Author: Charles Tan
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Not 6.9 million please. Plan for 10 million.
Whenever anyone debated with me on Iskandar, I always ask them this question. IF Singapore were to hit the 6.9 million target in terms of population, where would the new population be staying? Within the same island of Singapore? Look at the HDB prices of today. Can it continue to take the pressure of demand…
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City of Dreams launching soon, Penang.
Yes, I think majority are reading this because of the title. Nope, this is not a casino somewhere in the world even though there’s a City of Dreams casino in the Philippines. This City of Dreams is a new development in Tanjung Tokong, Penang. The developer is Ewein Zenith Sdn Bhd. Total gross development value…
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KL Gateway – University monorail station. Cool.
A property developer’s marketing knows no bounds. Remember my earlier articles about how the developers are getting ever more imaginative? Read here: Perhaps marketing is getting more sophisticated This was preceded earlier by all the awesome TV advertisements during the Chinese New Year of 2015. Read here: Emerging Trend or Desperation? Well, the latest one involved taking…
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London housing shortage, Eco World adds 2,773 units.
Reported in a local English daily. The London Plan is a plan by the London authorities to ensure sufficient housing demand in the city aims to build 42,389 homes per year. The reality? Well, in 2013 a total of 26,230 homes were built while in 2014, this increased to 28,733 units. In brief, huge shortage.…
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Why are there interest with Bandar Malaysia?
When I was out for lunch the other day with a group of friends, we passed by Tun Razak Exchange site. One mentioned that this project may fail as 1MDB is going bankrupt. I did not bother to reply. Everyone is entitled to say whatever they wanted to say based on whatever they read or…
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Illegal agents rising? Blame all please.
Reported in propertyguru.com.my today, according to the The Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents Malaysia (BOVAEA), the number of cases due to illegal real estate brokers are increasing and it will continue to increase if there are no solutions forthcoming. The Board said that it will work with the relevant government agencies to trace…
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“REPEAT buyers” will still buy, yes very true.
I think it is very important to understand why buyers buy and not just the so-called negative sentiment which everyone is talking about today. This is especially true for the ‘repeat buyers.’ Most of the time, the reason why they continue to buy is because they have learnt about the benefits of buying the right…
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As usual, WE (Malaysia) paid for positive news.
The professional friend who posted in Facebook about Malaysia fast becoming the next Greece economic crisis story soon had just posted another view. She said that the Malaysian economic growth would end soon. Of course, I do not dare dispute what she said because everyone must have their own opinion, whether totally irrelevant to the…
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Kelana Jaya? Few condo choices below RM500,000 left.
Kelana Jaya is my favourite property ‘hotspot.’ Even if, it’s not really considered one by many. It’s a place I love and a place where I bought my first KL condo many years ago. It took one call, one view and deposit was tt within the same day itself. Of course, not to the agent…
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Grow money with money. Boost your ego? Laterlah.
A good friend, much younger than me was in KL the other day and as usual we went for a cup of latte in the evening. She was driving just a Proton Saga and she told me that many of her friends were driving a Vios or a City. All of them told her to change…
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Ampang, affordable high-rise or Gated and Guarded
I drove deep into Ampang two years ago to view a terrace home project which was slightly above RM500,000. It’s a gated and guarded project. It took a very long time, with all the traffic lights and the crawling traffic. I was driving there from Kelana Jaya. After viewing it, my wife said she did…