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Very interesting. The most popular project in Penang.
I came across this in my friend’s property site, penangpropertytalk.com. It shows the top 50 most popular projects in Penang within the past 90 days. This is based on the number of page views for all the projects. From the list, I think it’s still certain that Penangites are definitely still in love with the island.…
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RHB offering voluntary exit option to permanent staffs
Someone forwarded me a news I read earlier in a local English daily. It’s about RHB Capital Bhd’s voluntary exit option which is also known as Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS). Does this mean that Malaysia is facing a bleak future for the banking industry? Haha. Please look at all the reported earnings for all the…
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A brief update – latest milestone
kopiandproperty.my was started by me from a bed in Damansara Specialist Hospital on 28th November 2013. Yes, just 21 months ago. Today, kopiandproperty.my has a total of 1,140 articles. 98% written by me. 🙂 Grateful to the 2% external writers. Thank you everyone who has read, shared or commented. Just refer to the two images.…
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How about Desa Petaling for your home? Still affordable.
I was at Desa Petaling to sign some documents at my lawyer’s place on Monday evening. I arrived at his office at 540pm and left around 6pm. It’s a weekday, thus jam is expected. I wanted to just drop by any mall for a nice dinner. As per Waze, it would take me an hour…
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Learning from Havoc Hartanah in Kuala Lumpur
Knowledge is vital in anything we do. Our first job and later a career. Our first home and later an investment. Our slow dip or fast jump into the stock market and later an experienced person whether win or lose. All these requires knowledge. Otherwise, its purely luck or perhaps a gamble. As with luck…
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SP Setia wins Malaysian Developer of the year: SEAPA 2015
Yesterday, I was at JW Marriot Hotel Kuala Lumpur for the South East Asia Property Awards (Malaysia) 2015 gala dinner. It was attended by more than 300 influential industry leaders, VIPs and top real estate professionals. The biggest award of the night; Best Developer went to SP Setia which also won numerous other awards such…
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Penang’s catalyst for higher growth, awarded.
Penang island is a small place, really. Singapore is 710 square km while Penang island is just 293 square km. In terms of populations, Penang island has an estimated population of 680,000 while Singapore has already hit 5.4 million and planning for 6.9 million by 2030. Penang has always been jam-free when compared to KL.…
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Expert Series: South East Asia Property Awards 2015, for better developments
Terry Blackburn is one of the founding partners of Ensign Media in 2003 and was the founding editor of Property Report magazine. He oversaw the title’s expansion to become Asia’s leading media platform for luxury real estate, architecture and design. Remaining committed to Southeast Asia’s vibrant and emerging markets, he started in 2006 the highly…
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Penang property market getting bigger and exciting
I think Penang property market is starting to get more advanced. There was a time when developments were just a few hundred million in terms of gross development value (GDV). Then the bigger players arrived and bought huge pieces of lands. There are now more integrated developments. On a yearly basis, if we use Q1…
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South East Asia Property Awards (Malaysia) – Who are the potentials?
I always think awards help to highlight the efforts from developers. Since most of the time the judges are considered the who’s who in the industry, the nominees are painstakingly chosen from all the entries. Buyers benefit too because the award winners definitely have something special to offer when compared to the industry. Let’s be…
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Another sign of huge demand for a new property
Just a few days ago, I wrote about demand for property in Malaysia is likely to be huge. This is despite the fact that less Malaysian babies are born nowadays. In fact too few for comfort. Read here: 2015: Birth-rate dropped to 1.9 for Malaysia Today, I read in Bernama that under the MyHome housing…