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Single-parent households face a higher possibility of living in poverty

It’s not easy to be a single parent, whether the single parent is a male or female. The reason is a simple one, unavoidable costs such as housing, electricity, car and even food meant that one person has to pay for them all. Thus, once the single person deducts the single income for the few unavoidable costs, especially for property rental or even mortgage, the remaining amount may not be enough for the household to live above the poverty line.

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ABCs of Property Investment

Malaysia’s Property Market: Less Parking, Lower Costs?

In Malaysia, Transport Minister Anthony Loke suggests reducing parking space requirements for new developments near public transport, potentially lowering property prices. This approach aligns with trends seen in cities like Melbourne and Hong Kong, where high parking costs drive up real estate prices. Residents may need to adapt to a bit more walking.

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ABCs of Property Investment

Understanding Housing Affordability: The Emotional Impact on Prices

How do we know if a certain city has a housing crisis? Note, this is not a term dreamt up by me yeah. This is a term from the media on Australia’s property market. Let’s just look at Melbourne which is one major city. The below are the ‘lowest priced’ and ‘new property’ in Melbourne. Data as at 2nd December 2025. Source: realestate.com.au

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Affordable Properties

The Hidden Crisis: Young Homelessness in Urban Areas

Once upon a time, I had to wait to catch an express bus from Johor back to KL and it was delayed. I waited for many hours until wee hours in the morning at the bus station. It was so tiring, yet I could not really sleep as I have my luggage with me and I do not feel safe enough to sleep. Walking is not an option, I was tired. Sitting is not an option, I was tired. Sleeping is not an option because sleeping while being seated is so rough and tough.

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Affordable Properties

KPKT says no en bloc sale for any Urban Renewal Act (URA)

Briefly, en bloc sale meant the collective sale of all the units within the development to one developer / new owner and all the owners will collectively get a portion of the sale of the whole block or blocks. For many developed property markets, en bloc sale also meant that as long as a certain majority number of owners willing to sell is reached, then sale becomes a certainty.

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Affordable Properties

KPKT’s Plan to Transform Commercial Buildings into Homes

Anyone would have driven past some commercial buildings which has been abandoned. It could have been a factory but is no longer in operation. When it comes to production, the margin is usually small and thus any changes in the market could be fatal to the factory. Some of these abandoned or even unused commercial buildings have been transformed into something else. For example, a cafe… maybe even a n event space…

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ABCs of Property Investment

How to Determine If Property Prices Are Overpriced

My good friend, Ken is the founder for both penangpropertytalk.com and also klpropertytalk.com. He told me one exciting new feature which he has just enabled for everyone. In my personal opinion as a property investor, it is very important to know the market price before we buy. Let’s look at the transacted prices before we decide whether to buy or not. There’s really no need to pay way higher than what the market transactions are happening.

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ABCs of Property Investment

I prefer homes which are RM300k or lower! Yes, even landed properties are available too.

We listened first hand from Dr. Lee Tai Jia of PropertyGuru. Many slides were presented and I think there is this interesting slide which we should take a look. We could get some conclusions, then decide we if like to take further actions too. Property market demand is real but it all hinges on the affordability and also the acceptance of a certain location or size or even the type of property too. After all, to anyone thinking there’s such a thing as the perfect property must look at their level of income too.

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Affordable Properties

Budget 2026: Building a Future-Proof Housing Market for Malaysia

As Malaysians await Budget 2026, the property market is at a crossroads. The 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) sets ambitious housing reform goals, including the delivery of one million affordable homes by 2035, but the real test lies in translating this ambition into measures that address what the market is experiencing today.

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ABCs of Property Investment

Property market 2024? Transactions and Prices, Up or Down yeah?

According to the chart, the total transactions are actually growing. In fact it is only growing slowly from 2022 to 2023 and from 2023 to 2024. Some can interpret this as a recovery. Some could interpret this as positive for the property market. Some could also interpret this growth as a very slow growth. My personal interpretation is that the market has not reached the attention of enough buyers. In other words, a lot more potential buyers may not know that the total transactions has started to increase.

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