Author: Charles Tan
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Stamp Duty and other costs to buy a home of RM500,000. So much?
Budget 2021 seems to be focused on first-time home buyers. Now, they have stamp duty exemption until 2025. When we buy a property, it is not just the property price which we need to worry about. A RM500,000 home is not just the RM50,000 downpayment which we needed to save like crazy to achieve. As…
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Macau scam: Cheated again and again. This time, RM256 million in total.
Somehow, the message is just not clear enough for Macau scam. People get cheated again and again. Please be aware of this important fact. There’s no such thing as super lucky person if that person is us and we actually do not have some multi-billionaire relative who loves us and only us and no one…
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Downward Trend in Asking Prices Leading into 2021
Press Release: PropertyGuru- Downward Trend in Asking Prices Leading into 2021 Kuala Lumpur, 17 November 2020 – Malaysia’s economic outlook of the property market is still facing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and has impacted Q3 2020. PropertyGuru Malaysia’s Property Market Index (MPMI) report reveals a downward trend in asking prices across all four…
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Household income group Malaysia and how much one should pay for a property
Do we know about the household income group Malaysia chart? That latest one? The latest one based on data from Department of Statistics Malaysia. Instead of just B40, M40 and T20, we now have a total of 10 categories with median income as well as the income range. Do not be too carried away with…
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Negative GDP growth of 2.7pct? Can this be positive news?
Yeah, Malaysia’s Q3 showed a negative GDP growth. Let’s talk about that shortly. I am very sure many thinks this is very negative? We see what we want to see, really When we scroll through our Facebook and we click on some news which was forwarded by our friends and those news were all negative…
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ADAPT International Convention – 18th – 21st November 2020. Extra Free Tickets.
ADAPT International Convention will start on 18th November and ends on 21st November 2020. My first 50 free tickets as the media partner to ADAPT International Convention have all been taken up by kopiandproperty.my readers. That is good news yeah. Now for an even better news. As one of the speakers, I have a final…
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Nothing wrong with monthly salary. Success is not about founding a business.
There’s really nothing wrong with monthly salary. Stay focused on what we love and the other side is not wrong from their perspective yeah. Salary is a bribe to forget our dream(s)? I read an interesting view point from someone who’s trying to be successful with his tech venture. It goes something along the lines…
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Saujana Duta Hilltop Residence: The Ambassador to Luxury Living
Press Release: Saujana Duta Hilltop Residence: The Ambassador to Luxury Living Perched on a prime hilltop of S2 Heights, Saujana Duta is a freehold luxury residential development and a low-density enclave offering elite semi-detached homes and bungalows. Amongst its surrounding communities, S2 Heights is known for its panoramic view of the surrounding breezy landscape, making…
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Malaysia’s inflation rate is expected to normalise in 2021. Consider good news?
What’s happening to the economy if the inflation rate is close to zero? What about if it is expected to normalise in 2021? Generally, if inflation it’s going up, it should be bad news, right? Since inflation is supposed to be bad. If inflation is staying near zero, is that great news for the country?…
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Roadside megastore by Uniqlo. Definitely worth a visit.
Latest Update. It’s OPEN yeah. HOWEVER, visiting next week is okay too. It will still be around yeah. — endof update — Original article: Before COVID-19 arrived, I visit Uniqlo often. Usually it’s in the mall. Now there’s a roadside megastore by Uniqlo in progress. I have many Uniqlo branded clothing. Probably 20 or more…
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Best time to buy a property – when yeah? 2025?
Always that first question asked by many of my good friends. “When is the best time to buy a property?” If they are good friends, my answer is usually quite a long one. If they are acquaintances, I would usually tell them that the answer to the best time to buy a property is that…