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Luxury car sales are up and yet property transactions are falling?

Feb 24, 2016

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in Basics – Property Investment, Condos and High-Rise

Last year, many friends changed new cars. Except for me who traded in my Persona for an Exora, all of them changed ‘better’ cars. Yet, these same friends were the ones who kept complaining that money has depreciated, so many things have become so expensive and GST will somehow kill the economy. As usual, they…

Buy what others did not think, see, view, yet

Feb 23, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

During my recent visit to Sandakan, I spent some quality time dropping by the Sandakan library and read a few magazines and listening to some old songs. I also happen to read an interview in Smart Investor magazine that the famous Robert Kiyosaki gave when he was in Malaysia not too long ago. The question…

Buying a 600k condo, having a 300k cash?

Feb 22, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

A reader wrote in with an interesting question. I think there are many buyers who are really cash rich but may either hold back or are thinking of the best way to proceed. Among my many colleagues, I already know many whom if they want could just view a unit or two and issue a…

Stay ‘strong.’ Shed the ‘depreciating’ debts

Feb 18, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Personal Finance

During tough times, opportunities abound. Reason is pretty simple, really. Not many new businesses are starting and even existing ones scale back or close down due to inefficiencies. Thus, identifying a niche and starting it during tough times meant that there are fewer competitors, cheaper too most probably. For properties, there are definitely sellers who…

Analysis Paralysis – we face this all the time

Feb 17, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props, Personal Finance

I think I wrote on this subject quite some time back. Do read it here. Buying a property, away from analysis paralysis This time, someone considered more “UP” than me is writing about something similar. I read an article by Mark Reijman, the co-founder and managing director of CompareHero.my and I think it’s good to…

Prices up because of ‘location supply scarcity’

Feb 13, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

Is it easy to control property prices? Well, due to land scarcity, Hong Kong and Singapore would be two very good examples of how governments try to control the supply of incoming units with the hope of ensuring a more orderly price increase. Singapore, though the building of it’s HDB flats would flood the market…

Insider tips, why must it be insider tips?

Feb 11, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

There are lots of ‘secrets’ in the property market today, am I right to assume so? If there are not a lot of ‘secrets’, why are there so many “insider tips?” I love it when people say more transparency is better than hush-hush behind the bush. I also trust everyone was serious when they say…

How much would a less popular area appreciate?

Feb 10, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

Have we ever wondered why some properties in certain popular areas rise in prices faster than others? Would the less popular areas even appreciate at all since they are always not the most preferred? Remember some facts. Material or even total construction costs for different areas within the same state CANNOT be so different that…

Huh? Property prices up 5-8 percent in 2016?

Feb 6, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props

Sometimes I really do wonder what is really happening with the property market. I have many real examples showing that real estate negotiators are struggling. Some are now UBER driver, some have found new jobs and many are themselves negative about the market. A few people told me that the rental is also falling and…

Property investment: Returns of 6 percent per year, buy?

Feb 4, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment

I read a Facebook comment about property investment returns a few days ago. The property price for the said property in Singapore has appreciated 30% over a period of 5 years. The comment was that 30% is not a lot. I think what the writer wanted to comment was that 30 percent divided over 5…

Having a targeted property is important, before decision

Feb 2, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props, Property Sabah

Whether we decide to buy a new unit or sell an existing unit. It’s important to set targets in advance. A colleague told me that she wanted to sell her commercial unit and use the funds to buy other residential properties. She asked if it’s a good idea. I told her that if it’s me, I…

Property prices dropping…. No demand, more supply

Jan 22, 2016

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Charles Tan

in Basics – Property Investment, Kuala Lumpur / Selangor Props, Property Penang

I think all of us have read about the probability of property prices dropping further in 2016 after a lacklustre 2015. So, how many percent should it be dropping? If you ask me, my answer is, does it really matter what’s the percentage? The reason is because the grossly overpriced ones would have to drop…

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