Commercial property recorded a 22.7% growth, industrial property grew by 9.2% and residential by 5.2%.

In Kuala Lumpur, condominiums and apartments made up the largest portion of residential transactions with a 51% share of the total volume.

Houses within the price range of RM250,000 to RM500,000, RM500,000 to RM1mil, and above RM1mil registered double digit growth of 15.4%, 37.4% and 56.6% respectively.

Prices of residential property continued to strengthen and strong demand for properties in established upmarket neighbourhoods drove up prices of double-storey terrace houses in Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Bukit Bandaraya, Bangsar Baru and Desa Sri Hartamas by 4.7% to 14.1%.

Prices in these housing schemes breached the RM1mil mark while similar units in Damansara Heights and Taman Sri Hartamas stabilised at RM725,000 to RM800,000.

Condominium units in Mont’Kiara were still sought after as shown by a 3.1% increase in sales recorded and 11.1% increase in prices to RM355,000 for a Mont’Kiara Sophia unit to as high as RM2.73mil for a 10 Mont’Kiara residence.

I would say try to "get out" from the rat race inorder to keep up ..

rich ppl are no longer in the rat race, thats why rich get richer..

while average salary earners who are in the rat race (salary masuk, left pocket in, right pocket out, left little remaining after that) are the ones who are forever chasing.. (not trying to descriminate but this is what happening in the real world, i m not rich either..)

my 2cents..

Hi~wanna ask..is it wise for me to buy property here while i am working in KL?

My first question: What are your concerns? Traveling time?

It really depends which part of KL ? Gombak or Mid Valley? Make a big difference.

In my opinion, buying house is about finding and making a place called home....so the other aspect of house are equally important as only distance.....House size, builtup, environment, convenience, etc. Especially if you have family, other things likes security, schools, etc.

Also, how long will you be working in KL? Not many people can answer and confirm on this sort of thing.

You need to have a priority what you want at this point of time , you wont get the best of everything. Sometimes, when there is a much better option, then the price of the said property might eventually eliminate the option.

Fully agreed, it is difficult to make decision. I bought a semi-dee at Bukit Tinggi2 in Klang(2001), when I was working at PJ. I sold it once hand over due to uncomfortable with traveling time. Regretted my decision because I changed my work place to Shah Alam in 2004, now the semi-dee price has appreciated more than 3X!

I am staying at KU, bought a unit, Viola

Yes, it is for investment purpose, at least 3-5 years or more.  I believe even the property bubble is burst, AI is still a good place to hold and invest. KK was launched before 1998 asia economy crisis, the house price still very firm in 1998,  99 and 2000. i.e the return might be affected but there was no bubble in good location with good developer

i dunno bout u guys...but do look at the opposite of the federal hway. u can find a wide range of better option without having to pay excessive amount of price. Here are some list of property for you guys to look at. Think of the strategic location and what will it give you in return.
 
1. Puri Ayu Condo
2. Apmt Taman Bukit Pelangi
3. Subang Andaman
4. Indahria

ok can you make your post written in a normal format without those big fancy purple fonts?

Just update, anti-gaara's house room 1&2 plumbing burst last week sudenly. a lots of ttdi people came to investigate it. They found bright light coming thru from roof top also as they said is defect as well. so just to inform all abt this.

Any telltale signs that we should look out for?

Last I have seen, we don't have water meter yet (using a bypass for water aka stealing water)

so water pump is a big no-no?

Did anti-gaara's  house have any signs to look out for in regards to the room1/room2 pipe bursting issue ?

not sure if they can keep promise to rectify all probs b4 moving in... anything else we can do to make it faster?? aiyahhhhhhhhhh 

the only possible explanation is due to sudden surge from Syabas tank.

think off to install water pump immediately once they claim piping is ok edi...

yah.. there is also switch at living area..water pressure is a common prob in spira.. i think piping design is not a priority nowadays

u selling oso? this one good brand   

Another forum mentioned that Grundfos pump + installation is RM 1700. Is it reasonable? Thinking about it too....

thinking of moving  in to AI, my house r almost done, except for kichen cabinet..coz got no budget..hehehe..but quite worried to leave my baby wif maid only..still got no neighbour yet..also worried about the 'denggi nyamuk'..for those already moved in..any suggestion/opinion..

can share which model u use? 2050pc? 

There is water ponding. The pipes on the first floor is actually ponding water. A friend that visited my house told me that is strange and may be a defect or flaw in design.

the floor trap in the bathroom. According to him not suppose to pond water. I am guessing it is the source of mosquitoes (since alot of houses still empty and no water flowing)