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Everything is cyclical. What goes up comes down. I didn't buy in sg when I first arrived because I felt that high prices ran against the needs of the government (to make sg an attractive, internationally competitive place to work and do business). They had to put in measures and overbuild to...

I think you were a brave one up at kilburn! Clapham is gentrifying, the high street already is... Nah that was a totally different thing: think that 'on the street be heading' happened in Swindon or somewhere non-London. Hard to tell how long the riots lasted - wiki says six days - but by then...

It's all relative. I was never bothered there in 3 years, but you see it happening and the crime stats speak for themselves. Some people look like victims, or are wrong place, wrong time. Mostly people go around with little problem. It's not so nice if you have a family though. I'm confident ...

This time I bought outside of London...the prices are now dangerously high, so I saw better value in other areas!

I bought 50m away from Clapham North tube station. But...'prime' zone 2 was a bloody nightmare. I found out my downstairs neighbor was a drug-infested street hooker (when she propositioned me as I was out buying milk on a Sunday afternoon). Oh, and because of The uk's welfare policies, instead...

I was super-keen to buy in singapore, but it has proven impossible. The economics don't work and the market doesn't accept reality either. To give an idea, this is the lowest interest environment...ever. After absd etc if I throw in sgd$380,000 cash, for a 3 bed condo, even in this low interest...

No, not rich. I didn't buy cash, I got a mortgage as inflation tends to make initial sums look laughably small. I did however, take out the whole sum from DBS savings and transfer to CITI MY, leaving it in sgd currency. I recently sold a London property that I bought in 09. Yeah, I saw the...

Well - he's talking about Medini, not Puteri. The latter will fetch a premium for being on the water and having the highest density of F&B plus groceries Etc. Of course, they do cost double what Medini's do. I think puteri will be covered by rental IF it rents. Potential clients can afford...

I think you are right, though it is galling not to earn a return...it's not an investment if it doesn't pay its way.

Thanks for this! Looks pretty painful for the smaller units upcoming at Teega and Southern Marina? I guess a choice, good view 1300sqft floor 25+ would struggle to hit RM5k when they become available...

Ringgit turns South again - looks like a miserable finish to the year for oil, so I'll take the chance to convert some SGD near Christmas. Maybe it gets weaker, maybe not, but 3.1 seems pretty good to me. https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/ringgit-breaks-three-week-rally-034733505.html

It's not that only positive comments are welcome at all. For instance, the rentals being achieved at Imperia are absolute dog shit. I was interested in exploring more about the relative yield (Pioneer units were marketed at around RM800psf I believe) between imperia, upcoming Teega (also cheap...

haha - only in Singapore or online would you dare to call me a sissy. You behave like a 15 year old brat....but I fear you are old enough to know better. It's not that I don't like you or don't want to read your comments. It's that no-one does. A Sammyboy forum it is, but people here seem to...

I have to say, I think you have a slightly warped world view. Looking down on your father's friends who sold property and spent it enjoyably 'traveling the world' and other such follies. The lesson of Scrooge is wasted on you. You cannot take it with you. Passing it on is nice, but not...

OMG, you are suuuch a provincial bore. Its a stuck record. "I'm so successful, I've made so much money, I have the greatest economic foresight". Is there a moderator for the board? If so, can someone ask for a removal of a member? Member being the correct word.

Only for those who paid by mortgage in MYR. Anyone paying cash (especially sgd) will have been spanked. Also...not sure on the availability of re-sale. It's only profit when realised (sold). It's not 'iskandar' that keeps me up at night...it's the government. They seem bent on making...

Saw several for rental, but no 'these were let' section...

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Haha, maybe at puteri harbour front. At mall of medini all you'll get with your coffee is a look at empty shops and bored cashiers!

It was always supposed to be more than that. "Envisioned as the premier retail and lifestyle entertainment hub in Iskandar Johor, the Mall will build on its exciting synergy with LEGOLAND® Malaysia and aim to create the gravitational epicentre of the South. Offering a GFA of 2 million sq...