Author: Charles Tan
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IF Interest Rate up Tomorrow, are you sweating now?
There has been many predictions about Bank Negara hiking the interest rate which is at this moment is still considered very low. Assuming, this really do happen tomorrow, should you be sweating now? I think, for the 86% who owns just one mortgage loan in Malaysia today, it is not likely that they would be…
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Sime Darby Property, Eastern & Oriental, Elmina West
City of Elmina is a project by Sime Darby. This is a project which Sime Darby said in its website that you will get to know your neighbours by their names. This is also the place where you spend your weekend outdoors and get back the right life balance that you have missed. Here is…
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Serenity Langkawi, my favourite place to be, yearly.
It was another of my usual relaxing Langkawi trip. Buying some chocolates which I could not find in the usual supermarkets. Strolling along the white sandy beaches, occasionally picking up the sea shells. Taking the cable car and lots of photos. Seafood in Kuah town. Cheaper than Penang! For this trip, I went to a…
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40 years later – Malaysia property market in my personal view
This article was rewritten and published in the showguide of MAPEX JB 2014. A reader of kopiandproperty.my asked me for my views on the Malaysian property market 40 years from now. A very interesting question indeed. Unfortunately, I do not have a crystal ball to allow me a glance into the future. However, based on…
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Housing Loan rejection, how to avoid it.
How many of you have had your loans rejected by the bank? Today, new applications for loans may have a rejection ratio of up to 50%, especially for new properties. Main culprit is because everyone is trying to buy a property which they like very much but the price is on the borderline of what…
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Penang Properties Update, Eco World, PDC and theme park
Many have asked me about Batu Kawan. My replyremain the same, what’s your investment purpose and horizon. For rental? Impossible. 5 year is okay for you, then yes I think Batu Kawan is indeed good for you. I no longer wish to repeat that IKEA will only open in 2020. Few days ago, end June,…
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Property Buyer beware. Easier to identify real from fake now.
We always hear of agents who are unprofessional. Some took the money and disappeared. My friend Mr. Michael Geh who’s the Senior Partner of Raine & Horne said, ‘to avoid situations where the agent runs away with your money, you should issue the cheque to the agency name instead of the individual’s name’. The reason…
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MX-1 winner, RM7 billion GDV, MRCB.
To those who remember my earlier article, RM3 Billion town centre in RRIM, 6 developers were shortlisted as the finalists for the first parcel of land in the massive Kwasa Damansara project which is being positioned as the largest township development in the Klang Valley. The size included Guocoland Malaysia Bhd, Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd,…