Category: Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props
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KL office rental under ‘threat’ due to over-supply.
There has been reports about KL office space under pressure due to the pulling out of some oil and gas companies. With the current oil price, I think it will be some time more before any of these oil and gas companies hire aggressively again Keeping that high paying job may be on the minds…
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Latest study: Expansionary zone for Q1 2016
Working in KL and looking at Klang Valley properties? I know these days, comments from all your KLite friends are negative and media reports are RED. I can safely say that I remain optimistic and will continue to view properties. Buying or not depends on the attractiveness of the said property versus the price that the…
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Best time ever or worst time ever for property market 2016
I have been asked nearly daily on what will happen to the property market since 2015 has been a bad year and 2016 is going to be another year we want to forget. Let’s not forget, 2014 was also a “so so” year and 2013 was the start of it all. My answer is as…
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2016 – Personal focus, plans and strategies
A lunch mate (property group) asked me what’s my focus in 2016. Another Facebook friend, someone who loves to comment on my articles asked me what would I be doing in 2016 if I already have enough ‘ammunition’ today. I think for investment, it’s an ever changing game. Nothing in particular is right for a…
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Negative thoughts but contrary actions?
Is the property market extremely negative currently? Transactions falling and even pricing? I noticed one thing recently. Many people say but they do not really mean what they say. Seriously, I think something must be wrong somewhere. You see, nearly every one I know is negative with regards to the Malaysian economy. It’s as if…
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Damansara North? Glamour name for Damansara Damai
Although I think positively of Damansara Damai a lot since I am staying there, I did not want to write too much about it. In fact it’s a tough time answering questions such as, ‘where is Damansara Damai?’ ‘It’s a big jam right?’ or even ‘It’s so far away, do you have to wake up…
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Sell to buy more or keep getting rental surplus?
During Ho Chin Soon’s latest book launch recently, I was chatting with a fellow property investor who told me that she was facing a dilemma. She has an apartment which has appreciated in value which is great. The apartment can be easily rented out as it is nearby a private university. She does not know…
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Flat 2016? Good 2018, 2019 and great 2020?
In the just concluded PropertyGuru 2016 Outlook Forum, many industry experts were invited to share their views on the Malaysian property market. For me, one comment stood out in particular. PPC International’s CEO Siva Shanker predicted that 2016 will be a flat year before recovery starts trickling in by 2017 and 2018 because of elections. By 2019,…