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Singapore beats both China and Hong Kong in buying overseas real estate

Dec 3, 2014

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in China and Hong Kong Property related, Property Singapore related

Singapore is ASEAN’s largest financial market, without any doubt. However, compared to China or even Hong Kong, it is still smaller. Nevertheless this does not stop it from beating both China and Hong Kong in investing overseas. According to Real Capital Analytics (RCA), Within the first 9 months of 2014, Singapore entities invested US$9.8 billion…

Oh No! Oil prices falling means Bursa stocks and Ringgit will fall too!

Dec 2, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Crisis News, Malaysian economy and BNM, Oil Price Related

Oh no! Bursa Malaysia as well as the Ringgit is falling because of oil prices which has sunk below US$70 per barrel. This was the title of many articles about the current state of Bursa Malaysia as well as Ringgit. The stock market is at its lowest point since mid-October while the Ringgit is now…

Easy to blame but never because we are still the same

Dec 2, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Personal Finance

Many reports have shown that the basic salary of fresh graduates in Malaysia to be low or not high enough. Even more fresh graduates blame their employers for not paying them enough to support their lifestyle. Some say the growth has not been fast enough versus the cost of property. Well, truth is, majority of…

Descriptive or Deceptive words used?

Dec 1, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment

These days articles in the newspapers are getting pretty descriptive and perhaps flowery. Some of these articles were written as part of the advertisement package and thus it must be something which meets the expectations of the developers. FYI, I hate it when developers cannot even afford to pay the usual writing fee to have…

Should Singapore follow China for property market ‘warming’?

Nov 30, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Property Singapore related

The property market of Singapore for 2014 has been quite unpredictable. Read here: Singapore property, prices continuously declining into 2015 Sentiment continue to be dampened and the major reason was due to the government’s cooling measures. According to Chia Boon Kuah, the president of Singapore’s Real Estate Developers’ Association (REDAS), total transaction volume for 2014 is…

OPEC vs US oil producers. Who’s going under first?

Nov 30, 2014

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Charles Tan

The oil price has been on a downtrend and it is still on a downtrend this far. The largest producers are all grouped under the Organisation of the Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC). Thus, this group is quite powerful when it comes to dictating oil prices. For example, when the demand goes up or when there’s…

Bubble will burst when S&P 500-stock index reaches 2250.

Nov 30, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Crisis News, US / Dollar related

Yes, this is a prediction by an expert. According to Jeremy Grantham, chief investment strategist at Boston-based money-management firm GMO, there is already a stock bubble but this bubble will not be bursting yet, not until the S&P 500-stock index reaches 2250. That’s another 10% to go. What’s the current S&P 500-stock index? Refer to the…

Retirement Homes – GreenAcres by TI Homes

Nov 29, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Property Perak, Retirement Related

It’s very tough when you are the first to the market with something new. For example, retirement homes. An even tougher part is to launch a new concept in a city where people generally believe that they live very well today and may not want to fork out extra for something they have no understanding…

Electronics Sector Vibrant – Property Sector Supported

Nov 29, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Uncategorized

In Penang, the electronics sector is a very important sector for property market. The reason I say so is because more often than not a lot of these manufacturing companies would hire engineers as well as other functions to support operations and these are the potential buyers of properties. This is especially so when these…

Is stock market scary for many? It does seem so.

Nov 28, 2014

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Charles Tan

in IPO / Equity / Stock Market

Gen-Y in the stock market? Well, Gen-Y has shown keen interest in properties thus far but when it comes to the share market, not yet. Though much has been done to encourage them the participation has been low. Most of the players in the market are older people. One key reason, the older you are,…

15,000 units sold in 2013. Only 50% sold in 2014? Bad.

Nov 27, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Property Singapore related

Yes, it’s going to be a very slow year where properties are concerned, for the primary properties in Singapore. From a total of 14,984 units in 2013, it is predicted that the number would only be 75,00 – 7,900 for 2014. Most developers would not want to launch now as year end is not a…

GST on maintenance fees for residential properties

Nov 27, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Malaysian economy and BNM

Read any reports recently about some groups of people holding some banners saying that it is unfair that GST will be levied on the maintenance fees for residential units? For example, those high rise ones? There has also been a report on the fact that some high end high rises may be exempted because somehow…

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