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Happy 61st Merdeka Day my Malaysia. Always ‘Setia’ to you.
If Malaysia is a working professional, 61 years old would mean the year that the person starts to enjoy his life or starts to worry for his future (retirement). I am just joking. We still have a 93-year old working Malaysian! Thank you as well my PM for telling me that 93 is just a…
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Property investment – My A.I. is better than your A.I.
A new acquaintance told me during a lunch many weeks back that with artificial intelligence (A.I.), the property buying decision no longer needs to be influenced by real estate negotiators. He’s also a real estate negotiator (REN) himself. I told him that if the RENs are only opening doors with the owners’ keys and then…
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Happy voting and tomorrow can start viewing dee…
Today, we rest a bit yeah. Just a very short article though there are already a number of saved articles. Mengundi itu dah pasti ya? Itu kewajipan kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia untuk negara tercinta ya. Here’s a nice song for everyone too. Sejahtera Malaysia. ‘Seia, Sekata, Sehati, Sejiwa, Menghadapi Cabaran.’ Remember yeah, we are all Malaysians.…
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What a day of happiness for everyone in the property market
Date: 1st April 2018 It was reported in the media just this morning. According to the Minister of Property Affairs and Affiliation, Ms. April Hoo, the government will be taking the following proactive measures to ensure everyone gets their first home, everyone gets to upgrade their homes and anyone preferring a landed property will get…
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Online Bidding (Penang properties). Up to 35.8 percent below market value.
Online Bidding Auctions for March 2018 by MNP Auctioneers (Central) Sdn Bhd. State: Penang (Ayer Itam, Batu Ferringhi, Paya Terubong, Gelugor, Bukit Mertajam), Kedah (Sungai Petani) Property types: From apartments to semi-detached properties and even bungalows Reserve price(s): Up to 35.8 percent below market value. Please refer below for full details. NOTE: All these properties…
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Interest rate to affect property demand in Penang
I have moved out of Penang for the past 5 years. My son was even born in KL. However, I like Penang property market because the island side remains just an island while the mainland side has the second bridge as a new connection to the Bayan Lepas industrial parks. It meant that it is…
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Nothing to do with properties. Just LOVEly videos. Enjoy!
This is the first year that I watched over 10 CNY videos. Somehow, this year I chanced upon one which made me think a bit more about relationships. Then, the I watched the second one and then more. There are many good CNY videos this year. Nope, i did not choose the usual ones that…
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Penang growing ‘bigger’ with another 252.81 acres of land
Overall, Penang is 1,048 km² in size. If it’s just the island part, it’s 293 km². In comparison, Singapore is 719.9 km² in size. It was 581 km2 in 1966. Singapore has thus, grown by 23 percent in size. Well, Penang is growing too and I personally hope Penang can continue to grow in size too. Currently, one…
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EPF’s returns? 6.02 pct over past 10 years. 6.37 pct over past 5 years.
I received two Whatsapp messages just yesterday. I really do wonder why people would want to create them and why there are people who love to forward these kind of messages. One came with a photo of the EPF’s building on fire and said something along the lines of “6.9 percent announced yesterday. With this…
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Penangites, see you on 3rd and 4th February 2018.
I have moved to Kuala Lumpur for 5 years. However, I continue to drop by Penang every two weeks. I still own properties in Penang too because I believe the current slow market is only a passing phase. Property market Penang is a very resilient one. On 3rd and 4th February 2018, there are a…
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Penang Property Outlook 2018 – What’s brewing?
In Penang, there’s one prominent local property site which is visited by most of my friends. In fact, it was not the most popular when I first got to know some property sites based in Penang. Today, penangpropertytalk.com has around 100,000 visits per month. Do visit them often. On a daily basis, my good friend…
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RM100 per stall per day, property is pushing up price of our meals.
This is a general article but the examples used are all for Penang yeah. Anyone from KL, please comment on KL’s hawker rental prices. Are we paying ever higher prices for our meals? The answer in short is, yes. The reasons include cost of raw materials, cost of labour and cost of living. Yes, usually…