Author: Charles Tan
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From household appliance into property development
I have a Milux oven toaster which was given to me by someone during the house warming of my first apartment 12 years ago. It served me for many years and when I sold my apartment, that oven toaster was also part of the deal. Basically, the buyer got everything I left behind including even…
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How true is Iskandar’s oversupply situation?
I think majority of everyone would have this thought today. If the market is slowing down, how could Iskandar not having its share of oversupply situation? The developers from China are launching thousands after thousands of units and today the foreigners are barred from buying any property below RM1 million. It has already ‘killed’ the…
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EcoWorld anticipating a strong end to 2015, thus far.
During good times, majority of all developers would report good if not great results. Is currently considered a bad time? Well, my colleague told me that she wanted to buy a new shoplot but she may not get the chance because those who have registered are many times of the units being offered. Thus, it…
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KL – Singapore High Speed Rail has huge interest
The original date is out but the High Speed Rail (HSR) between KL – Singapore is still moving ahead. In the current Request for Information (RFI) exercise launched by Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority, a total of 70 companies and consortiums have expressed their interest by registering before the…
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Kunming to Singapore with Pan-Asian railway
Around 17 years ago, after my final exam for my degree in Bristol, I decided to travel around Europe. As a student, I was able to buy some sort of Rail Pass which enabled me to travel around Europe via railways of all the different European countries. This is an awesome way to travel because…
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Easier to obtain loans is not the best option
PropertyGuru’s country manager, Sheldon Fernandez has asked the government to relook current regulations on financing and lending, especially for first time home buyers. This would not be the first of such a call. It quoted its own sentiment survey which showed that the difficulty in obtaining bank loan approvals is a key area of growing…