Author: Charles Tan
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Huh? So negative still up 7% in Q1 2015?
Negative news everywhere. Yet, in Q1 2015, Malaysian home prices rose 7% versus the same corresponding period in 2014 according to Knight Frank Global House Price Index. Okay, the fortunate thing perhaps is that 7% up meant Malaysia is out of the top 10 highest growth property markets in the world. Based on a a…
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Public Park in Battersea London, let’s take a stroll.
When I was in Perth few months ago, the thing I love most about the city are the parks. There were so many of them, there was one within every neighbourhood and most of them are clean and with a cooling temperature, it was amazingly relaxing. I saw something similar when I saw an article…
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Penang, more and more ‘billion’ developments
Just a few years ago, there were hardly any billion Ringgit Gross Development Value (GDV) projects in Penang. These 2 years however, we are seeing more and more of these billion Ringgit GDV projects. I think one major reason is also because many KL developers are now moving into Penang. It does not make sense for…
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Liveability KL, a greater city in future.
Can Kuala Lumpur be on par with the major cities of the world today? New York? London? Tokyo? To be honest, no. Not yet, not in near future and perhaps may never catch up. The reason is because these world cities continue to improve as well and not waiting for KL to catch up. According…
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Yes, if LINKS are provided, I think Iskandar is okay.
A reader commented on my latest article about Iskandar as crap. Haha. It’s okay, we must accept all comments as constructive. He said that if given a choice, he would use S$400,000 to buy in many other international countries, for example a landed property in Australia or even in Lisbon which comes with automatic citizenship.…
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Property price plunge 2015, Malaysia.
‘Property price plunge 2015 Malaysia.’ This was the term people entered in google to find kopiandproperty.my Yes, I am serious. Haha. Perhaps I should rename my blog into something to do with financial crisis prediction. The nearest I am to an economist with lots of experience is that I have taken many economics related modules…
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No way that Singaporeans / Malaysians in Singapore staying in Iskandar.
A friend told me the other day that I am wrong about my expectations that Singaporeans or even Malaysians working in Singapore buying homes in Iskandar just because a few more bridges are built. Even if it’s 30 minutes, it’s too much effort. Huh? I just came back from Singapore and from my office there…
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Why did I fear property investment, then?
Seriously, why do people fear property investment? From my close friend who’s a top management in a US electronics multinational to friends who are senior managers and colleagues whom I know earn more than enough to buy at least one investment property, all of them have just one property; their home. I have no idea…
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Tough to do business these days; malls too many
After a good friend read my latest article, she Whatsapped me and told me that there are just way too many malls these days. She owns two clothing stores and she said retail business is getting slower these days and most of the time, only those big name clothing stores are doing well. Especially those…