I tend to think that property business will always remain healthy. When times are bad, there will be more sellers, less buyers...good times means more people selling and buying. Whenever and wherever in Malaysia or Singapore there will be transactions and property agents will get their due commissions, some with hard work, some less. Maybe during bad times, the pie gets smaller and heaven favors the lucky ones.
Hope you don't mind, just sharing my thoughts with you. Our Shantong guide said that Penglai Pavilion in Penglai County in Shantong was the ancient place from where the mythological Eight Immortals made the crossing to a mirage island, which has become a heavenly paradise on earth, populated with happy and prosperous people. It was said that when the Eight Immortals crossed the sea, each showed his special power, each tried to outwit the other...各显神通..
As we strained our eyes from the Pavilion to see the mirage we could not see, we found it hard to believe, but some did and life goes on. Live in that heavenly paradise on earth? Not me, as it is too far away and daily life there can be very different from what we have in mind. JB or Malaysia, on the other hand, is a place near to Singapore. Their peoples, history and culture are intertwined and no culture shock living here, but with little differences which we have to accept. The rich, not-so-rich and the poor will go through living their lives and arrive at the final destination. Why want to talk down anybody?
