Author: Charles Tan
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Gamuda Land Virtual Experiential Gallery: VR and 3D with full 360° view
Press release: Gamuda Land Virtual Experiential Gallery launched, first of its kind in Malaysia. A new initiative by Gamuda Land has seen the launch of its innovative digital gallery called Gamuda Land Virtual Experiential Gallery. As the name suggests, this is a gallery built entirely on a virtual reality platform, in 3D format and full…
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Merdeka 118 by PNB will be ready by 2022. Cool or Wow?
This is the world’s second highest tower at 678 metres. Merdeka 118 by PNB. It was supposed to have been completed in 2021 but the current COVID-19 has slowed down the construction progress. Thus, it is now expected to be completed only in Q2 2022 instead. Our Merdeka 118 by PNB is taller than our…
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Of lower unemployment number and higher GDP recovery
High unemployment is not good. Lower unemployment numbers are good. No jobs, no money. No money, no recovery. No recovery definitely cannot buy property. Thus, a lower unemployment number will mean higher the recovery that we could expect for the economy. ONLY if the economy is moving that people could spend more. Only when we…
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How you see your house is different from everyone else. 5 views here.
This photo (image below) came up again recently. How you see your house is different from everyone else. I have seen it many years ago. Let’s write one article so that I know where I could find a copy when I need to explain why you may think ever so highly of your home but…
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#ADAPT International Convention. Only the first 50 readers get FREE tickets.
I am honoured to be one of the speakers for Juwai IQI’s #ADAPT International Convention. I have looked through the speakers list. It’s like WOW. This is billed as the World’s Largest Tech Conference. 35+ languages. 200+ Speakers and Industry Speakers. Over 200,000 viewers. This event is by Juwai-IQI. This will be an event which…
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Are banks still resilient in Malaysia? Who says what?
Do you think banks are still doing fine? Are banks still resilient in Malaysia? After 6 months of moratorium and another 3 months of extension? What happened during the moratorium, briefly? This was when banks were asked to continue paying salaries to all their employees (over 164,000 of them as per this report by BNM)…
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7 reasons to move house. Yes, I have moved many times.
Oh yeah, move house need not be to buy a new house yeah. If we have retired and we are travelling around, there’s no need to own a home we are not staying in for most days in the whole month. Perhaps just rent a simple condo so that it’s easier to upkeep too. Sell…
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Property bubble in Malaysia? Look for these 4 signs.
This topic has NOT been mentioned for some time. Is there a property bubble in Malaysia? Well, if no one is talking about it, should the answer be a NO? Property bubble usually ends with a property market crash. Better not ask too many people. Housing developers will tell you that there’s no bubble. Potential…
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Gamuda Garden’s Illaria Hillside Homes sold out in 2 hours.
Gamuda Garden’s Illaria Hillside Homes had a special public preview on 10th October (Saturday). Illaria Hillside Homes It consists of townhouses and two-storey link homes. Sizes ranged from 18′ x 65′ to 22′ x 70′. Prices… this is within Gamuda Gardens yeah. It starts from RM480,000. How’s the result? One word, positive. In many conversations,…
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Property market will recover faster. You believe that?
Actually what do people mean when they say property market will recover faster? Do they mean the property transactions will be moving up? When they say moving up, do they say every month it gets higher and this is considered as a recovery even when the numbers this year is still lower than last year?…
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Why property prices are not falling yet?
Actual conversation, maybe not actual words but the gist is there. Why property prices are not falling yet? Happened on 6th October with a good friend in a nice cafe in Mont Kiara. Good friend: I am still waiting for the property price to drop before I buy. Charles: It will not be easy for…