Author: Charles Tan
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GST vs the supply and demand?
There’s one question that I would always pose to any analyst. Can GST beat the demand vs supply equation for the property market. To those who answer, maybe not in total but it can distort the market, my next question would be for how long. If the answer is 6 months, then I think the…
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IF affordability = low quality
Are properties very expensive these days? It must be expensive since everyone I know say properties are expensive. In fact, whenever I write about how prices have risen, the clicks to that article increases. What about affordable properties? The new ones which are planned by both the federal as well as the state governments? Most…
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World Talent Report 2014 – Malaysia
As usual, most of the awesome online medias love negative news. Thus, when there’s a positive news for the country in the world arena, it was somehow, missed by many. Haha. Please google IMD and you would find huge number of articles related to them. Financial Times, one of those extremely famous ranking charts ranked…
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Need to ‘hide’ money? London properties your key
London should be quite safe because she has James Bond who is on her Majesty’s service. Ok, that’s just in the movies. In reality, London properties may be an avenue for lots of unaccountable money from around the world. This is as per a report by Transparency International which has also published lots of reports…
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IOI and 101 – Deal off.
Since I wrote about this earlier, today is a conclusion. IOI’s proposed purchase of 101 Taipei is off. Yes, they proposed to buy 37.17% stake in Taipei Financial Centre, better know as Taipei 101, for RM2.74 billion from its owner, Ting Hsin International Group. Earlier, negative signs were already showing when the government (Taiwan’s Finance…
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Battersea: As usual, just blame the ‘Foreigners’
Remember an earlier article about some Londoners blaming foreigners for owning too many parcels of lands in London and thus are pushing up the prices of properties in Londoner to become homeless? Read here: Londoners, homeless. Malaysian caused? That was not the last of the actions by the Londoners against these foreign developers which in this case…
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Buy property now or buy later, which is riskier?
This article was first published in Property Insight magazine February 2015 issue. When I bought my first property 12 years ago, it was the toughest, both financially and mentally. Financially because both my wife and I have only worked for 5 years and our savings are not high plus both of us have never read…
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Poor year for commercial, 2014 and 2015.
Let’s keep abreast with commercial properties. Latest survey from Knight Frank showed that over half of developers, fund managers and lenders polled said that commercial real estate market had poor yields last year due to the overpricing. Meanwhile another 43 percent said that they did not invest in commercial last year because of poor returns.…
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River of Life (ROL), Klang. RM4 billion land sale.
Would you like to enjoy a cup of premium coffee right beside the Klang river with your loved ones? How about bringing some of your overseas colleagues for Happy Hour right beside the Gombak rivers? There’s no need to show me your face. I know, I have the same idea. Answer is ‘of course not.’…