Author: Charles Tan
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See you in Kota Kinabalu: HOC 2019 – “10 things a first time home buyer must know.”
I think this is the first time I am speaking in Kota Kinabalu. I love Kota Kinabalu and has been travelling there at least once a year ever since I married my Sabahan wife. She’s from Sandakan. The event that I will be speaking in is Home Ownership Campaign Expo 2019 organised by Shareda and…
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Investing to grow our wealth with low management fees and low entry cost?
Is stock investment scary for many? I think it is. According to a survey of Americans, 61% of all adults think of stock investment as “scary or intimidating.” The survey here. That’s a pretty scary survey result I think. 61% is a very high number. I could not find a similar survey done for Malaysia…
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Measures to boost the property market
It’s not easy for the government and all stakeholders when it comes to a mismatch in the property market. The people wants to buy homes but they want it to be affordable and it must be in a good location and at least have good features which they want. The current unsold units point to…
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Deflation better than inflation, right? 😛
Malaysians are worried about inflation. In fact every time the official inflation numbers are announced, it’s always considered as unrealistic. Then, everyone would claim that food prices are increasing so much because ringgit’s depreciating. Some parts of this argument about inflation is accurate. Well, now everyone wakes up to the news that Malaysia has hit…
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Toll to drop… eventually. (somehow)
This is more for KLites. Paying toll comes naturally these days. We want to get to some place faster, we need to pay toll. Of course, there are times when even when we pay tolls, we are still stuck in a jam. Actually, it’s not advisable to have ever increasing number of cars on the…
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PR1MA projects frozen pending PWC due diligence report.
PR1MA is a good programme at its core; quality affordable homes for the people. However, simply building ever more homes under PR1MA programme is not going to help the situation because what’s built MUST be sold. Else, it adds up into the unsold stocks. As it is, the problem is already pretty huge. Earlier article…
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Sabah: Home Ownership Campaign happening from 1-3 March 2019!
Home Ownership Campaign Expo happening this weekend! What’s in it for you? The Sabah Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (SHAREDA) and Property Hunter is organizing the Home Ownership Campaign Expo 2019 that will be held on 1-3 March at Dewan Foo Chow in KK. This initiative is in line with the government’s effort to…
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Decathlon: Great selection, good prices and fun for kids
As a guy, I am in the minority when it comes to shopping. I meant I love to shop! I am not the kind that goes to a mall, buys what I need and leave. I am definitely not a guy with two pairs of leather shoes; one black and one loafer for example. I…
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New RENs? Your friends should buy / sell via YOU.
I recently had a good 2-hour coffee break with a close friend. She’s semi-retired after leaving her senior manager role in the corporate world around 2 years ago. She told me that she recently joined a real estate agency as a REN. I congratulated her because this is a great career. She sheepishly replied that…
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Loss in revenue, gains for the rakyat
The reason I put the title as such is to tell everyone that when it comes to public transport, it is important for the public to enjoy as much as possible; lower rates. However, by giving lower rates, it will also mean that the government will have to subsidise the potential loss in revenue from…
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Property thoughts: Better to Rent or Buy?
A good friend in Melaka asked me this question recently. If it is Melaka, should we buy or should we rent? Actually, for Melaka, when we look at the median property price today, it’s BEST to buy. Potential project? Waiting until price becomes higher is not a good option. However, today let’s look at things…
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4 babies is all it takes to have ZERO income tax for life
How many babies would you like to have? When I first got married, my wife and I decided on 3. Today we have 2. My wife said, ‘kedai sudah tutup.’ (factory shutdown) Haha… For an ageing nation like Singapore, they offer cash bonus of S$8,000 (RM24,000) – SG$10,000 (RM30,000) per baby! That’s not all, there’s…