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I missed a good Sabah property show (Shareda) in Sandakan

Apr 8, 2014

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I was in Sandakan last weekend. It was an enjoyable weekend as these days, when I travel to Sandakan, it’s more like going home. No more watching one of the rarest monkeys in the world, the Prosboscis monkey (long nose monkey), no more walking just a few metres away from crocodiles at the crocodile farm, no…

5 Reasons why I like Kelana Puteri, today.

Apr 7, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Condos and High-Rise, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

I have no intention to sell Kelana Puteri. Not yet anyway. However, if you would like a HIGH DENSITY condo with the following five reasons, you may want to think about buying a unit, either for own stay or for investment. Price Affordability. At just RM400,000 – RM450,000, depending on whether it is renovated or…

Property Investment and the decisions we can make or delay

Apr 7, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Condos and High-Rise, Iskandar / JB Property, Property Penang

We have heard way too many news about foreigners buying so much of Iskandar that the locals are losing out. Is this true? Actually, this is TRUE, at least for some periods of time. In a report by IRDA (Iskandar Regional Development Authority), in 2007, the foreign investment ratio was 45:55. In other words, foreigners…

Balik Pulau properties – ‘I cannot accept’.

Apr 6, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Property Penang

‘I cannot accept Balik Pulau’ I remember this guy clearly from a property show some time back when I was with my previous company. He was browsing through Penang properties via a notebook provided and he clicked ‘Balik Pulau’. So, I went up to him and casually asked, ‘Thinking of Balik Pulau properties?’ He said,…

Negative effect, thus Negative Go-Ahead suggested – STP2, Penang

Apr 5, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Property Penang

Today, in The STar online, THE Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) have asked the state government to scrap the proposed Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase II (STP2) land reclamation project. The main reasons given was that the project has a negative impact on the environment, especially the loss of coastal resources.…

Buying a Property, away from Analysis Paralysis

Apr 4, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Condos and High-Rise

If you ask ten different friends on what are some of the criterias of a good home, you would get at least 5 different answers. Is this bad or good? Actually, this may not be bad. Imagine if you ask ten and everyone gave you the same set of criterias. I think you must be…

KL Hotels – 5th Cheapest in the world

Apr 3, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Personal Finance

This is something that I told many of my overseas colleagues and they AGREE. Yet, my colleagues and friends in Malaysia said, nolar, not true. Then they say, hotels in Myanmar, Thailand etc are cheaper. It is ok, just let it be because most of the time I am not staying in hotels in Malaysia…

Langkawi – RM4 Billion GDV Development – Luxury Travellers

Apr 1, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Kedah property, Retail / Shopping / Mall News

Have you ever been to Langkawi? I have been to Langkawi many times. Normally I would go to Langkawi once every year. What is there to do over there? Actually, not a great lot but here’s some of them. Langkawi Tourism. Personally, I like Langkawi because when I am there, everything slows down tremendously. It is…

Property market forecast on April Fool’s day

Mar 31, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Uncategorized

Reminder. This is a prediction made on 1st April 2014. Accuracy or even reality may be far away from any truths whether yesterday, today or tomorrow. Read and then please forget about it. Property launchings. There would be queues stretching kilometres in all the launchings today because no one would believe what the developers are…

Overweight on property sector – buy property stocks now?

Mar 31, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Condos and High-Rise

Market slowed down. Some developers holding back. Bearish sentiment in the market and everyone is waiting and seeing if they should buy another property. Even foreigners, especially Singaporeans seem to be holding back due to uncertainty. There’s a good news though. RHB has upgraded the Malaysian property sector to overweight and its top picks are…

Catalyst for Suiwah, Penang – Sunshine Tower

Mar 30, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Condos and High-Rise, Property Penang

I seldom buy property stock. The reason being they are cyclical in nature and sometimes if you buy during the wrong cycle, the prices may take a long time to recover, if at all. Nevertheless, recently I read an interesting news about a new property developer. This is Suiwah, which owns all the Sunshine chain…

Middle Income Singaporean household and Penang connection

Mar 29, 2014

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Charles Tan

in Property Penang

Many of my Singaporean friends have asked me if Iskandar is worth buying. My answer remains the same, it depends on YOU. Then, I gave them a three questions. Would HDB flats be cheaper in future? Would the connections between Iskandar and Singapore be better than today or worse? Would the population in Singapore be…

Author: Charles Tan