Author: Charles Tan
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Australian cities ranked for property on a 12-month outlook
Before we start to read and think about property investment based on a 12-month view, please do note that any property decision we make must be a much longer term one. Say 5-year outlook? It’s not a one way ticket to untold riches yeah. Anyone promising you untold riches or sky-high property prices in the…
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Just because the buyer may not know does not mean developer can do anything they want
First of all, if you are a foreigner buying Malaysian property, the protection you get is the SAME as any Malaysian purchasing a property locally. As for the protection, please read on yeah. Did you know that as a buyer, you are protected IF the developer tries something illegal? As long as what they were…
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Press Release: DIDIAN Offers An Alternative For The Property Sector To Bounce Back From COVID-19
Malaysia’s property landscape has not been left unscathed by the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. With the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) now in effect and more Malaysians returning to work, the focus for the property sector has been on bouncing back and overcoming the challenges of social distancing. The pandemic and consequent Movement Control…
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Press Release: Malaysia’s Third Largest Real Estate Group, The RINA Group, with Its Associates to Join IQI
One of Malaysia’s largest real estate agency groups, the RINA Group and its associates, will merge into Juwai IQI, the owner of Juwai.com, Juwai.asia, and IQI, the two companies announced today. The RINA Group and its associates’ more than 1,000 agents and negotiators will become members of IQI’s 9,000-person global team and will adopt the IQI…
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When everyone is back to work, economy moves again.
Are you still at home? Working from home or still nothing to do? Hopefully it’s the former. COVID-19 has wrecked havoc our plans for 2020. Many things I wish to do is now pushed back as well. However, I feel blessed that all may loved ones are safe and we could continue to keep everyone…
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RM800k condo. RM2,000 rental. Even recovery cannot save you.
The amount does not represent any particular condo yeah. Just an example after I was asked by an acquaintance if he should proceed with the purchase of a condo in a ‘hot’ area. He told me that the rental cannot cover the mortgage payment currently because of current negative situation. However, when the property market…
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Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) SHOULD be OTW back…
It’s been reported in the major medias. I have received a few same messages of the news. Well, just need to wait till next week to know for sure. What can Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) do IF I have no money to buy a property. Actually, we are not in a financial crisis. Many kept…
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It is in this order: salary – savings – invest. Which stage are you at today?
I read an interesting tweet by Elizabeth Tai, a personal finance writer who writes from the Malaysian perspective. Do read her articles here. Elizabeth was asking about the tendency of writers to just write about investing when everyone should start by focusing on savings too. She’s right. The fundamental for financial management is about saving…
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When it’s profitable, many would rush in. Normalisation will happen later.
How many of us would jump at an opportunity to earn money? I meant the real ones, not some scams. I think the answer is all of us. Everyone want to grab opportunities which come along. Remember long time ago when many shops were selling handphones and the owners were earning tons of money. Well…
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What’s reopening? The journey towards normalization while waiting for vaccine.
Schools are reopening in Vietnam, New Zealand and Germany. Article in VOX.com here. German students test themselves for COVID-19 every 4 days. Tests come back within the same day and the student could then proceed to go to school with a green sticker; there is no need to wear a mask. In Vietnam, temperature checks…