Remember subprime-mortgage crisis in 2008? In brief, the banks were lending to borrowers who SHOULD NOT have gotten the loan in the first place. Then, everything collapsed when the borrowers really could not pay. This […]
It is not a good sign if property prices keep moving up much faster than the salary increments we receive every year. Of course if we get a promotion, the typical increments may be 15-20 […]
I read an interesting and easy to understand article in South China Morning Post (SCMP) about the state of property market in Hong Kong. Here’s that article. Hong Kong is an advanced property market and usually, […]
It’s a popular topic these days. In fact I have been asked no less than 3 times by a few different Whatsapp group. Only one of those three groups are related to property investment. Haha. […]
On one side of the ring, we have a veteran real estate expert, Ernest Cheong who sees 2018 as the year that the property market may crash. The panic may start right after Chinese New […]
According to an interview by FreeMalaysiaToday (FMT) with the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs’ (IDEAS) senior fellow, Carmelo Ferlito, the Malaysian property market is close to crashing because of the high unsold properties in […]
Reported in many different medias few days ago was about Fitch Rating’s affirmation of Malaysia’s long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings (IDRs) at ‘A-’ with stable outlook, reflecting the country’s strong net external creditor position. […]
A few friends who have followed me for some time asked me why have I stopped writing about Ringgit these days. It’s already recovering, right? Well, last year, I did write a few articles about […]
Roubini is a famous person when it comes to crisis predictions. He is also known as Dr. Doom and was one of the few who gave strong warnings for the 2008 crisis before it happened. […]
Do I believe the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF)? Well, let’s just say I will believe what I want to believe from what I read. Okay, reported in many media from an article in Reuters, IMF managing […]