The state of our local property market
The average price of a property in our country has risen dramatically over the past few years, including during recession period. This is even more obvious in prime locations such as Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Penang. A property bought 2 years ago in an OK location can easily worth 20-30% more now. And I won’t [...]
Property investment: business vs residential units
For those who are new in property investing, this is perhaps one of the dilemmas that they always face – whether to invest in business premises or to invest in residential units. Normally people would invest in residential units because they tend to be cheaper (generally speaking) and there are also more options for them [...]
Budget 2010 Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT)
Note: this post was written purely based on my personal opinions. The Malaysia government has recently announced Budget 2010. To be honest, there are not much good news for this time’s budget. But whether there’s bad news or not, it is really up to you to decide. Anyway, for this post, I will talk about [...]
When should you get a property?
Our property market is still in high demand even though our country is still trying to recover from the recent recession. Many people have chose to wait it out since 2008, hoping that our property market will take a dip. However, thanks to the brilliant marketing plan from the local property developers, our property market [...]
Be careful when you are renting your unit out
People always say that real estate investing is one of the best way to earn money. Well, it’s most probably the way to earn the most money (over a short period of time) if you do it right but the risks are there and they are pretty high too. But let’s say after giving it [...]