Author: Charles Tan
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About the unsold units? We still need more units, actually.
Do we worry about the ‘extremely high’ unsold units yet? We should worry if all these unsold units are very cheap and in awesome locations and yet nobody wants to buy because they could not afford. Maybe it is because the job market is bad. No one could afford because they do not have a…
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Harnessing the powers of both online and offline. Cheers.
Everyone says ONLINE will kill offline. Well, I do not think so. Just go to some coffee shops and we will be able to see many drinking coffee and reading newspapers at the same time. Even my father buys the newspaper everyday. When I was young, I read two newspapers daily. Yes, that was pretty…
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Will the market get better? Does it even matter?
Somewhere in Kuala Lumpur some days back. “Charles, do you think the property market will improve in 2018?” I answered, ‘Of course NOT! It should continue to slow down for a few more years because I need time to save downpayment for the next one.’ My good friend laughed and I laughed too. Anyway, seriously,…
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Frankly, are we aiming to own only one property? (TODAY?)
How many of us here believe we just need to own one property on the day we retire? There’s nothing wrong with this thought! 🙂 The reason is because there would always be many who may not own a property or thinks owning a property is far more expensive than renting forever. Let’s be objective,…
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9th IRERS 2018 – Emerging Trends and Evolving Diversity in Real Estate
Greetings from JPPH & INSPEN Come & Join Us in 9th IRERS 2018 Theme: “Emerging Trends and Evolving Diversity in Real Estate” Date : 24 – 25 April 2018 Venue : Institut Penilaian Negara (INSPEN) Important Highlights on IRERS 2018 ? *Plenary Session 1* 1. The Increasing Significance of Asia Pacific Real Estate Investors …
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Potentially, the better way to buy property; OPEN BIDDING by MNP Auctioneers
Message by MNP Auctioneers on upcoming Open Bidding on 27th April 2018 (Friday) Did you know that there are many good buys in property auctions? There are property auctions by the High Court and the land office. There are also property auctions from the local and foreign banks. These are usually properties which are being…
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AirBnB will be legalised in Singapore soon? Malaysia’s progress?
AirBnB is not really regulated even if most governments are not actually banning it except perhaps Singapore? The reason I say so? Just 2 weeks ago (April 3), two Singaporean Airbnb hosts who pleaded guilty in court to unauthorised short-term letting were fined a total of S$60,000. This is the first of such cases under…