Category: Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props
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Here’s why new townships represent super opportunities – A.H.A!
It’s easy to get carried away with the suggestion that properties are now way too expensive for Malaysians. No one could blame this thought because everyone would usually confine their property thoughts to just the few usual choices; hotspots within Kuala Lumpur for example. When informed about some further away choices, the reply is usually,…
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Helping Malaysians to own a property and escape poverty
Developers usually find it hardest to finish selling the Bumiputera quota in their housing developments. This will usually affect the cashflow of the property developer. Seriously, developers just want to finish selling all units so that they could move on to the next project. Else, the holding costs for these will likely be high and…
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H1 2018 launches are mostly RM500,000 and below. (affordable enough?)
Bank Negara Malaysia’s research shows that homes needed to be sub-RM300,000 in order to be affordable to most Malaysians. In fact, they have suggested some strategies which I wrote earlier too. Bank Negara’s 6 policy options. I like them all The oversupply situation is well, still high currently and usually due to the prices which are…
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Okay, now we have THREE categories of affordable homes
The current issue of Malaysians needing a home but could not afford to buy one, is it an issue of demand or is it supply? Demand may be because the salary is just not high enough, currently. Another reason may be the lack of demand even if salary is enough to buy one; negative sentiment.…
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Zuraida: “I am optimistic of the property market because…”
Every time someone tells me that the property market is about to collapse, I would smile and say I disagree. Their next statement is always ‘look at the oversupply’ I repeat, oversupply and property bubble bursting are not necessary the best team-mates. Here’s an easy to understand video yeah. I personally think the property market…
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10 reasons why we should buy a property (Part 2)
As promised, please refer to the other 5 reasons. #6 – Demand will always be around. (I meant for Malaysia). Looking at the demographics, Malaysia has a median age of 29. This is as safe as we can get. Any lower and Malaysians may not have enough demand since not that many Malaysians have worked…
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10 reasons why we should buy a property (Part 1)
kopiandproperty.my readers would have noticed that I do not usually do “top 10 reasons …. ” or “top ten things…” kind of articles. However, when I wrote “10 reasons why we will fail to buy a property” last week, the number of shares were like 5x higher than usual. Perhaps these type of articles are…
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40 years loan tenure? This is the BEST for the buyers?
SERIOUSLY, I am not sure if this is the best for buyers. I also wonder if there were consultations with working professionals like myself. Perhaps they have by far more professionals who has browsed through by far more data than me. Reported in TheEdgeMarkets.com article here, Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said, “Bank Negara Malaysia…
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4Ps (People): Most important property investment reason
I was sharing the 4Ps for Property Investment in Datum Galleria yesterday and the first P is People. It is beyond just population growth though. As long as the city receives a lot of travellers, that’s people too. Imagine a city which is growing and is visited by ever more people year after year. What…
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KL land scam to be solved with RM120 million in compensation?
I think this is still a hot topic in terms of land sale,especially when it involves DBKL and private developers. This is especially so because it happened before the GE14. We get a little more clearer on the issue today. Remember Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng’s report with the MACC on May 16, alleging that were…