Author: Charles Tan
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Lots of activities at Carcosa and Seri Negara
Lots of activities for you and family. It’s also a very nice place to visit. Take a look at all that’s happening at Carcosa and Seri Negara. From nature to architectural, documentary to vocal performances and even joget tea party, forum, music performance and even screening of Malaysian film making, it’s a full day of…
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Not crazy lah, just a choice which we could afford, today.
A friend sent me this piece of news. “This guy paid RM39,999 for a laptop” His remarks go along the line of ‘this guy must be xxxxx.” I replied, “It’s just a choice which he could afford.” Seriously, when it comes to buying things we like these days, it’s all about affordability of that choice.…
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Interest rates still high and EPF is needed to buy property
Do you withdraw from your EPF to have enough downpayment for a property? This seems to be the usual for many Malaysians these days. Besides that, half of all Malaysians feel that the interest rates are too high. Well, Bank Negara Malaysia is still maintaining the rates so that it can be accommodative to the…
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‘Hope’ in a subdued (property) market?
A good title to an article usually attracts readers to read. There’s one in NST with the title of: Henry Butcher Malaysia Study: ‘There’s still hope in subdued market’ It offers views from a famous real estate company about the state of the property market of Malaysia. I would say that the article is considered positive. For…
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4 to a home versus 3 to a home, the significance?
I read an interesting article by Datuk Alan Tong in TheStar. Do read for more understanding and knowledge about his latest thought about property market Malaysia. One significant point is that Malaysia still have 4 persons to a home today. I think based on how I look at our family relationships here in Malaysia, 4…
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I want to get married at 30. A bit of strategizing is good, too.
A young colleague was having lunch with me today in Penang. He announced that he wanted to get married when he is 30. He is 26 today. He said prior to getting married, he will buy a home sweet home first. When I asked where, he said somewhere near the working place of him and…
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What you gonna do when they come for you. Bad boys.
I seriously hate people who skip paying their maintenance fees. They think it is their right, I think they ought to be taught what’s right. Someone from the authorities may be helping me to teach them what’s right now. Here’s a report about it in TheStar. Using the Strata Management Act 2013 the authorities could…
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Banks are refusing to lend or buyers are unable to buy? Different things… ok.
If we like a property and we need a place to stay, would we buy? If we apply for a home loan for that particular property that we like with the bank, would they lend us? The answer to both is a YES. The similarity to both would be ‘affordability.’ We read about articles that…
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Press Release by IOI Properties Group – Profits up 48 percent for Q4 2017
Press Release by IOI Properties Group (“IOIPG”) – IOI Properties Group Q4 Revenue Rose 34% — start — IOI Properties Group Berhad (“IOIPG”), recorded a revenue of RM1,195.3 million for Q4 2017 which is RM303.6 million or 34% higher than the preceding year corresponding quarter. After excluding fair value gain on investment properties of RM48.8 million,…
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Paying for “unnecessity”. Are we guilty of doing the same? (all the time?)
It was 4pm in the afternoon. We were at the Genting Premium Outlet. My daughter said she was hungry. As the sole breadwinner in the family and looking at the potential cost if we were to go to a cafe, I suggested the food court. My wife said that the food court was congested. It…
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We need FULL connectivity. I wonder who’s responsibility?
My kids were very excited to take the MRT. It was their first time on a ‘train’ here in Malaysia. They have taken the MRT in Singapore before. I parked my car at the Sungai Buloh MRT station (RM4.50 parking fee per day) and took the MRT to the MRT Bandar Utama station with my…