Category: Iskandar / JB Property
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Foreign buyers and local buyers get the same protection. Great point yeah.
Actually, these days I do not try and convince anyone who thinks that there are better property markets outside Malaysia. In fact, I welcome them to proceed with whatever they believe is the best. I get no commission if they buy any property in Malaysia and it’s their money yeah. The usual debate is about…
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JB’s high-rise residences: Vacancy availability and new supply
For the doubters of Johor Bahru’s property market, here’s a news which may make everyone say, ‘I told you so…’ 😛 However, the news will also be telling of a window of opportunity to negotiate for the best price and well, buy. As for people looking for property bubble to burst and prices jumping off…
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WHY should RTS start only AFTER 2024?
I crossed from JB to SG and back three times in 2018. One of those trips on a weekday took 3.5 hours. Reports say that there are 100,000 people on average crossing the border on a daily basis. If everyone took 3 hours, that’s 300,000 hours wasted. (Unless of course everyone was reading a book)…
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Increase in stamp duty delayed. Support for property market?
The stamp duty for property transactions above RM1 million was not welcomed by the market. Of course, the target was not the B40 or the M40 households but this will subdue the number of potential transactions from the more experienced investors and when the numbers suddenly drop, the first-time home buyers would definitely lose confidence…
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4 or 5 or 6 hours? Now imagine the potential.
Someone I looked up to in my ex-company (he mentored me in my career) told me that he thinks Iskandar is a white elephant. He said this just 3 years back, when all the property markets in Malaysia have slowed down. I replied that market slowdown does not happen just in Iskandar. He said there’s…
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Largest aquarium brand in the world is coming to Malaysia.
Information from wikipedia: “Sea Life Centres are a chain of commercial sealife-themed attractions. As of April 2017 there are 53 Sea Life attractions (including standalone Sea Life centres, mini Sea Life features within resort theme parks, and Legoland submarine rides) around the world. The chain is owned by the British company, Merlin Entertainments.” Somehow, despite the 53 centres all over the world, there’s…
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Another exciting excitement entering Medini, Johor.
If life is all about work, work and work some more and no play, I think it’s better to stop working and start enjoying instead. Haha. Actually, it’s the same for property development. Townships where there are just houses, houses and more houses will not do, not anymore. Perhaps we used to have a mall…
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RM8 billion more investments into Johor in 2019
One of the latest updates about Iskandar Johor was in an earlier article here. It’s about RTS, flights and ferry Let’s just say that for me, the catalyst for future growth between both Johor and Singapore would have to be the Rail Transit System (RTS). As for property needs, here’s an earlier article.: Johor needs many more…