Category: Iskandar / JB Property
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Wondering why property prices are not going down?
Statistically, the availability of property price numbers for the Malaysian property market are usually 2 quarters behind. In more advanced countries, this is usually faster. Anyway, as long as we have some updates, we would still know the direction that the property prices are going. According to housingwatch.my, the Housing Price Index (HPI) shows a…
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Just EcoWorld or is the property market improving?
EcoWorld is a name known to virtually anyone looking to buy a property here in Malaysia. No surveys done, just a guess. It has just reported a set of encouraging results for the financial year ended 31st October 2017. Yes, this meant that its financial year would be 1st November to 31st October. Q1, Q2,…
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60,000 in 3 years. 100,000 by 2023. Affordability in JB.
Looks like great news for Johoreans or ‘new’ Johoreans; those from outside the state who’s going there to find a job or look for a career. Here’s that recent news article in TheStar. Recently, a Johorean good friend says that the properties in Johor Bahru (JB) is getting way too expensive and that not many could…
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Oversupply to last 5 years. That’s until 2022…. ?
It’s a popular topic these days. In fact I have been asked no less than 3 times by a few different Whatsapp group. Only one of those three groups are related to property investment. Haha. Well, we have another prediction, just a few days ago. This time from one of the top three international rating…
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JB is right after KL. Homes still too expensive.
Every time people ask me if Iskandar’s in trouble due to oversupply, my reply is the same. It depends on whether the oversupply is going to crash the market or is the demand growing at the same time as well. These are two very different things yeah. Oversupply does not automatically lead to property bubble…
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3-4 million visitors a year? Maybe more. IKEA Tebrau.
16th November 2017. That’s an auspicious Thursday, definitely. IKEA Tebrau will be opening to the public. “It’s about time,” some may say. My wife’s ex HR Manager drove the company’s lorry from Penang to IKEA Damansara to stock up and drove back. She was even pregnant then. Please do not ask me why people love…
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New Chinese primary schools? Definitely a plus.
A good friend moved from her previous home (not so awesome area) to her current home in Sri Damansara about 1.5 years ago. She wanted to ensure that her kids get to enroll in the nearby Chinese primary school which is just 1km away. Registrations are always based on distance of home to school. The…
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An additional HSR station in Forest City, Iskandar?
High Speed Rail KL – SG (HSR) should have more developments by the end of 2018. In fact based on some latest media reports, land acquisition process has begun. MyHSR has already submitted application to freeze land development so that the viability of the pre-selected corridor could be studied. Within a few days time, a…
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A good 2018 for property market Malaysia.
According to an article in PropertyGuru, a total of 580 visitors visited PropertyGuru’s Malaysia Property Show (MPS) held in The St. Regis Singapore recently. In fact it said that the seminar sessions were well attended; full house. The seminar series started with some predictions for the Malaysian property market in 2018. Here’s an earlier article…
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Iskandar’s BRT: 90% coverage, 51km and operating in 2021.
Iskandar needs to be as integrated as possible to Singapore. It benefits both sides. Else, I am not sure how both sides could grow when faced with competition from the region and beyond. The Rail Transit System (RTS) is pretty sure since ministers from both sides are already meeting formally. There is a bilateral agreement to…
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Making more sense and cents with the RTS design
I personally think a good design is something simple and long lasting. Simple as in usable and not expensive to do. Long lasting as in durability, ease of maintenance and the design does not become an eyesore in the future. I think we have seen too many designs which looked grand, costs a lot to…
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Desaru Coast – desired business and leisure hub
I have a staff in Singapore who reports to me but is under the local country headcount. So, she was invited to the company’s retreat cum team building while I was NOT invited since my headcount is under the regional team. They were going to Desaru. I have heard of this name a couple of…