Author: Charles Tan
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Well meant advice or it’s just tough to get a perfect property?
I remember the first time I told my parents that I was going to buy a property. Their first question was, can you afford one? I was only a junior executive then, can’t blame them. Second question was the location that I was buying. They stay in a very good area in Ipoh. Third question…
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Interest rates ‘accommodative’ and single currency thought
I am happy to read this piece of news from an article today. It quoted the Bank Negara Malaysia’s Governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz as saying that, “Right now, our interest rates are accommodative, and very supportive of the economy. We will review conditions but right now our economy is on a steady growth path…
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Buy property and stand to win Mini. Not bad at all.
Honestly, I would not buy a property even if it comes free with a nice car. The reason is simple. I am going to be the one actually paying for it anyway because the price of the car would have been included into the property price. This is especially the case when every house bought…
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Rental is softening. Good news I guess.
In one conversation with a close friend many months ago, she said she wanted to find a property which offers good rental yield and good capital appreciation. Today, one piece of news should offer her an opportunity to get this at the same time. According to Knight Frank Malaysia research and consultancy executive director Judy…
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BNM’s 2nd Banknote Auction 29th March 2015 – Do not miss this
In Malaysia, banknote auction is still very new especially when compared to established banknote auctions in Singapore, Hong Kong or even London. This meant that the investment opportunity remain to be huge as it become more popular and one day becomes as popular as those of developed banknote auction markets. However, since the first event…
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Banks’ exposure to property market increased
This is very important for the property market longevity. Imagine if all the banks that we know today have majority of their lending to only property related loans. Yes, only to commercial, residential or any type of property. Well, it’s great if the property market continues to increase in price. The bank’s profits increases tremendously…
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Ignorance or still true? Well, you decide.
In an announcement to the world or rather Malaysia, two of Malaysia’s major newspaper publishers said that they are now joining hands to offer the best value ePaper in Malaysia. Inside the article, they mentioned the importance of online because nowadays everything is online. Well, here we have two of the major dailies in Malaysia…
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US$1 to RM4 soon, rate hike by US Federal Reserve
Over 1 month ago, a frequent commenter for kopiandproperty.my said that Bank Negara Malaysia should do something to prevent Ringgit from dropping further. I replied to his comment in Facebook that there is nothing much that Bank Negara can do because Ringgit is an internationally traded currency and Malaysia is a huge trading nation. It…
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Undervalued when listed? Some cases.
One major reason why companies love to get listed is to have access to funds from the market. In fact, majority of all the recent billionaires were all due to their companies getting listed. Think Alibaba, think Facebook. The owners are now way richer than majority of all those who built their wealth over a…