Raya promo that good? How was it last year i wonder. I would have thought taps are drying up by now

This Sunday is the official Grand Launch with the Sultan of Johor. According to Iskandar insiders, more than 2,000 units of apartments have been pre-booked.


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The magic of credit growth is that always creates an "illusion" of a sudden explosion in wealth creation, as households magically fast forward income from the next 40 years to be spent today. Those who fail to appreciate the fundamentals behind credit growth tend to mistake the illusion for the real thing, and their optimism leads to even more credit expansion. However, this trend cannot last forever, and the wealth created is destroyed via the process of deleveraging once credit tightens up.

Not all credit is bad of course. Hedge financing is healthy, whereas speculative and ponzi financing are bad. The problem is we don't know how much is bad, how much is good. I've always taken the view that we cannot tell how healthy mortgage debt is from bankruptcy rates when a market is rising faster than interest rates, as rising prices will increase your asset value faster than your debt even if you don't make a single payment. We'll only be able to tell when interest rates start crawling up. Based on recent news I think it is almost certain that rates will start edging up by the end of the year, and the key question is only: how much?

Thus its always a good idea to sit down and reflect not on the number of houses/ apartments/ condos you own... but also truly and deeply consider the amount of debt behind all that which needs to be repaid with interest...

Unless you have plenty of cash and buy with cash... if that's the case then anytime is a good time to buy! lol!!!

Bro, I am in a multinational F&B company. We have access to a lot of food retail information, so I can strongly disagree with your statement about makan out.
The data showed that the Eating Out market is actually shrinking across board (breakfast, lunch & dinner) compared to the past 2 years.

Just to share.

I work in the government property sector. I'd like to know HOW having the access to all the property prices in the country can help me. Can being a property agent make use of all the available data?

Good share... thanks!... Btw... hows the dessert market looking like??? Was asked to join into one and am curious... Thanks!

This post has been edited by Rooney1985: Aug 6 2013, 01:39 PM

Let me guess...issit coz its puasa month? Fully booked for them to buka puasa?
That day i went to this Absolute Thai in Gardens MV at 630...NOBODY! but fully booked sign is outside...
feeling disatisfied....i ask la issit really fully book? They told me yes......i was like....wat? 1 more hour to buka puasa woh......nobody at all also @@
wahh this restaurant really dunno to do business

Wow! 2000 units have been pre-booked

Dessert market very wide categorization, bro. It depends on which subsegments you are looking at.
Some is up, some is down. But overall quite low growth.
Besides the softening EO market, the biggest problem is the low barrier of entry. It is highly competitive.
Easy to start, hard to sustain.

Its a delicacy, sweet, chocolate kind of concept... And I agree with your last point, everything is great when its fresh but just loses it's appeal after awhile... well... we'll see how it goes.. thanks for your advice!

The overall retail market is growing... but it is true that if you look more closely most retailers are struggling.

Our growth is from the big players for example in F&B you have to see Starbucks, McDonald's, Chatime, TGI Friday's, Chilli's, etc... so as long as the big players are doing well, in totality wise, I would say we are doing fairly well.


Yes all fully booked.... i was at The Curve... even the non-halal ones aso crowded. So ended up in Din Tai Fung which was crowded as well.

This post has been edited by accetera: Aug 6 2013, 04:54 PM

4500 unit already prebook

Really? Sorry I've to under-estimate here.

My friend say the China is going come big to Malaysia next year. Already 20 trips booked to Iskandar. Is this real???

Wow! More and more good news

Wow! More and more good news

Would u have information about eating out at hawker stalls, coffee shops, mamaks, small Chinese restaurants without gov tax?

Yet some people still focusing and emphasizing on the bad and hope Malaysia fall so that they can buy property.

This post has been edited by AmayaBumibuyer: Aug 6 2013, 10:35 PM

i-city soho

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This post has been edited by accetera: Aug 6 2013, 11:55 PM

Very reasonable price, bro