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2019 is THE year when home prices strengthen. KL and Penang ‘best buy’

May 15, 2018

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in Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props, Property Penang

‘It’s not easy to get a good price for a 1,000 sq ft condo in Penang currently,’ says my close friend, Mr. VS who’s a real estate negotiator in Penang. (If you want to buy properties in Penang, let me know and I will connect you to him) He added that he based his views…

The 6 steps of AirBnB property investing

May 14, 2018

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment

Do you know that there are now over 31,900 AirBnB listings by property owners in Malaysia? (Latest report in TheStar, dated 17 March 2018) Would you like to venture into this potentially lucrative short-term rental business? Many successful AirBnB property owners have reported profits which are above what they could from the longer term rentals.…

Manifesto on affordable homes for Malaysians. Let’s Do It!

May 12, 2018

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Charles Tan

in Condos and High-Rise, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

Malaysia should have 1 million affordable homes built within 2 terms. That’s our new government’s promise in its manifesto. My belief is the same regardless of the government but I think with the federal government in control of many state governments, it should be easier to work as a team. Remember, this is for Malaysians…

When sentiment turns positive … plus good fundamental.

May 12, 2018

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Charles Tan

in IPO / Equity / Stock Market, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

Need positive stories, quotes and even videos? As at 11th May 2018, there are a lot of these on Facebook of Malaysians. For non-Malaysians, it’s time to have at least a few Malaysian friends. Haha. Okay, coming back to business. The Malaysian stock market will end higher in less than a month or perhaps longer…

Cyberjaya, an update. May become even more successful yeah. 😛

May 11, 2018

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

Our 4th Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad launched Cyberjaya in 17 May 1997. Yes, as at yesterday (10th May 2018), he is now our 7th Prime Minister. I think if Tun were to be officiating any events there in the near future, it would give a real sense of deja vu to him and everyone who worked…

A different purpose for Rent-to-Own. Different from just affordable home.

May 11, 2018

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

What’s the main difference between Rent-to-Own (RTO) versus affordable homes? Why not just build homes which are below RM200,000 so that most of everyone could afford to buy one? The difference is RM34,000. Okay, for those scratching your heads right now, that difference is the downpayment plus all the other fees. The image shows the…

Malaysia as a property destination? Your investment is safe. I know.

May 11, 2018

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Charles Tan

in Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

An article by South China Morning Post on the morning of 9th May 2018 starts with this sentence, “Malaysia’s general election on Wednesday, which has highlighted political uncertainty in the country, may crimp the confidence of Chinese investors, sparking an investor flight towards Singapore property, at least in the short term, analysts said.” (Well, hopefully…

Positives. Indirectly showing the potential for Kuala Lumpur

May 10, 2018

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Charles Tan

When I started travelling to Singapore for meetings 20 years ago, there were just one choice of flight. The ‘partnership’ of MAS / SIA. The price was also exorbitant. If I remember correctly, around RM800 per return trip. These days, I could fly 4 return trips and still have change for many lattes in Starbucks.…

Happy voting and tomorrow can start viewing dee…

May 9, 2018

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Charles Tan

in Uncategorized

Today, we rest a bit yeah. Just a very short article though there are already a number of saved articles. Mengundi itu dah pasti ya? Itu kewajipan kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia untuk negara tercinta ya. Here’s a nice song for everyone too. Sejahtera Malaysia. ‘Seia, Sekata, Sehati, Sejiwa, Menghadapi Cabaran.’ Remember yeah, we are all Malaysians.…

Cheras’ RM11 billion GDV and nearly 4,000 residential units for DBKL.

May 8, 2018

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Charles Tan

in Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

Building homes for the public and awarded with a piece of land in Cheras. The developer is Retro Highland (50 percent owned by SP Setia) and the public housing project is for Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL). The gross development value (GDV) for that piece of Cheras land is RM11.03bil. Retro Highland is a special purpose vehicle…

Lending to everyone is not helping the borrower, actually.

May 6, 2018

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Charles Tan

in Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props, Personal Finance

If we are buying a RM300,000 property and could not get our loans approved, should some financial institution approve it so that we could still buy that RM300,000 property? Well, there is a potential new bank which will be set up to lend to borrowers for homes worth below RM300,000. Okay, there are no further…

Affordability of homes getting worse or better, now and future.

May 6, 2018

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

Is it easy to buy a place that has what we want at the price we could afford here in Malaysia? Perhaps within the KL property market? This was a recent ‘debate.’ Rehda (Real Estate Housing Developers Association) patron and Rehda Institute Tan Sri Eddy Chen said that there is now already an overbuilding of…

Author: Charles Tan