Author: Charles Tan
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When average monthly rental reaches RM10,629 per month.
Nope, definitely not in Malaysia. It’s £2,000 per month in London. Here’s that report in homeandproperty.co.uk I know, suddenly everyone wants to tell me that I should compare apple to apple. Londoners are earning £, so surely they have no issues in paying for the £2,000. Noted. The average salary for people working in London as at 2017…
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The bigger the unit, the better it is, definitely. (PPR)
The Housing Development Board of Singapore has this line in their website. “With more than 1 million flats spread across 23 towns and 3 estates, the Singapore brand of public housing is uniquely different. The flats spell home for over 80% of Singapore’s resident population, of which, about 90% own their home.” Here’s the site. I could not…
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What can RM100 so? Unlimited rides? More, actually.
I think many people love our new Transport Minister Anthony Loke because of this statement, “Unlimited monthly public transportation pass to come on board early 2019, says Loke.” That article was in TheEdgeMarkets.com. No, not just those who are taking the public transport today. It will also include those driving to work whose office are…
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Who enjoys more, an investor or a consumer? The answer is…
Every financial guru would tell us to exercise delayed gratification. In brief, it meant we should NOT be materialistic until we really could afford to buy things without a need to ask for the price first. Well, for some of us, that may take like, forever? Haha. Anyway, I personally think delayed gratification is to…
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Property bubble bursting only after 2019. Two reasons, says expert.
Remember just days ago the brouhaha about property bubble about to burst? Here’s that article: Property bubble close to bursting due to 3 reasons. Government must be ready. This ‘prediction’ was widely shared. Anyway, I shared my personal views too about property bubble bursting. There are usually three reasons. Please be reminded that I just a…
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Oh… SST is supposed to benefit property buyers MORE.
Good and service tax (GST) has been zerorised since 1st June 2018. This meant that from 6 percent previously, it has been zero for the past 2 months. This will be in place for one more month since our new or rather reintroduction of sales and services tax (SST) will be in place from 1st…
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With RM1 billion, PTMP will be carried out much faster
Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) is important to the future growth of Penang. Let’s not debate on how much benefits it could being versus the cost. Just like the HSR KL – SG, everything is now muddled. The question everyone should just understand is whether there’s a long term benefit. If it is a yes,…
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Slightly up. Recovery in property market Malaysia?
What are your thoughts about the current state of property market? Getting worse? Or even that property bubble bursting prediction? Hopefully we are wrong in our assessment. Knight Frank is telling us otherwise; market is actually getting better. Should be a piece of good news right? This was what Knight Frank shared in an article in…
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Understanding 3 property bubble bursting signs and more
There are many reasons why a property bubble may start building and later bursting. This was a recent view from an academician. Property bubble close to bursting due to 3 reasons. Government must be ready. This view which was published in many media outlets were widely shared and I have received it from many friends. They…
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Fengshui tips? My learnings from Master Sandy Paw
I arrived early for my talk for iProperty Home & Investment Fair in MidValley and the speaker before me was Master Sandy Paw. (click to go to her FB page). She told the crowd she had over 30 slides but was able to share just a few due to time limitations. She must respect the next speaker.…