Category: Basics – Property Investment
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Penang Property Convention 2018. FREE for Early Birds.
Taking Miichael’s words, ‘Learning about property investment is extremely important before we start. This is one event that everyone should not miss.’ Now, for my own sentence. Yes, I am one of the speakers sharing my views about working professionals and their property investment. Personally, I think it’s important for everyone to have a roof…
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When price is BIG issue, should we consider ‘Alternative’ property?
Many times, we want to find a cheap property but we do not want to buy a small-sized one. Yet we do not want to buy too far away that an hour of drive is necessary to reach office everyday. I am okay with up to an hour of driving but for some they could…
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Melbourne: Most liveable and an attractive city for property investment?
I was in Melbourne just 2 months ago. It was my 4th time visiting an Australian city (besides Perth and Sydney earlier) and I have to say that it lives up to its tag of the world’s Most Liveable city awarded by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) for the past 7years. (2011 – 2017). My…
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Median property price in Malaysia is dropping! Good or bad?
Median house price in Malaysia is dropping! Is this a bad sign for the market? 😛 The full article in edgeprop.my here. The median house price for the whole country is now at RM280,000 as at Q1 2018 and this is a drop from RM303,000 in 2017. It was much lower in 2012 which was…
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Deciding to buy a property? Think of the 4Ps
This article was first published in Property Insight July 2018 edition. Title: Deciding to buy a property? Think of the 4Ps. The first question that comes to mind before anyone buys their very first property is where to buy. That’s the reason why the mantra has always been location, location and location. One strongest reason…
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No SST on building materials does not mean lower home prices.
A friend rushed to complete his home purchase before GST started. He did not manage to do it in time. Here’s that earlier article: Oh dear, I missed the GST deadline to buy property Well, the story of GST has ended. In fact, this happened when GST ended and SST yet to start. People are simply…
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Is Auction / Lelong really bad for the property?
Auction Effects – I was chatting with a good friend, Ms. L from JB today. She was telling me about the many auction of units at her development. It was just completed 1 year ago. She sounded negative because of these auctions which are happening on a monthly basis. The starting prices for these auction…