Author: Charles Tan
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I could not, I am just too poor to buy!
My colleague actually said this during lunch today. ‘I am looking at many condos but I could not afford them. I am just too poor to buy!’ The colleague is in finance and is definitely earning more than enough for a decent home, even if not luxury condos or gated and guarded properties. He said…
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Trading with local currencies instead, now it’s TH, MY and ID.
I always see ASEAN as an awesome place. Nearly 30 percent of Malaysia’s trade is with ASEAN. (Source: Matrade.gov.my) Reason is simple. Better be integrated, else we will allow the other world of economic groups take charge while we continue to lose out individually. Some time back, the central banks of Malaysia and Thailand agreed…
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Buying a property? Comparisons, Viewing and Buying.
Please do not think that property prices are way too high. It will stop us from doing anything and in the end, we may have nothing and need to continue renting. FYI, when property prices are way too high, the transactions would stop, there may be panic selling and the property market may just crash.…
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SP Setia venturing into mainland Penang; first development
How many Penangite readers of kopiandproperty.my would like to say they will be selling their island home and moving to mainland Penang instead? At this moment, I do not believe so yet, probably it is still developing while island is already mature with everything everyone needs, especially all of Penang’s biggest malls.Unfortunately, mainland does not…
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In future: All Malaysian cities with own integrated rail networks?
I shared this with many friends before. Rail networks, especially LRT, MRT or even monorail is never profitable. Then, they would tell me, ” then why Singapore could make their MRT profitable?” I asked how did they get such information, no one could answer me. Well over the past 10 years, Singapore government has been…
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Simply buying? Or only think of popular areas?
I know the mantra of location, location and location. I think this was a term coined quite some time back, at least over 15 years ago because when I bought my first property investment book, this was already a term used by many. Of course, these days, another term is becoming more famous; TOD (Transit…
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Credit Suisse: Malaysian economy growing faster in 2017 versus 2016
2016 has been a bad year? Mixed year? Or for the over 70 percent professionals who are expecting bonusses, perhaps not too bad at all? Read here: Malaysian professionals: 77% expects a bonus, 74 percent awaits pay rise Thus far the expectation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is that Malaysia will grow by 4.2 percent…
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Rapid Transit System – to be signed end of 2017?
Rail Transit System (RTS) building momentum? I seriously do not think High Speed Rail (HSR) is that catalyst to get more people moving between Iskandar and Singapore. It will get KL – SG much better connected than today but effects to Iskandar will likely be incremental. It will help many other smaller towns that’s connected…