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Buying Penang properties? Affordability means RM600 – RM700psf.
A close friend asked me recently what’s the price that I would be willing to sell my condo in Tanjung Tokong. I said, RM700k. She laughed and said, my husband said that’s impossible. I laughed and said, it is ok. In fact at the price I wanted to sell, I was only only looking to…
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Should our parents continue working after 60?
This article is aimed at people who has forgotten to look after their parents because they are too busy working or said it’s just too expensive to look after their parents. Sorry guys. You have gotten your priorities wrong no matter how successful you may be today. I was at a supermarket called Fair Price…
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Build then Sell vs Sell then Build, why not let the market decide?
House Buyers Association (HBA)’s Chang Kim Loong said that Build then Sell (BTS) is a much better system as it is a much safer mode of home delivery for the buyers. This will also be eliminating the cases of abandoned housing projects. In short, buyers would be protected as they would only be forking out…
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CIMB, RHB, MBSB potential merger. Just 1 cent view.
Just plain simple point of view from me. The reasons below are why more mergers should happen sooner and not later. No merger can happen within 6 months and no significant benefits from the merger can be felt, at least for the next 12-18 months. Competitiveness. Everyone say, with these mergers, there would be less…
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Hijau E-Komuniti, Penang’s answer to affordable homes
11,800 units of affordable properties of which the highest priced ones would only be RM400,000? Yes, that’s being built in Penang. It’s not within the island but in the mainland, near to the second bridge. Thus, it is now possible to stay at a good place, for an affordable price and commute to and fro…
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Serenity Langkawi, my favourite place to be, yearly.
It was another of my usual relaxing Langkawi trip. Buying some chocolates which I could not find in the usual supermarkets. Strolling along the white sandy beaches, occasionally picking up the sea shells. Taking the cable car and lots of photos. Seafood in Kuah town. Cheaper than Penang! For this trip, I went to a…
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Affordability Availability: Penang Properties (Island).
Recently, just did some latest review of some of the latest available properties in Penang which are below RM300,000 and considered affordable. The list is non exhaustive but now sharing some of them here. Many people think affordable must always be primary properties. While primary property’s main advantage is due to newer design, cleaner environment…
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GDV of RM3 Billion in Sungai Petani
Sungai Petani. Interested to buy a property there? My wife and I studied there for 2 semesters of our MBA programme until the UUM’s centre moved into the Kulim High Tech Park in Kedah. The last time I went into Sungai Petani was to meet a developer who had projects in Kedah. It has changed.…
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Pinewood, Iskandar, Marco Polo
What’s the possibility of a drama which is shown to the world being filmed and produced from Iskandar Malaysia? Apparently, it’s already happening today. Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios (PIMS) is currently shooting a drama called ‘Marco Polo’ in Iskandar. No idea when this would be ready but if this is really true, then it is…
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MY ranking: kopiandproperty.my, penangpropertytalk.com, apartment-penang.com
On 23 June 2014, kopiandproperty.my outranked starproperty.my in Singapore. I thought that was fantastic even if it is not within my own country. Today (24 June 2014), I am ecstatic to announce that www.kopiandproperty.my is very slightly ahead of both the other top 20 property sites in Malaysia; apartment-penang.com and penangpropertytalk.com I know, ahead of…
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Ranking in SINGAPORE: kopiandproperty.my vs starproperty.my
I think this is a very small thing for many commercial websites. For me, it is not. Today (23 June 2014) I found out that kopiandproperty.my outranked starproperty.my which is a top 10 property site here in Malaysia. Of course I am still far from them in Malaysia but kopiandproperty.my has beaten starproperty.my in Singapore.…