Category: Property Penang
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About the unsold units? We still need more units, actually.
Do we worry about the ‘extremely high’ unsold units yet? We should worry if all these unsold units are very cheap and in awesome locations and yet nobody wants to buy because they could not afford. Maybe it is because the job market is bad. No one could afford because they do not have a…
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When we feel we are too poor to buy a property
This article was first published in July 2017 issue of Ivory Living “I do not have enough money to buy a property today,” my colleague shared during a lunch recently. He continued, “I am looking at many condos but I could not afford them. I am just too poor to buy!” This colleague works in…
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Attention and Attraction, always a good Addition. Penang has it.
The first thing my friend told when I visited her condo some years back was, ‘There’s a Petronas Twin Tower view from this window.’ Wow. Anyway, any high-rise with a pool view would always have a slight premium over the other side without any particularly attractive view. Of course, if it’s KLCC view, it would…
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Outlook of a few major property markets in Malaysia by CBRE / WTW
I have a small Whatsapp group of a few colleagues who love to talk about property. One of them has invested only in Klang and he recently asked this question. ‘Anybody buying any property in 2017?’ He said he is still looking but not sure if he should buy or not. He is what I…
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Penang: 375 acres and RM7.76 billion townships
Is Penang getting bigger? Well, reclamation wise there are plans but with its existing lands, Penang is geting bigger in terms of Gross Development Value (GDV). The latest one being announced is by Eco World in a joint development with Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is a RM7.76 billion development on a 375-acre piece of land.…
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Penang Property Outlook 2017 by Ken Lim, penangpropertytalk.com
I read a very good article published in penangpropertytalk.com by my friend Ken Lim. I think for those interested to know more about what Penang property market has to offer, this is a good site to go to. The article is Penang Property Outlook 2017. It gives an overview of what happened in 2016 followed by…
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Balik Pulau A Hidden Gem
We love Penang food. We love the sun, the sea and the relaxation with an island. It’s even a UNESCO Heritage City, so we are virtually living in a city with a great past and potentially an awesome future. How about getting a property there? Where? How? When? What? If answer is Yes, do attend…
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SP Setia venturing into mainland Penang; first development
How many Penangite readers of kopiandproperty.my would like to say they will be selling their island home and moving to mainland Penang instead? At this moment, I do not believe so yet, probably it is still developing while island is already mature with everything everyone needs, especially all of Penang’s biggest malls.Unfortunately, mainland does not…
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Penang’s Design Village (Outlet Mall) opens for you.
My brother sent a photo of him with a cup of Coffee Bean coffee to the family LINE chat. He asked us to guess which Coffee Bean was he at. None of us could guess and then he revealed the answer. He was at Penang’s Design Village. Yes, that outlet mall which has since opened.…
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Penang: Secondary property market remained strong for 2016
In an article in Starbiz, Raine & Horne Malaysia senior partner Michael Geh shared his personal views about the state of the property market in Penang for 2016. He said that while the general property market is experiencing a slowdown, the secondary market remained strong. He shared, “In the first six months of this year, the…