Author: Charles Tan
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3 most important factors to decide if banks approve our loan application
It’s tougher to get your loan approved? How do banks decide whether or not to approve our loan application? I always read with amusement when some writer for some major media writes and quotes someone that it’s impossible to get banks to approve the loan applications these days. Hopefully they realise that banks exist because…
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Malaysia Property Market? Can projects sell 90% these days?
What’s happening to the Malaysia property market? In 2020, total residential property transactions reached close to 200,000. Actual number was 193,354 units. Chart is from Raine & Horne. We need to also remember that in 2020, there were at least 2 months in total where it was under lockdown and more weeks where there were…
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This couple owns over 1,300 acres of land in Kauai. Where is Kauai?
Did you read about the story of Mark Zuckerberg buying another piece of land on Kauai? More about the story later. Some photos of Kauai first. It’s the fourth largest island in Hawaii and it’s also known as Garden Island. I have an uncle staying in Hawaii. So there’s definitely a chance to travel to…
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IPO Malaysia: CTOS offering up to 1.1 billion shares in Main Market
It does seem that IPO Malaysia is getting hotter with each passing month. I just hope that COVID-19 will not derail this uptrend. We have a well known brand name lining up for a listing in Bursa’s Main Market. CTOS is a company whose name most of us would have heard of even if we…
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Low OPR Continues to Provide Short-term Relief to Property Owners
Press Note by Shylendra Nathan, General Manager of iProperty.com.my On behalf of iProperty.com.my, Malaysia’s No.1 property site, we would like to share our thoughts on Bank Negara Malaysia’s recent announcement regarding the overnight policy rate (OPR) being maintained at 1.75%. We are very supportive of this announcement as it will continue to provide short-term relief…
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Property Investment quotes I love. 8 quotes from famous people.
Let’s talk about property investment… famous quotes today. As someone who loves property investment, everyone would think I think of property investment as number 1 but I need to also say that I am also a serious unit trust investor too. 90% of my funds are presenting under the aggressive category. I am a Public…
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Who does NOT want to revenge travel when we are allowed to?
In many places where travelling is allowed as Covid-19 is under control, revenge travel happened. Rushing to the beach for example… Not sure about all of you but if you ask me if I want to travel soon, my answer is a strong Yes. It just need to be within Malaysia for now since travelling…
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2021 inflation projected at between 2.5% and 4.0%. OPR stays the same.
Briefly, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has decided that OPR stays the same. When we need a bigger push to help the economy, the interest rate is one such tool under monetary policy by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). However, this should not be used if the market seems to be recovering. Keep it till it’s needed.…
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Upcoming talk. Top 5 reasons to buy into Damansara Utama’s potential growth
Property Investment is not an easy decision these days. Furthermore, it’s not like buying a fish in the market. Thus, due diligence is needed and it’s always good when someone prepares many slides to share with you about a potential area. Yes, that person is me and I am preparing many slides to share this…
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27 years. RM600.87 billion in wealth. A divorce.
I hope it’s happily ever after for as many couples as possible because a divorce is not something to be taken lightly. However, it is also not up to us to judge what really happened to a couple before they decided to get a divorce. Especially one where both sides were of the same opinion;…