Category: Iskandar / JB Property
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Country Garden’s CEO’s earlier confidence and our PM’s latest remarks ‘not for foreigners’
Just days ago, this was what Hong Kong-listed property developer Country Garden Holdings founder and chairman Yeung Kwok Keung said of Malaysia as reported in Chinese daily Nanyang Siang Pau. “I am confident that Malaysia, under the leadership of [Prime Minister] Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, will continue to welcome foreign businesses and investors. Therefore, I intend to…
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MCM LONDON MUSICAL CIRCUS OPENS @ CAPITAL CITY, JOHOR BAHRU
Press Release by MCM London Musical Circus. (Yes, my family enjoyed this thoroughly and I think it’s going to be fun to just enjoy a musical circus show. This is something that is now available in Capital City, JB. My earlier review article here: My kids love it. Bring yours!) THE FIRST INDOOR MUSICAL CIRCUS…
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MCM’s London Musical Circus in JB – My kids love it. Bring yours!
Have you been to any circus? I have been to quite a number ever since I was still at the primary school. This afternoon, I brought my family to the premiere of MCM’s London Musical Circus in Johor Bahru. This is the first time that a musical circus was held in Malaysia and according to…
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Is Auction / Lelong really bad for the property?
Auction Effects – I was chatting with a good friend, Ms. L from JB today. She was telling me about the many auction of units at her development. It was just completed 1 year ago. She sounded negative because of these auctions which are happening on a monthly basis. The starting prices for these auction…
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It’s not as easy as Airbnb. Especially when it’s a ‘resi’
In Penang, my good friend who’s a real estate negotiator always point to me that ‘this condo cannot do Airbnb’ or that condo cannot do ‘Airbnb.’ Well, I think it’s not just in Penang. Getting into Airbnb may not be that straightforward yeah. Especially those who bought into high-rise units, promised by the lucrative venture…
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Iskandar needs MORE homes yea, hundreds of thousands more.
When it comes to property investment, my personal guide has always been the 4Ps; People, Price, Policy and Preference. The first P which is People. Without population in the first place or a continuous growth in population, we can forget about the potential for the property we are about to buy. This explains the mature…
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RTS gets in-principle approval. 10,000 travellers in one direction / hour.
High Speed Rail KL – SG has NOT been cancelled. Anyhow the meeting to formally talk about this between our Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali and his Singapore counterpart has not been firmed yet; date wise. He did say however that he had a “positive meeting” with Singapore officials when he went to…
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Oh… SST is supposed to benefit property buyers MORE.
Good and service tax (GST) has been zerorised since 1st June 2018. This meant that from 6 percent previously, it has been zero for the past 2 months. This will be in place for one more month since our new or rather reintroduction of sales and services tax (SST) will be in place from 1st…
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Another RM1 billion investment coming into Johor from China.
Here’s one pretty big issue happening with Johor now. The state government says that it will raise the issue of raising the water price to Singapore. Its Menteri Besar Datuk Osman Sapian said the new price is likely to be the same as the raw water price set for the Melaka government that is RM0.50 sen…