Author: Charles Tan
-
Property sales may suffer when it’s hillslopes and flood prone areas
We have often been reading about the Klang Valley property market. Here’s one recent one: High end KL condos, future looks brighter? More units coming Do we know what’s happening with the Penang property market? Here’s one article in TheStar quoting many property experts. In brief, Penang’s unsold supply of residential units are concentrated in the higher-end…
-
When price is BIG issue, should we consider ‘Alternative’ property?
Many times, we want to find a cheap property but we do not want to buy a small-sized one. Yet we do not want to buy too far away that an hour of drive is necessary to reach office everyday. I am okay with up to an hour of driving but for some they could…
-
Property market “moving sideways” but launching RM4.05b of GDV in H2 2018
Do you know that you can buy S P Setia for RM2.80 today? Not the whole company yeah but one tiny part of it. I meant 1 unit of their stock in Bursa Malaysia. The potential return is pretty okay, if the analysts are right. According to the average target price by analysts for SPSetia,…
-
SKYROCKETing prices causing people to rent. Oh dear.
I personally believe there are still affordable properties in the market today. I meant the total market including the secondary market, the affordable homes being built today and not just the new launches. I also believe that as long as one is disciplined enough, one can buy a property, even if it’s just a 700…
-
Press Release: No18 Signs Up to Battersea Power Station
Press Release by Sime Darby Property: No18 Signs Up To Battersea Power Station First venue secured by No18 in the UK Members club to create bespoke workspace offering called The Engine Room More than half of commercial space in the Power Station now taken Office space now fully pre-let; retail and leisure space is now actively…
-
‘My project is’ xxx metres from a LRT / MRT? Here’s one 6 metres away.
These days, brochures will always tell all potential buyers how close their development is from the LRT / MRT station, usually a future one. Developers are trying their best to outdo the other projects by telling the buyers that theirs are nearer. Distance wise, it has to be below 500 metres so that one can…
-
Starting it right. RENs can be a career of choice.
Real estate negotiator (RENs) can be a career of choice with the right support. There are many good agencies in the market out there. It will not help if we join one where no one knows anyone and there’s zero trainings and guidance provided by the agency. Joining a good agency will determine the success…
-
Happy 61st Merdeka Day my Malaysia. Always ‘Setia’ to you.
If Malaysia is a working professional, 61 years old would mean the year that the person starts to enjoy his life or starts to worry for his future (retirement). I am just joking. We still have a 93-year old working Malaysian! Thank you as well my PM for telling me that 93 is just a…
-
Press Release: Sime Darby Property is synonymous with quality
Press Release: Sime Darby Property is synonymous with quality The most awarded property developer with 13 High QLASSIC Achievement Awards from CIDB Malaysia ARA DAMANSARA, 21 August 2018 – Sime Darby Property once again emerged as a major winner at the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia’s annual QLASSIC Award 2018, by taking home 13 High QLASSIC Achievement…
-
Investors coming back into the market, improving till 2020.
When we want to know the state of the property market, we could ask our friendly neighbourhood real estate negotiator (REN) friend. Seriously lah. The RENs are usually specialists in a certain area and they are usually friendly. 😛 We could also ask the Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) president Eric Lim Chin Heng. Please…