tighter anti-money laundering rules

Generic photograph of HDB flats, condominiums, landed properties, private housing in the eastern part of Singapore, as seen during flight on plane on Dec 19, 2025.
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(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

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