Author: Charles Tan
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The potential property bubble bursting in Malaysia, signs to look out for
I was invited to speak in Melaka recently. The topic was “What’s happening to Malaysia’s property market in the future?” I shared a few points. Things that are in people’s minds, especially those who have decided that property investment is important but there are still some concerns here and there. I think the most important…
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Staying, Owning and Winning; event @ enstek by TH Properties
When we are buying for our own stay, it pays to think on two things. Size and long term. Wherever possible, look at size as your first option because houses in future will definitely become smaller. In fact high-rise may be the only thing we could afford in the future. Secondly, think about long term.…
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EPF: Investing direct, 5.7 pct dividend versus 6.4 pct in 2015.
Do you know that it’s possible to buy and own your own plantation land? Well, orchards for a start? Many years ago, a group of friends and I wanted to buy a durian orchard.Somehow we did not and look at today’s price for Musang King and I am close to fainting. Haha… Anyway, it’s ok…
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REITs – unexciting? Well, it usually is anyway. Stability is key.
There’s an article about how REITs in Malaysia will face a tough time moving forward. The full article in TheStar here: Tough Times for REITs Some points within the article on why it’s becoming tougher is because there are many malls which will be struggling to sustain their tenants. The top tier malls would continue…
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KL property prices? Still up…….slowly
I missed a good condo nearby KLCC because a Chinese (China) buyer viewed and paid first. This happened just 2 weeks ago. Well, the price offered was lower than the usual but I did not have the time to view it yet. So, what’s happening to the KL property market in terms of prices? In…
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Of car sales, unemployment and property market; related definitely
Car sales, those of the more expensive ones were up last year. Malaysia: Negative sentiment, positive luxury car sales General conclusion? Perhaps the richer ones were still rich and many of them decided to change cars last year. Or perhaps many of their children got new cars last year. 🙂 My Exora is already in its…
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When FD rate is below inflation…. for Malaysia
I heard on radio about a promotion for a Fixed Deposit with a local bank today, 19th April 2017. The advertised rate was 4.5 percent per annum. Well, at the same time, I read about the news in themalaymail that the annual consumer inflation hit 5.1 percent. This is the highest within the past 8…
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Getting worse? Overhang growing by 44%. (14,792 units!)
When overhang grows it is not a good sign. If market is healthy the overhang would continue to reduce and not keep going up. According to National Property Information Centre (Napic) in an article in Theedgeproperty today, value of transactions for 2016 has dropped 3 percent to RM145.1 billion. It was RM149.9 billion a year ago.…
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‘Buying’ 4,263 acres of landbank to become one of the largest in Malaysia
Permodalan Nasional Berhad is looking to merge S P Setia and I&P to form one of the largest property developer in Malaysia. This merger will create a company with close to 10,000 acres of landbank. As per TheStar article on 18 April, this is 3rd largest in landbank size. As we know, S P Setia…
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Expert Series: Bitcoin questions answered by Suraya (ringgitohringgit.com)
Bitcoin is the oldest cryptocurrency. It started in 2009. What is a cryptocurrency? As per WIKI, “A cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the creation of additional units of the currency.” Is it a legal tender…