Author: Charles Tan
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IOI Properties Group expects property sales to recover post-pandemic
While it’s not a great time for all developers, it’s worth noting that many developers continue to build on some good months before the current COVID-19. What’s extremely important is that these developers continue to be able to keep building and the potential buyers continue to have a job. It’s not about staying home forever…
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Fancy going to the new Genting theme park when it opens?
When was your last drive up the hills for a relaxing shopping trip at the Genting Highlands Premium Oulet? Or drive up all the way to the Genting Highland Resorts and then taking the cable car down to do your shopping instead. Then have dinner at the many F&B choices in SkyAvenue? Whether it’s that…
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Press Release: Myra – Taking the Risk for the Future of Property
Press Release: Myra – Taking the Risk for the Future of Property It’s not a secret that buying a home for the very first time is an anxious and daunting experience as it involves your hard-earned money and savings. After signing off on the papers, it becomes a life-long commitment that leaves us a little…
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It’s not the price. It’s the motivation.
People continue to tell me that property prices are coming down. I pointed out to them that property prices as in the listing in property sites or property prices as in actual transaction? Many look at me blankly… Many times, we fail to distinguish between perception (when everyone is viralling some news) and the reality…
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Saving continuously and you will be rich in the future. (quite rich…)
Unfortunately for us, the Fixed Deposit (FD) rate has gone down so much that we no longer get even a 2%…unless we save for 6 months or higher. By the way, even if we save RM1,000 for 365 days, we will only get RM21. Erm… not enough for even one Starbucks latte and one slice…
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Maybank’s Q1 is still going up. Erm… quarters ahead?
Maybank is Malaysia’s largest bank by total asset-size. It has just reported a growing profit for Q1 2020 versus a year ago. Movement Control Order (MCO) did not affect it? Banks’ are a great sign of the market health. The market cannot be growing if the banks are not financing the growth. If the markets…
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Making Sense and Cents about COVID-19 with Michael and Miichael. Do not miss this show.
Logically, we should be as fearful to COVID-19 versus the influenza which kills over 600,000 people every year. However, we are today too pre-occupied with COVID-19 and in fact has continued to think of many new norms which we believe will be around until COVID-19 vaccines are found and starts manufacturing. Let’s listen and learn…
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RM10 a few months ago? That same thing may just be cheaper today.
They say prices always go up. I also think so. I have been buying the noodles when RM4 was considered expensive. These days, RM6.50 is considered cheap. 😛 That’s inflation… They also say the government does not understand that the inflation is increasing much faster than the official number. Erm… they may be wrong this…