Category: Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props
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Buying a 600k condo, having a 300k cash?
A reader wrote in with an interesting question. I think there are many buyers who are really cash rich but may either hold back or are thinking of the best way to proceed. Among my many colleagues, I already know many whom if they want could just view a unit or two and issue a…
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BAD property market Malaysia, a summary
Articles with negative titles these days are becoming ever more popular. This is despite the fact that the content does not correspond fully to the title. One such article caught my attention and if we read just the title, it’s best we sell properties we have now and wait for opportunities down the road. As…
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KL North? Selayang lah. Still affordable, really.
Maybe for many property buyers, Selayang does not sound that magnificent. Thus, there a developer has branded its project as KL North. What a cool idea. It’s like Damansara Damai which is also known as Damansara North. It’s like Bangsar South which was once Kampung Kerinchi. Or even Desa Parkcity which is within Kepong. Yeah, there…
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Changing trends not necessary bad, we must change with them
I had lunch with a few friends just days before Chinese New Year (CNY). Everyone was saying they had no CNY mood. (I think it’s more of age?) However, they agree about one thing, the malls were now packed with shoppers. I told them that NOT all malls. There are malls which when we visit…
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Prices up because of ‘location supply scarcity’
Is it easy to control property prices? Well, due to land scarcity, Hong Kong and Singapore would be two very good examples of how governments try to control the supply of incoming units with the hope of ensuring a more orderly price increase. Singapore, though the building of it’s HDB flats would flood the market…
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Greater London, severely unaffordable. Start thinking Greater KL.
London is an international property market. I would personally rank it in terms of availability and vibrancy ahead of even those cities labelled as most liveable in the world such as Melbourne or Sydney. Given a choice between a UK degree or an Australian one, I can safely say UK is still ahead. Think…
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How much would a less popular area appreciate?
Have we ever wondered why some properties in certain popular areas rise in prices faster than others? Would the less popular areas even appreciate at all since they are always not the most preferred? Remember some facts. Material or even total construction costs for different areas within the same state CANNOT be so different that…