Category: Uncategorized
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Buy a Tesla or buy a micro-flat? Both similar ‘sized’
In my last trip to Hong Kong just weeks ago, I was wondering why were there so many Teslas in Hong Kong. My colleague told me that there were tax waivers for electric cars and Tesla was monopolising all the sales against all other brands. The tax waiver has ended, thus the sales for Tesla…
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Bitcoin auction by South Korean government. Interesting.
Sometime back, I got a Bitcoin expert in Malaysia to tell us a bit more about Bitcoin. Read here:Expert Series: Bitcoin questions answered by Suraya (ringgitohringgit.com) Right after that, bitcoin prices has been going on an uptrend. Of course, the uptrend has nothing to do with the interview. 🙂 The latest price as per google is…
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May ‘lost’ seats, may lose her post too but government may remain
There are good news for Malaysian parents with children in UK universities. The British pound has just dropped further after the election results were announced. The Conservatives lost their majority in the government and would not have to form a government with support from other parties. Oh yeah, by the way, I do not agree…
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600 units RUMAWIP, 882 sq ft from RM300,000, 4km from city centre
I think this is an interesting proposition for the first-time home buyers who wants affordable units but only if it’s near enough to the city centre. Do read on about the RUMAWIP units known as Platinum Splendor Residence. The full article here, in propsocial.my Else, do read on. Their editor can write better than me. I think…
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Just got cheated? Well, no end in sight.
There are many good people out there. They hope that fewer Malaysians get cheated. Do read this article by Mark Reijman which is so clear about the reasons why people are still being cheated! Why the rich and the poor still fall for scams. Well, a scam becomes a scam only when people realised that…
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Investable antiques, get to know what, why and how.
Scarcity helps prop up value of properties. That’s why some of my friends would tell me that landed is forever good. High-rise meanwhile depends on the maintenance after some years. What about antiques then? I think it’s even more scarce and most of the time, it comes with ’emotions’ too. Perhaps some famous families have…
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IKEA Penang? It’s really coming – 24 months away?
Updated with latest update from Penangpropertytalk on 11th may 2017. A few Penangite friends say it’s the key reason for them buying a property in Batu Kawan. Some say this will bring Penang mainland’s property attractiveness up to be on par with the island. It’s that brand called IKEA. (Yes, I love IKEA even if…
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Don’t miss these award winning developments. PIPDA 2017.
I was honoured to have been invited by Dato KK Chua to join property industry people in the Property Insight Prestigious Developers Awards (PIPDA) 2017. This is a night where the winners finally get to show to the world an award for their efforts in building better and greater properties, be they for stay or…
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Looking for a home / investment? Jom carirumah in Sunway Carnival Mall
Many prominent speakers. Just so happen that I have listened to nearly all of them share and have learnt a lot. All are experts in their own fields. No idea why my good friend, Rozalina invited me to speak. So, the whole line-up now includes a blogger from kopiandproperty.my Haha. My topic? I will share…
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Ever more benefits; property loans, 20-week paid maternity leave….
I believe the working conditions of today has improved tremendously compared to when I first started. There are now more benefits that was considered a luxury just 10 years ago. FREE Latte machines in the office? Where each cup of latte would still cost RM4.50 to the company? What about allowances in US$ so that…
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Getting worse? Overhang growing by 44%. (14,792 units!)
When overhang grows it is not a good sign. If market is healthy the overhang would continue to reduce and not keep going up. According to National Property Information Centre (Napic) in an article in Theedgeproperty today, value of transactions for 2016 has dropped 3 percent to RM145.1 billion. It was RM149.9 billion a year ago.…
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The home we want is never affordable. Always true, unless..
Until today, I firmly believe that the home we want is never and will never be affordable enough. Unless of course I hit a lottery jackpot but I buy maybe once a year. Haha. Low probability right. My first property was bought because it was the one that met most of our (my wife and…