Category: Basics – Property Investment
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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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10 reasons why we will fail to buy a property.
Not everyone loves to buy a property. Some (usually the younger ones) say vacations are better than a property. The former gives FEELING of happiness. The latter merely adds debt and worry of not being able to pay on time. Plus the fact that they can show off to their peers when they post those…
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Regulating the house prices will NOT be easy
Reported in Edgeprop.my: JPPH proposes Housing Price and Cost Control Committee were two sentences from Valuation and Property Service Department (JPPH). “JPPH does not play a role in controlling the price of any property including residential property but plays a role in providing important property market indicators so that the market remains secure. House prices are…
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Webinar with KC Lau: Discover the 4Ps to Success in Property Investment
Every time I meet KC (Founder of kclau.com), I always learn something new. KCLau.com is a premier personal finance site and this was started long time before people realised that blogs could become a powerful channel! In my last meeting with him just a few weeks ago, he asked if I would like to conduct…
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Will prices keep rising for landed? (even in older neighbourhoods?)
I was speaking to someone a few years younger than me a few weeks ago. We were discussing the limits in the prices of properties in mature neighbourhoods and also the limitations of newer but much further away neighbourhoods. She said that the area she stayed in is the best because she could get everything…
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Will ‘affordable’ homes’ prices go up?
Someone told me the other day that it’s best not to buy an affordable home. I think he meant those homes below RM300,000. The reason is because there may not be much property price appreciation for them. The reason? There’s just too many of these affordable homes in the market now and there’s more coming…