Author: Charles Tan
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RM200 million worth of properties sold within the MCO by Sunway Property
Wow. RM200 million yeah. Just during MCO. Do read their media release below for more information and perhaps even dropping by and asking their sales people on some of the popular developments people buy during the MCO. kopiandproperty.my is not part of their digital campaign though I have seen some google adsense banners on kopiandproperty.my…
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Property investment? 4 BAD reasons. Real ones, not for fun.
No need to ask if the founder of kopiandproperty.my loves property or not right. My blog is all about property. However, it’s not all good about property. Later I share 4 BAD points with you. I still love the stock market even if I have just become active again recently. I also trust the unit…
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It’s morning in Kota Bharu. Let’s lunch in Putrajaya. Possible?
At the moment, it’s not possible to have breakfast at 7am in Kota Bharu with your best friend and then give him a surprise lunch in Putrajaya. Take a look at the image from google map below. The fastest travelling time is 6 hours and 36 minutes and if you prefer to take it slow…
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City of Elmina driving revenues for Sime Darby Property
Media release: SIME DARBY PROPERTY REGISTERS REVENUE OF RM476.7 MILLION IN Q12020 ARA DAMANSARA, 21 MAY 2020 – Sime Darby Property Berhad (“Sime Darby Property” or “the Company”), released its first quarter results today which saw the Company registering a revenue of RM476.7 million and profit after tax and minority interests (“PATAMI”) of RM14.2 million…
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Not an easy time for developers. Results are affected.
We occasionally read about some developers receiving some bookings when they launched their properties online even during the COVID-19 period. Frankly, even if the numbers look okay, this is still a very small representation to the whole property market. Current times are not the best times, especially for property developers. Sales galleries, even if they…
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Juwai IQI Launches Juwai.asia, the First Global Real Estate Portal for Asian Buyers
Press Release: Juwai IQI Launches Juwai.asia, the First Global Real Estate Portal for Asian Buyers Juwai IQI today announced the launch of Juwai.asia, the first global portal for non-China Asian consumers who want to purchase real estate almost anywhere in the world. Chinese buyers are already served by the company’s existing portal,Juwai.com, which since 2011…
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Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) and the potential ‘push’ to the property market.
Nope, no one has announced anything yet about RPGT. I recently gave my views to Focus Malaysia. (read here) Yeah, I think one major issue everyone has is with the 5% RPGT which is forever… So, how? Stop buying properties even for KL and Selangor where urbanisation is happening daily? Maybe slow down a bit…
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The 1998 financial crisis and the one in 2020. (are they similar?)
An old friend (number of years I have known him, not his age) and I were chit-chatting and he asked me what’s the window of opportunity to buy a property at the lowest possible price. I replied him that I have no idea. In fact I do not know of anyone who could say they…
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4 things about personal finance we need to do nowadays.
When I was younger, everything seemed cheaper. The bowl of noodle at my school canteen? 20 sen. Add extra noodle? 30 sen. Haha. Okay, those were the days and only some of you will identify to that. For the rest of us, a cup of kopi-O in the mamak is now RM1.50, right? This tells…
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Malaysian economy to recover only in 2021. Bad news?
By the way, if you still do not know, the latest forecasts about Malaysia’s economy are all in the negative territory. Ambank Research says negative 1.1% for 2020. This was Ambank Research’s comment, ““The pandemic virus impact, added with the collapse in oil prices, just aggravated some of the already weak sectors while dampening new…