Category: Basics – Property Investment
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Malaysians within B40 and M40, a special loan scheme is coming by August 2018? Hmm…
Housing and Local Government Minister (KPKT) Zuraida Kamaruddin said that her ministry has met agencies such as Bank Negara Malaysia, bankers and the Employees’ Provident Fund on the rolling out of a loan package for the M40 and B40 income level group. To compare loans from 15 banks at the same place, click here. This is also…
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Of low salary, lots of OT and poverty and well, property.
According to World Bank’s ‘Poverty-at-a-Glance, anyone living with US$1.90 (RM8) per day in the world is considered to be living in poverty. In 2013, an estimated 10.7 percent of the world’s population live on less than US$1.90 per day. Here’s that link from World Bank to read more. I just came back from Sydney and Melbourne…
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Better names, better prices. What if the names are changed?
Location is the main ‘ingredient’ in property investment. Anyone who does not know about this should know about this. Have we however wondered then what makes a location a good or even a great one? Lots of different reasons for different people. For this article, let’s assume this. Considering the location itself is ALREADY a…
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Rent-to-Own a value-added solution to buyers and banks.
Another Rent-to-Own (RTO) news. I think this will be something prominent in the future, just like proptech stuffs. Partly due to home prices which many said is too expensive for the average Malaysians and partly because the average Malaysians are also having lesser money in their pockets because there’s way too many temptations. Earlier article…
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When even the car parks can be bought and sold like a home
I love extra car parks. It’s a great convenience. My earlier article here: Should I buy the 3rd car park? In fact, as long as a developer is building condos, they must ensure there’s sufficient car parks within the project. In some projects an additional car park can be RM50,000. This is considered very ‘painful’ to…
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When locals could not afford, that’s a really big issue.
The property markets of Sydney and Melbourne are favoured by many foreign buyers, especially Chinese (China). There are lots of valid reasons including the fact that both are listed in all the typical most liveable international cities in the world. The Chinese parents may have bought because their children may also be studying in Australia…
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Millennials disrupting the property market? Everyone has a hand, definitely.
There are a couple of typical conclusions about the millennials when it comes to the property market. Some say they would NOT be able to buy their own home. Here’s one article. Some survey however shows that 94 percent of millennials buying a home within 5 years! click here for article I read interesting thoughts by AREA Management Sdn…
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Assessing if an area may become a hotspot? Some reasons here.
Everyone likes to know where is the next hotspot. My friends and me would love to know this too! This is so that we could quickly buy and wait to sell in a few years’ time, right? Property is always an investment yeah. So, how do we know where are the future hotspots? Well, they…