A lot of people are investing in Iskandar in anticipation of HSR and RTS. More news should be announced end of this year to early next year. HSR will benefit KL and SG, while RTS will benefit JB and SG.

I am so sad to see johor kids, passing by custom to study @ Singapore daily.

& do u guys know how FAR at johor, u still can receive Singapore radio... My johor colleague tell me, when he was a kid, he thought Singapore is his country...

WTF!


This post has been edited by xyyap: Aug 5 2013, 09:05 AM

Up to 60km north from JB. I remember cos I was trying to tune in to 98.7fm, class 95 fm etc while driving south towards JB along the North South Highway. When I successfully tuned into the SG radio station, I glanced at the KM marker along the side of the highway thats how i know the distance.

TV channels, after put up the high tower antenna, the last district in Johor bordering Melacca can also receive signal & watch their channels

Yeah, I rmbr seeing alot of high tower antennas in Muar and Batu Patah when I bypass these towns on my way to Singapore. The North South highway ends at Ayer Keroh last time so I had to bypass these towns to reach JB/Singapore. I rmbr asking my dad why there are so many high antennas all over the place and he said it was to receive SG TV stations. I dont know mah cos I hail from Ipoh/KL.

When I was living in Melaka in the 80's , even the town area can receive Singapore channel.
But the picture quality was sometimes grainy. I don't know if Melaka still have these tall Ariel's?

Good mah, Singaporean do not feel lonely 📡📺📺📻📻

All the announcement of the infrastructure project keep delaying ....

It is always about the singapore currency AS WELL and imagine Singapore Dollar 3,500 salary per month. Each month save Sing dollar 1,500 will do to shift back to Malaysia.

This post has been edited by Seremban_2: Aug 9 2013, 03:23 AM

It will keep their cost of labour down.... and improve their retirement lifestyle..... 🎁🎁🎁

Johor is a good weekend getaway too. Singapore at 6.9 mil in 2030 (in actual fact it will be about 10% higher due to transient workers from Johor, tourists and business travellers who are not in the survey) will be extremely crowded and expensive (it already is). There is a reason why the 1st and 2nd links are so perpetually crowded and Johor properties so popular.

http://patrick.net/housing/crash1.html

boring.....

One way to allow Iskandar to grow faster is to relax the immigration of skilled foreign workers, but this is sensitive.

http://www.propertytune.com/iskandar-property-news.html

Property Investment Convention this weekend

http://www.propertyguru.com.my/property-ne...on-this-weekend

I am watching Johor properties since 2 years ago but only now got interested at the location near Legoland. The obstacle is the high price.

Always high price....

sub-sales JB market very challenging

Landed is picking up.

Care to explain more specifically showing some "very challenging" examples and their locations, type, details etc etc?

Subsales in condos will pick up after RTS and HSR details are announced, particularly for those launched in 2011-2012 in good locations near the stations.

Danga Bay project over 50% sold
Aug 16, 2013 - PropertyGuru.com.my

The RM18billion Country Garden@Danga Bay (CGDB) project in Johor Bahru earns strong response from buyers, selling over 5,000 units or more than have the total number of 9,000 units, ahead of its 2018 completion.

Most interest came from Malaysians, but Singaporeans, Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese buyers were also snapped up units aggressively, said Michael Ong, Sales Supervisor at Country Garden Properties.

The 57acre development is expected to be completed in three phases, with 3,000 units each year from 2016 to 2018. The mega development will comprise 33 blocks of condominiums and 11 blocks of apartments comprising serviced apartments of one-, two and three-bedroom configurations.

According to Wee Soon Chit, Executive Director of Landserve (Johor), the simultaneous launch of 9,000 units was “astounding for Johor Bahru or the entire country for that matter.”

“The marketing campaign is also revolutionary whereby enormous amounts of money have been spent on various promotional activities to attract buyers...The pull factors for the project come from its integrated 5-star development concept, reputable developer, excellent location and 180-degree sea view as well as the possible link by light rail system,” added Wee.

Sr Michael Geh, National Committee member of FIABCI-Malaysia, noted: “Overall, I’m very happy and encouraged professionally to see that a large international development company like Country Garden, a top 10 developer from China has decided to invest in Iskandar.”

Geh also downplays fears on a possible oversupply as Johor has a huge land area and “there are certain areas where locals traditionally stay.”

“I don’t think foreigners will flock to these areas to buy. They won’t go to the secondary market. Instead, they usually purchase directly from the developers. Therefore, I don’t think the presence of foreign developers will negatively impact local buyers so much. Local buyers have a lot to choose from and have their own buying patterns and preferences. I don’t think we should be unduly alarmed by developments by foreign developers.”

http://www.propertyguru.com.my/property-ne...ct-over-50-sold