Author: Charles Tan
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12,000 jobs to go. Intel refocusses itself.
Retrenchments, large scale ones are always frowned upon. However, with changing trends, these corporate restructuring will be more and more common. Perhaps more importantly is to understand what could we do should the job we currently have is lost forever. Increased globalisation meant organisations could choose to relocate or locate their plants where the costs…
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Property tips from a man with 170 properties.
I read some tips from a man, Nathan Birch from Australia who owns 170 properties in Sydney Morning Herald and I think it’s great to share his few tips here. I think they are good because we may be a little lost, a little blind, a little naive when we first started. Property investment is…
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Property market recovery in H2 may drive up stock prices
Property market is not really ‘moving’ and this has affected many property counters. Many people are scared of stocks too: Is stock market scary for many? It does seem so These days, many of the counters have been forgotten. The issue is simple. If the developers are not selling well, their profits would certainly be affected…
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When rental falls, so too would property price
Do you believe the condo rental is dropping even for units with KLCC views or nearby KLCC? Let’s look at Singapore first. According to Singapore’s major newspaper The Straits Times, prices of high-end condominiums in Singapore continues to drop and the major reason is because of falling rents. It gave a new examples such as…
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KL: No approvals for new office except for own use
KL is said to be facing an oversupply offices. This is especially with another 118-storey tower coming up. Read here: 118 is higher than 88 definitely, but Perhaps this is the reason why the Federal Territories Deputy Minister Datuk Loga Bala said that new office building projects which are not for own use will not be approved.…
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No, No, my family does not need me to invest in property
I accepted an invitation for a public talk to share about my property investment experience recently. I think the organiser invited me because I do not represent any developer or real estate agency. I was speaking as a full time employee who loves property investment and believes everyone could the same. Someone who believes that…
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Forming a joint management body is essential, really.
How many of us would strive to take care of our own belongings? What about taking care of other people’s belongings? Well, I would do my best for the former but for the latter, it depends on a lot of things. What if I tell you that by taking care of what we have really…
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RM100 per month, 190 rooms, max of 18 months.
[Header image from NST.] Yesterday in a talk in Sunway Pyramid, I asked the audience about the home size which they could accept, assuming price is becoming such a huge issue that the size of homes must be made much smaller. The smallest answer I got was 400 sq ft. I showed them the image…
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Survey: Property investment still attractive but recovery takes time.
Whenever it comes to property investment, it’s best that we make our own decisions and not follow others blindly. However, before we make that decision, it’s always good to note what the majority are thinking about the property market. Let’s take a look at a recent article in The Sun Daily highlighting some conclusions from…