wah Covillea dai kor, after reading ur post ...  i still need to read ...  and keep reading ...  and still dont understand ... 
how can i interpret when u said "today the same 1 oz can can only still buy you a bread. the oz of gold didn't change. but the value (price) of gold changes." i think think think and think also cannot understand .. 

ok let me share u my limited knowledge .. gold is not an easy subject .. the definition/topics requires expert to explain ..
1000 years ago .. wah so long ar .. haha .. okay my "sejarah" taught me the first trade was sistem barter .. where one bread, u can get one egg ... one bull can get u one prop .. that time gold is useless / not known yet ..
then gold is introduced as a measure to improve the trade system .. everything was benchmarked against gold, functioning just like our money..
realising supply of gold is limited, hence paper currency is introduced pulak .. now this is where thing gets more complicated ..
although our money being printed out, it still needs gold to be backed-up .. meaning if a central bank needs to print out that much of money, it needs to have that certain gold reserve .. then as the economy develops further, more gold is needed but due to limited supply, bank found a way to print more money by creating bonds and this will not require gold as back-up .. so that's where the problem arises .. US has overdone this and what we call as US debt crisis because all this bonds need interest to be paid .. and that interest alone is too much to bear .. so why gold increase ? that's because bank deviate from using gold as back-up, hence printing more money where supply is abundance .. now in view that currency crisis to happen soon, gold is in high demand as it is still being portrayed as the origin of money ..
now regarding zest pulak ... actually i cannot see the relation of gold increase and zest increase la .. gold increase is due the reason above and 99% not because of inflation .. definitely not due to 117.4% increase due to inflation ..
now define inflation .. inflation is computed from a set of parameters and definitely gold as a commodities is not in the equation .. dont confuse ppl with ur gold increase hence zest increase la .. where u get ur economic sense one ..  u have to pass my stage to get thru ..
okay if u want to relate inflation and property then ok la .. but my question is why zest ? any prop can apply the same reasoning ..
basic of economic always tell us price is determined by supply and demand .. so dont tell me the real value of zest is determined by increase of gold price .. 

i support the zest can hit 700/sqf in 5 years time......

Never mind la.... since we had already committed. Let us enjoy the fun to dream about our dream price first...   

u need to call Cov agents, only them can give u 460/sf valuation .. having said that, with all the ppl supporting, i hardly see any ads that is selling at 460/sf ..  everyone is saying they support high price, but deep inside, everyone selling at cheaper price 
good .. at least no one falls into Cov trap 
Cov, plz continue with the listings .. with Zest reaching V4, then u have another reason to say that due to high number of postings, Zest valuation should worth 460/sf .. Keep up ur effort

560K for a condo? crazy... i rather buy New bigger/nicer DSL at alam impiam at RM570k only

Zest owners trying to catch up with park51 ma

With the ramp soon to go live.......can I safely say that in the highrise category..........Zest now has one of the best accesibilities in the whole Puchong, BK area?

i&p launch at circa rm500 - rm550 psf psf augurs well for the zest.

this will set a new benchmark in the vicinity of kinrara.

valuers & bankers will take this into consideration.

It shd be...
however, the zest "transacted price" really makes me feel that mont kiara, sri hartamas,taman desa properties are damn cheap...

Quote Mycko7 : Thanks man.. dunno got such tactic. May aunt bought last 3 week at 430k for 1205sqft = RM356 psft  ... if that the case, just wait ler.. hopefully when economy really down next year, some of them will reduce the price.. just pray lorr... for the being, have to search for another project .

Is the above deal realistic or true reflex the actual mkt DD vs SS condition? 

It is too early to judge until the real battle is on few mths down the road...
if there are plenty of units transacted at 460/sf n above, then only we can say some MK condos' price is relatively cheaper...

doomdoom,

there are a lot ppl still working,, doing business, living within few km around Zest and probably is not the situation you have which is MUST travel to kl city center EVERYDAY before 9 am ? So, location wise is very subjective to buyers/owners as well... If i work in Puchong,, B. Jalil, old klang road and I will say Zest or B. kinrara is located better than mnt kiara, sri hartamas, no ?

   

well said, UFO !!!     

calm down bro....I am not Zest owner too, but I was considering to get this back to yr 2009, but due to office is at KL city center and I ended up with Dutamas area...    was no budget to opt for mt kiara too.... hahaha

The time will come definately !!

yr 2009  : ~RM230 psf
yr 2011 Oct : RM420 psf

= 5.5 psf/month

so mathematically (450-420)/5.5 = 5.5 months !!!

Does it really so hard to reach ??      

Actually contemplating........now  its either I stay in Zest for a while waiting for it to be mature.........or sell Zest at min 400psf and buy something in MK for own stay......... 

how bout you boss? 

MK is always jam jam jam...did you think is good idea to stay at MK ...their access is just one in one out...

+1
For strata properties comparison, my sequence of preferences in term of accessibility and status

KLCC > Bangsar > MK > Tmn Desa/Seputeh > PJ > Bkt Jalil = Ampang > Sentul / Setapak / Puchong / Sunway

Very detailed author. Singaporeans are always ahead of malaysia in nearly whatever they do. I

was there during x'mas & passed thro several mrt construction sites. What should be messy, big holes in the ground, watery swamp land .. didn't exist ! So surprising. Everything is spick span, with barriers, proper pathways for pedestrians, even drainage around the perimeter of the site. So far i was there i did not encounter any cars swerving into each others lane to avoid obstacles because proper lines are painted onto the diversions, just like a normal road, in fact i would say these diversions are even better than many malaysian roads.

My brother who is my driver as usual complained like a typical singaporean - the pap messing up sigapore, things getting expensive, pap politicians $$eyed etc etc. And us here in malaysia look at them with envy .. their green roads, the LOW cost of living etc etc. Singaporeans .. they dig up & complain nearly abt everything but when they are in cambodia they miss their efficient & modern country.

Back to malaysia, if construction activity is such pain in the arse, kl would have been deserted a long time ago & ppl shifting to shahAlam/klang instead. What we see is with more construction activity, comes more hustlebustle & more economic activity explosion & even more people shifthing there - puchong being the illustration point.

In summary, u can't lose if your property is in an economic gravity point locality / periphery, just go along with the tide. Be very worried if things stay the same within your neighbourhood for the last 10 yrs. Progress & the (temporaty) pain, can't live without it just as a growing child will always have growing up pains.

Am buying something else.........for own stay........puchong is a bit too far for me........plus already made over 100% gains......can't be too greedy....... 

Yes used an agent for this........