Author: Charles Tan
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7th Auction of Malaysian Banknotes @ 10th March, Sasana Kijang.
Message from MNP Auctioneers (Central) Sdn Bhd. We would like to invite you to mark an important date in your smartphone now. This is for the 7th Auction of Malaysian banknotes on 10th March 2018 (Saturday) in Sasana Kijang, Bank Negara Malaysia in KL. Yes, the most anticipated banknote auction in Malaysia is back. We…
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Bullet Train Chiengmai – Bangkok. No to invest. Yes to loans.
When the tsunami hit Japan in April 2011, I was still in Japan as a tourist with my wife and two other close friends. We heard from the our hotel receptionist in Osaka that the Shinkansen (bullet train) service has been stopped. We were supposed to travel the next day to Tokyo and then to…
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Outlook in Iskandar? RTS helps a lot.
Everyone says Singapore is well connected. I am sure they are right because every time I am in Singapore, I have to take the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT). I usually only visit those places which the MRT could reach or walkable from the MRT stations. Over there, UBER, GRAB or even Comfort taxis are still…
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Residential property outlook? Developers are switching…
In the recent MIEA Press Conference, Kelvin Yip, Associate Director of Frank Knight Malaysia Sdn Bhd presented the “Residential Property Market Outlook.” These are some of the points he presented. Since 2016, Malaysia’s GDP has been on a downtrend but in 2017, it has rebounded and in 2018, forecasts from most analysts show that the…
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Value still up even when transactions are down.
kopiandproperty.my was invited to MIEA’s Press Conference and Launch of MIEA Property Market Sentiment Report recently. I have a full time job, so naturally MMY the junior reporter went. Many good statistics were shared to all the invited medias. Please do contact them (MIEA) for a copy of all the presentations or if you are…
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Positive news? Without any doubt, YES.
A friend mentioned the other day that the Malaysian government must be ‘pushing up’ the ringgit because the election is near. Sometimes, I do wonder if the Malaysian government is really that capable. After all, there are so many things that the government falls short. Just read the Facebook comments to know more. Anyway, coming…
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Worrying about the recent Overnight Policy Rate increase? (What’s that?)
I think only one person sent to me the Bank Negara’s recent Overnight Policy Rate hike of 0.25 percent. Perhaps this is because it is not that significant? Depending on the loan amount, 0.25 percent may not be significant actually. Based on a RM400k loan with everything the same and an adjustment of 0.25 percent upwards,…
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Oversupply Melaka? Totalling RM254 million. ONLY 725 units OVER 10 years…
Melaka property investment? It is not the top 4 property investment destination in Malaysia but opportunities are definitely available. I would love to own a place there actually. Let’s hope some opportunities open up in the near future. Of course, I need to get ready the $$$ too. In fact, investment wise, it looks pretty…
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Mr-Stingy’s ‘interview’ of 16 experts and 1 blogger (me!) for financial advice in 2018
A few weeks back, a prolific blogger, writer and good friend asked me for some property advice for 2018 to be shared with his readers. His articles have appeared in The Huffington Post which is like SUPER WOW for me. Oh yeah, his name is Aaron. 🙂 Here’s what I have to say for 2018.…