Author: Charles Tan
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First Ever Asia Virtual Property Expo hosted by PropertyGuru
Press Release: PropertyGuru Hosts First Ever Asia Virtual Property Expo KUALA LUMPUR, 10 November 2020 – PropertyGuru Group (‘PropertyGuru’ or ‘the Group’), Southeast Asia’s leading property technology (“PropTech”) company, today announced that it will host Asia’s largest multi-country ‘Asia Virtual Property Expo’ from 11 November to 12 December 2020. As the market leader in Southeast Asia,…
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News about vaccine for COVID-19. Positive development.
Let’s face the fact. Any news about vaccine for COVID-19 will not have any firm delivery dates, not so soon. Logistics is the final part and before that, it would have to be manufactured first. Prior to manufacturing, it has to undergo trials and MUST pass all those trials with flying colours. Here are some…
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MM2H should be encouraged, enhanced.
I love MM2H and I think MM2H should be encouraged. The programme can definitely be enhanced to keep making it ever better while at the same time attractive. Every time someone tells me about some countries they love to retire in, I always ask them what are their reasons to choose that country. They will…
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7 things about car sales in Malaysia. Why is it important?
Car sales in Malaysia has been on an uptrend. Probably a lot of it has to do with the fact that there are many new models being launched as well as the exemption of car sales tax until 31st December 2020. There’s the Proton X50 which has hit over 27,000 bookings. Yeah, I do think…
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Media Statement by PropertyGuru: Budget 2021 Prioritises The Welfare of Malaysians
Budget 2021 Prioritises The Welfare of Malaysians First Time Home Owners & B40 Gain To Benefit Right Homes, Right Location To Ease Overhang in Market by Sheldon Fernandez, Country Manager, PropertyGuru Malaysia We are happy to see that the Budget 2021 prioritises job creations and economic drivers. There have been many initiatives that support the…
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Budget 2021 highlights for the rakyat. Smile?
This is the budget 2021 highlights for the rakyat. It means what I personally think will be money into the pockets of the people and the spending will become a multiplier effect to the economy. Please understand that no measures taken should be on BLANKET basis because if we give money to people who still…
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What’s in Budget 2021 for property market? More than 4 positive things.
What’s in Budget 2021 for property market? There are definitely more than 4 things. There could be more as we go along I believe but for now, here are some good news, especially to targeted groups. #1 – The RM500,000 or below starter homes likely to boom Buyers for first homes priced below RM500,000 will…
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Hassle-Free Home With Glomac – Houzkey by Maybank Islamic
Press Release: Hassle-Free Home With Glomac – Houzkey by Maybank Islamic KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Nov 2020 – Glomac Berhad (hereby referred to as “Glomac” or the “Group”) has partnered with Maybank Islamic in the latter’s HouzKEY home financing solution to provide more benefits to homebuyers in acquiring their desired homes. Among projects that are included…
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You want FIRE? How much is needed to achieve FIRE? RM1x,xxx,xxx?
Financial Independence, Retire early a.k.a FIRE. Do you want FIRE? Not common during my time (haha) You want FIRE? You must be younger than me today. This is quite a new concept because people of my generation or even my parents generation are not well known to think about retiring at 40. I am 43…
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Need or Lifestyle? One is needed, the other is expensive.
We are staying in Malaysia. We do have choices. Think about Need or Lifestyle? One is actually needed, the other is expensive. Do take a look at the image below. Translated into English, it is as follows: “Actually, our needs are cheap. The expensive one is called lifestyle.” The words came from someone whom I…
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How much interest do we pay for a RM500,000 home? Too much?
Ever wondered how much interest do we pay for a RM500,000 home at the end of the loan tenure? Remember many people shared that the interest we pay could even be more than the loan amount we took? Well, those were the days when the interest rates were much higher. Specifically, if it’s a RM500,000…