Author: Charles Tan
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PropertyGuru Launches Mortgage Pre-Qualifier
Press Release from PropertyGuru PropertyGuru Launches Mortgage Pre-Qualifier Commits to Help 100,000 Malaysians Own their Own Home PropertyGuru Mortgage Pre-Qualifier is a Southeast Asia-first innovation that enables property seekers to increase their chances of securing mortgages As part of the Own Your Home Programme, PropertyGuru is committed to helping 100,000 Malaysians overcome home affordability issues…
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Paradigm’s Asset Enhancement Initiative. What is that? 🙂
Updated on 9 August 2018. Previous photos replaced with official ones from Paradigm PJ. When I first moved to KL over 5 years ago, Kelana Jaya was my home for over a year. Thus, Paradigm Mall was where I go to more than twice every week. It was just opened then. Whether it’s food or…
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Tips to pay down debt and save $$$
When we have extra money to spare, DO NOT SPEND it somewhere. We may even forget where we spent it last month. How about using those extra to pay down our debts. Frankly, I disagree with anyone who thinks that buying many properties at the same time and hopefully flip them will make us rich.…
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Melaka property worth considering. 6 reasons why.
I love Melaka and I think I go to Melaka at least twice per year. If you ask me if Melaka can be a property investment destination, my answer in brief is yes. Objectively, Melaka is NOT within the top 4 property investment destinations in Malaysia. Those 4 would be Greater KL, Penang, Johor and Kota…
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RTS gets in-principle approval. 10,000 travellers in one direction / hour.
High Speed Rail KL – SG has NOT been cancelled. Anyhow the meeting to formally talk about this between our Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali and his Singapore counterpart has not been firmed yet; date wise. He did say however that he had a “positive meeting” with Singapore officials when he went to…
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12-24 months more and Penang will have new LCC airport!
Good news, definitely. How about millions of potential new visitors into Penang? Good news for long-term property owners too. Anyway, this was what was shared by Malaysia Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. He shared that within 12 -24 months, Penang will likely get a new low-cost carrier (LCC) airport to serve airlines like AirAsia. This…
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Do you believe the property bubble is bursting soon?
When sentiment is not that negative and people say something negative, it will usually affect the sentiment further. The herd mentality always apply regardless of whether it’s an investment or just buying the latest smartphone model. Remember that prediction about property bubble bursting? Here’s that prediction: Property Bubble close to bursting After that, in order to…
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Demand vs Supply is never perfect yeah. (It’s about demand and money)
I wrote this article many years ago. It’s about grabbing the opportunity when it presents itself. Here’s that article: Perfect Property with the Lowest Price. It is still true today and the foreseeable future too. Demand and Supply is always a very powerful equation. Marketing students study them and uses it to determine the highest…
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Penang property overhang? Price and Financing issues
I know it’s not an awesome time for Penang property market. I know because the price that I wanted for a condo of mine in Penang is still nowhere near and my real estate negotiator friend kept teasing me. According to Article in NST for reference here: Residential overhang in Penang a major issue. According to the…