Author: Charles Tan
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Battersea, London. 13x bigger than one year Penang new launches
Battersea London. Yes, there would be no launching event in South East Asia for this Phase 3, just like phase 2. Due to the expensive flight tickets, I have decided not to buy a unit. 🙂 Just kidding. The prices start from just £495,000 for studio apartments, one-bedroom apartments from £590,000, two-bedroom apartments from £1.2 million,…
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Spending more than earning – first half of 2014
As reported in a business weekly, according to Department of Statistics Malaysia’s Housing Income and Expenditure Survey 2014, the average monthly total household expenditure is increasing faster than the household income. The survey covers a total of 42,000 households within the first half of 2014 and will eventually cover a total of 83,456 households by…
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I am not using my EPF for Unit Trust. My view.
Over past few years, at least 10 friends have asked me about withdrawing EPF either for housing or unit trust. For the housing ones, I would normally ask if they are really so burdened they needed it. If the answer is no, then I would suggest not to withdraw. Then, there are those who come…
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Budget 2015: MRT Line 2 – RM23 Billion for savings in petrol subsidy by 2020?
When there are more cars, the higher the petrol subsidy would be. How about there are more cars but there are less cars on the road on week days? As of today, it still sounds unlikely to me but we will see how the people would be persuaded to use MRT once it is ready…
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How Colours Can Enhance Your Home
The colours in my current home was chosen by my wife and I. We kept more to the neutral tones because we were afraid that too much bright colours may just cause the house to be too ‘Hot’. Haha. Anyway, I am nowhere qualified to talk about colours you can use for your home. Let’s…
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Budget 2015: Tax Breaks / Relief for Individual and Corporate
GST was supposed to rationalise the tax collection so that if you consume more, you are taxed more. Especially the GST rated goods. For the essentials, as usual, no GST. Oh yeah, until today, you can still get a loaf of economy bread from Tesco for just RM2. There are 16 slices which is enough…
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Mapex 2014 KL @ Mid Valley, Sunday crowd, subdued.
Yesterday, I asked my wife to choose between One Utama and Mid-Valley Megamall. She chose the latter. Today, when I arrived in Mid-Valley I realised Mapex 2014 was on. I used to know all these huge property events, why did I miss it altogether this time? Someone told me about this two weeks ago and…
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Budget 2015 – Property Related, Overall Summary
Yesterday, every major newspaper has Budget 2015 as its deadline. Today, every major newspaper has Budget as its headline. Not just newspaper but every online sites and perhaps every Malaysian business related sites. Ok, what should kopiandproperty.my publish today? Haha. Yes, let’s start with Budget 2015. In a glance, everything related to property is as…
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China Property Market Boost – All the measures
Developers in Malaysia are asking for some breathing space. Cooling measures have affected their sales quite a lot. On the other hand, is it really that bad? Well, in China it has gotten so bad that the Chinese government has had to relax some of the cooling measures that were put in place. In other…
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Subsidy is not all BAD. Give to needy, not everybody.
For those who have followed my articles, you would know that I do not believe in continuous subsidy. I believe in working harder, learning more and doing better year after year. Truth is, there would be a time when the subsidy has to be fully rationalised. Subsidy is not all bad. Just give to the…
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Batu Kawan land sale… this time to Hewlett-Packard (HP)
This time it’s not another land sale to another developer who’s coming in with their integrated projects. It’s not related to IKEA too. If rumours in the electronics industry comes true, then HP would be buying a piece of 20.2 ha land in Batu Kawan for a new plant which will produce integrated circuit die…