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Below market price bungalow in Penang, anyone?
Good news for upgraders looking for a bungalow in Penang below RM1 million. Land area is 4,400 sq ft and built up is 3,500 sq ft. Message from PEN Properties E(3)1400 This property is suitable for the three groups as follows: 1) You may currently be staying in a 1,600 sq ft condominium in Penang…
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What’s pushing up house prices? Housing supply issue? No….
When property prices go up, the main reason is usually due to supply issue. There are not enough, thus prices go up. How true is this? Of course, there are also the issue of too much demand on certain areas while there are insufficient demand on other secondary areas. I wrote an earlier article about…
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Financing options for first-time home buyers?
Approval rates are easily above 70 percent thus far, for all states. Hard to believe? Take a look for yourself or read here. In fact, only for the first 9 months of 2017, a total of RM57 billion were approved by banking institutions to 142,558 first-time homebuyers. Here’s that article in theedgemarkets. According to Deputy Finance Minister…
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IF you really love landed within Penang, spend some time and decide after.
I wrote about my personal experience with Balik Pulau property earlier. Read here: What’s UP with Balik Pulau? There is one upcoming study tour to understand whether Balik Pulau can be your home sweet home. Instead of reading bits and pieces here and there, sign up to know more. In terms of comments, Balik Pulau…
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Stable bank performance expected in 2018. Positive.
Healthy banks in Malaysia are crucial to the our property market. Imagine if the banks are fighting fires daily, there’s no way they will be encouraged to lend to people who want to buy property. I know some wants to say that even now getting a loan is extremely tough. However, bankssay they are still lending…
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U-Turn(s)? Or better common sense
Remember just the other day when the government decided to freeze ALL Luxury and commercial projects within KL? There were supporters actually who said that this will help to reduce the current oversupply, which is really the commercial offices as well as luxury units. Perhaps not immediately reduce but after a couple of years perhaps.…
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Time to know what’s UP with Balik Pulau property with an expert. (Not me lah)
Readers of kopiandproperty.my would know that I am not a supporter of only considering hotspots of today. My view is always that we should also look at the future potential as well. Remember, many hotspots today used to be ‘unknown’ or secondary considerations previously. I recently wrote about Balik Pulau and some friends based in…
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Balik Pulau? Some POTENTIAL insights.
I still remember the time when I was looking to upgrade to a bigger place from my small apartment of 700 sq ft in Relau. I considered many places and Balik Pulau was one of them. There were a few projects that my wife and I drove to and one of it was Botanica. CT by…
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A wet day in Penang. Take necessary precautions.
I was at Penang yesterday for a function and I left Penang just after lunch. When I was passing through the second bridge, I noticed wind was pretty strong and I slowed down my driving speed just to be cautious. Little did I know that it was just the start of a heavy downpour and…
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Unaffordable homes will come true, one day.
Someone forwarded me a message which says the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is saying that the homes in Malaysia is unaffordable. Here’s that article in TheStar.com.my. Homes just aren’t that affordable. I think what BNM is trying to say is that there are more that could be done instead of asking banks to lower their…