In 2018, the demand for residential air-conditioners produced in Malaysia soared to 914,000 units. That’s 1.73 new air-conditioners sold every minute! Imagine what it would be like in a hot and tropical climate if air-conditioners didn’t exist. You couldn’t work in comfort, and commuting to work would be a nightmare. Beyond just personal comfort, the […]
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Malaysians are generally a friendly bunch and, in some neighbourhoods, everyone is part of one big happy communal family. But not all neighbourhoods are pleasant places, with even less pleasant people living in them. Here are the seven worst neighbours you could have the misfortune of living next door to. 1. The complainer Returning home […]
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The season to spring clean is here! When cleaning your home, you typically clean the obvious spots such as the floor, windows, shelves and bathroom walls. However, here are nine areas that you may tend to overlook: 1. Doorknobs and handles For something that you touch so frequently, the doorknobs and handles in your home […]
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Singapore home sales rose to the highest in more than two years in September on the back of low interest rates and government stimulus cushioning the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Unit sales jumped 5.6 per cent to 1,329 last month, the highest since July 2018, Urban Redevelopment Authority data released Thursday showed. The […]
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The current slow market is not an excuse to relax your guard and simply rent to any Tom, Dick and Harry. Here are 10 things to think about when choosing your potential tenant: 1. The don’t like at first sight type If you do not have a good feeling about the potential tenant during the […]
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THE Movement Control Order (MCO) has been implemented in Malaysia to curb the Covid-19 outbreak since March 18. Despite the devastating spread of the communicable disease, not everyone agrees that what the government is doing is right. Some have painted it as a national emergency, a starting point for the negative premise of emergency law’s […]
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THE outbreak of the Covid-19 has significantly reduced the average sales of businesses across multiple industries and will play negatively on the local property market, says a senior real estate marketing consultant. “Many developers are already struggling to keep their heads above water. With daily updates, new information, and more confirmed cases, the long term […]
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NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Eric Marrus, a real estate broker at Compass in New York, walked through a US$7.5 million (S$10.4 million) townhouse in Manhattan’s Lenox Hill neighborhood last week, pointing his phone into every corner of the property. He was conducting a virtual tour via WhatsApp for a Chinese couple unable to visit the […]
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BEIJING (REUTERS) – New home prices in China grew at their weakest pace in nearly two years in January, as the economy slows and a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak brings the country’s property market to a standstill. Worryingly, analysts say the worst is yet to come for the property market, noting that with stepped-up measures to contain the […]
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Being secretly filmed by a hidden camera is a traumatic experience for any unsuspecting traveller. In 2017, a couple staying in an Airbnb unit in Japan noticed a green light from a smoke detector in their bedroom. Dismantling the device, they found it was actually a well-disguised camera recording everything in the bedroom, the Korean […]
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