Author: Charles Tan
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the KopiTalk #3 – Why refinance? Good, Bad and Ugly
You may be thinking if REFINANCE is a good option. You have a home which you have already paid for many years and now you saw a window of opportunity to invest. However, you need more cash. There are definitely many options to raise that cash. You may want to reduce your monthly mortgage. You…
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What’s in PENJANA? How does it HELP the property market?
Our Malaysian property market has not been performing well ever since the arrival of COVID-19 to Malaysia. No one could view, thus no one could decide. many who viewed dared not decide. Many who decided the documentation got stuck. That’s our property market. Just before COVID-19, it was considered as performing in 2019 since the…
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Better rent to me at a lower rental, or else…
For some readers, I wrote before that if my tenants are really in trouble because of COVID-19, I will provide them 50% rental discount. I meant for the good tenants. Not for all tenants. Of course, they will need to provide some proofs that they really need that discount. Now, what happens if the tenant…
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the KopiTalk #2’s LUCKY DRAW. Free Hotel Stay.
the KopiTalk #2 on 13th June (Saturday) at 9pm has one more pleasant surprise. Want to get ONE FREE NIGHT stay at Stanton Hotel of Kota Kinabalu? This is a hotel reborn from a heritage building and the design and architecture reflects the Gregorian era design. Yes, your wefie and photos taken there will be the envy…
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Doing nothing versus getting ready, the signs may be almost the same
Are you saving more of your salary (if you still have them) since you are at home and could not use much of it anyway? Are you liquidating some of your illiquid assets and keep them into liquid ones like cash in bank so that at any point in time, you could draw upon them…
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Cars are cheaper. How much cheaper? Do you need one?
Unless you did not read your Whatsapp or logged on to Facebook, you should know that cars will become cheaper because the government has decided to waive 100% of the sales tax on completely knocked down vehicles and 50% for the completely built up (CBU) vehicles. Both these vehicles have a 10 percent sales tax…
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I need a holiday. (Even if it seems we were on a holiday?)
Yesterday, I logged into booking.com and started researching about some of the places I would like to visit and the availability of hotels. As everyone would have read, some of the hotels were closed. Not necessarily for good, just closed for this period when there were no travellers. Now, they may have to make arrangements…
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Press Release: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About SEREMBAN 2
Press Release: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About SEREMBAN 2 Seremban 2 by IJM Land is a thriving self-contained township with a tight-knit community located in Negeri Sembilan. Spanning over 1537 ha of land, the township is currently home to a population of more than 62,000 people. In conjunction with its 25th anniversary celebration in…
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It’s not just about cars. It is also about people.
During the KopiTalk #1 with Sr. Michael Geh (click here to view) for the just announced Economic Recovery Plan (ERP), I asked him this question. “With the sales exemption for car prices, do you think more Malaysians would be buying cars instead of property?” He laughed and responded that he hopes people could understand the…
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Knight Frank: PENJANA incentives to stir property market
Press Release: PENJANA incentives to stir property market 9 June 2020, Malaysia – The Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has recently unveiled the RM35 billion Short-Term Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) to address the economic challenges of COVID-19. Consisting of 40 initiatives, the latest plan which is Stage 4 of the 6 stages in the Government’s 6R…