Category: Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props
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No, houses cannot suddenly lose a LOT of their value
We all know the plans by our government to build 1 million affordable homes within 2 terms. Here’s an earlier article: Manifesto on affordable homes for Malaysians. Let’s Do It When this was announced, there were views for and against it. Earlier article here: Malaysia’s affordable home mission by the government. Views. With the current volatile share…
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Bangsar South back to Kerinchi, property prices to drop?
This is the title of an article in EdgeProp.my: Will property prices drop if Bangsar South changes back to Kerinchi? When I was still based in Penang, I used to fly to KL and go to Bangsar South on a monthly basis due to work. My former office was there. I think it’s a nice place,…
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When locals could not afford, that’s a really big issue.
The property markets of Sydney and Melbourne are favoured by many foreign buyers, especially Chinese (China). There are lots of valid reasons including the fact that both are listed in all the typical most liveable international cities in the world. The Chinese parents may have bought because their children may also be studying in Australia…
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Assessing if an area may become a hotspot? Some reasons here.
Everyone likes to know where is the next hotspot. My friends and me would love to know this too! This is so that we could quickly buy and wait to sell in a few years’ time, right? Property is always an investment yeah. So, how do we know where are the future hotspots? Well, they…
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Do you buy-to-live or buy-to-leave?
There are newly completed developments today where the occupancy may not be that high, not even 50 percent. A close friend’s condo in Penang was completed last year. He has moved in and has stayed in the new condo for slightly over a year. Yet, every time I dropped by, the number of cars parked…
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IDEAL home for Malaysians? The WHATs and WHYs.
What’s an IDEAL Malaysian Home? We can ask me or we can ask a lot of Malaysians. LAFARGE and EdgeProp did a MYHOME survey to learn more. Here’s that infographic for our reference. Briefly, these are some interesting results from the survey yeah. Perhaps this is why there are so many unsold units? My personal conclusion…
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I am too old to invest. Wow…
Do you feel you are too old to invest? How old is too old? Nope, Malaysia is definitely not looking at increasing the retirement age to 93 anytime soon. Haha. However, it was a thought which I have shared a couple of times. Working till 68. Still healthy I guess. Until what age should we…
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Landed homes from RM513,000 onwards by S P Setia, this weekend.
If your idea of an ideal home is a landed one, there is another launching this weekend. Final weekend of May 2018. if you have a limitation in budget but as a couple, you could afford up to RM550,000 property, then this is one for you. Last but not least you prefer to buy from…