It's easy to think like that.
Trend:
1. BNM has surveyed that and 75% of Malaysians couldn't fork out RM1000 for emergency.
2. Gen Y/Z prefer spending on lifestyle to saving.
3. Even Mobile phones/Gadgets (only RM1-5k) can buy with installment instead of cash.
In early 1970s buy house is cash down, don't even have loan, so should we be thankful that now that we can get loan to buy house? Owners always think that tenant "oh 6k also don't have, don't rent laaa". Should property developers think "50k also don't have, don't buy house la"?
We would think logically prop owners are at the better end of income level (T10); hence has the capability to save RM50k. But on tenant side, they are generally at the lower end of income level, maybe M40. So different earning levels have different capabilities to save.
RM10k/mo is easier to save RM2k/mo than RM3k/mo to save RM2k/mo.
Is installment on phones bad? Well yes if you are not managing your debt ratio well. But does it helps drastically improve access to purchase? Yes. So long it's debt is managed properly, what's wrong with installment vs buy outright after all, a lot is going 0% installment anyway.
Waiver of downpayment/deposit = ease of purchase for you to buy and developer to sell / ease for tenant to rent, faster for you to transact.
Developer = owner. If developer is easy to sell, then owner can easily rent out.
Risk = Filtered through credit checking, and if checking failed, you have insurance to cover deposit. Risk is born by Allianz at the worst.
Take note that the insurance has 3 components:
1. Rental loss - if tenant default or early terminate and runaway - 2 months - that is equivalent to your traditional 2 months of deposit.
2. Inconvenience benefits (RM1000/RM2000 depending on insurance plan) - claims for cleaning / utility bills - that is equivalent to 0.5 - 1 month worth of deposit
1 + 2 is already sufficiently match what traditional deposit covers. But what's on TOP of your traditional deposit, the insurance also cover:
3. Damage or theft to household content - RM15k/RM30k depending on insurancep lan. Technically anything extra you claim from this portion is already better than deposit. Bonus.
for those want to rent the unit less than RM1000 not able to pay deposit we understand, but those able to pay RM2-5k rental no money?! M40?
Developer offer you zero down or cash back once you sign the dotted line they still earn few hundred thousand, of course they encourage you buy, landlord din collect deposit, anything happen is negative, everything bear yourself! Wardrobe door hinges broken also consider wear and tear not able to claim right? And you haven't answer the questions above, of course you can choose not to answer it.