QUOTE(sampool @ Nov 14 2011, 08:49 AM)
our basic salary for fresh graduate in 20 yrs (1990) ago is about 2k... after 20 years (2010) is about 2.5k... with only 25% increase over 20 years time... this is mainly due to education become too easy to obtain.... percentage of gradaute is increase more then 1000% times... sign of over supply... many job can be done by diploma holder, but replace with degree holder... in fact, the degree holder is receive the salary of diploma holder... it will be hard to increase the salary with over supply of fresh gradute in general.
back to property.... demand over supply still in play.... easy loan.... so, expected after ge, interest will increase... the earning from prop actually pay to interest.... to keep property up up... cash still the king...
today breakfast cost: rm3.7... sign of deflation. hehe....
I don't know why people keep on using fresh graduate wages as comparison.
A fresh graduate 10 years ago earned 2k, but he/she can improves and climb up the ladder, more skilled, experience, now can earn 5k, or 10k or even more.
So the person now can afford to buy a 500k properties already, so you have more 1 buyer coming out.
Prime location properties still remain the same supply, while you potentially have more demand due to more people can earn 10k, as well as rich become richer.
So that's why landed properties at prime location that has limited land space supply, always creep to the upside.
Only ocassionally economy recession, or previously properties market surge too much that can result in properties price plunge.
Fresh graduate wages just starting point only.
Last time, only top students manage to squeeze into Universities and get a degree, nowadays, as long as not poor enough and enough money, almost can get a degree already.
So for sure, supply become more, but quality wise is different story.