Author: Charles Tan
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Why do property transactions happen and prices usually up.
Two good friends of mine were discussing with me the other day about buying a home sweet home. The guy, Mr. C said that he has viewed a family-sized condo in Kuchai Lama and he loves it. In fact his wife likes the thoughtfulness of the design too. However, they would still be buying back…
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Tasty, Happy and Charity can go together. Please support them.
I believe Tasty, Happy and Charity can be achieved at the same time. I also believe readers of kopiandproperty.my are charitable and not just interested with property investment. 🙂 This is our chance to help, especially those who wants to order tart, brownie, cake or just a loaf of bread that rolls out from these bakers.…
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300 staffs to go for efficiency and productivity
Efficiency is a compulsory push for all organisations. In fact, when the organisation is overstaffed and business is not expanding as fast, it will drag down the profit numbers. Previously, there were lots of uncertainties in the oil and gas industry players. It has quietened down. Finance is the other sector which may be shedding…
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It’s all about waiting, I am not joking.
Someone asked me jokingly before, “Charles, to you property investment is a must, so do we buy everytime we have enough downpayment?” I answered, “No, you should wait.” Wait? In Cantonese, “wait till the clouds come” or in Hokkien, “Wait for what?” Let us talk about the three WAITS. Wait number 1. Waiting for a…
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Firms are positive? Good. Hire more and Higher Pay? 🙂
Original article in TheSundaily here. Firms upbeat on outlook for next six months, RAM Rating index shows Briefly, RAM Business Confidence Index (RAM) showed some numbers which indicated that the corporates are confident; positive sentiment for the next 6 months. It shared that the corporate segments are showing a stronger sentiment comparedto the SMEs probably because…
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What must be inside a good property fair?
Property fairs are still happening pretty often. Every now and then we would see property fairs being launched and these days, it does seem that the number of people dropping by these fairs are dropping. It’s not that hard to see why. The number of events by the developers themselves are rising. At this moment,…
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Higher salary does not equate to better future, immediately
A very long time ago (not a fairy-tale lah), someone told me before that there is no such thing as planning for the future. Could I even know what will happen in the future? How could I be so sure that the future would be like what I told him? He uses his salary he…
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Good article about “smart credit card user.”
How to be a smart credit card user? There is a good article with lots of valid points. It’s by someone whose articles I read every week. I think his articles are good and helps us to become better in financial management. Here’s that article in TheStar by Mark Reijman (co-founder and managing director of…
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Sungai Buloh MRT a catalyst to nearby developments
Sungai Buloh is an area considered ‘very far’ from the KL city centre. Not for me but for most of my friends, it is such. As usual, my comparison is always based on an area to KLCC Park at Jalan Ampang. Do take a look at the google map image. Assuming one were to start…
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Supply concerns will lead to price correction?
I read a study which was done sometime back (let’s not mention the actual report here). It says that with the oversupply situation, it will lead to price correction. On a big picture basis, perhaps that is true. However, if you stay in some VERY SOUGHT AFTER neighbourhood today, did your neighbour just sold off…