QUOTE(ItsW @ Sep 26 2021, 03:47 PM)
Thanks for the heads up Abang Sui !
I was a little confuse when the SA explain to me with the houzkey program. Maybe I noob or he bringing me to round garden, so at the end I decide not to struggler in that situation.
The SA give me all sort of the benefits of taking houzkey but I also wanted to know what's the disadvantages / con's of this program. My need sifus to "1 finger poke awake me"
The benefits he shared with me is I can lock the property at the current rate and still make a call whether if I want to continue after 5 years, ofcuz the 6th years loan interest rate will back to market rate. During that time I can either sell it or rent it out for a better price because there might be some potential grow after 5 years for this property. Everything seem too good, I'm sure there's some "con's" but he didn't really tell. So appreciate if you can share your opinion to it.

I personally do not recommend those with good financial to apply for Houzkey programme. Houzkey basically is the bank buy the house on behalf on you, then you rent it from the bank for at least 1 year and max. 5 years. The phase you are renting is called Initial Period/ Initial Tenure. It is suitable for those who still have no sufficient income and they can use these time (construction phase + Initial Period) to work harder to improve their earning capabilty.
Pros of Houzkey:
1. Don't have to pay downpayment.
2. Don't have to pay any progressive interest during construction phase.
3. The rental you pay in the Initial period will be much cheaper than the conventional loan installment. (Monthly rental= SPA price x 3% ÷ 12)
4. If the property price goes up in the future, you still get to purchase it with the locked price as per stated in the SPA.
5. You have the flexibility to move away after renting the unit for 5 years.
Cons of Houzkey:
1. Only applicable for 1st time home buyer.
2. The rental you pay for the first 5 year will not deduct your mortgage amount, basically you are just paying rental to the bank.
3. Knowing that Mutiara Hilltop comes with bare unit, will you still dump your money in for renovation if you are still not sure whether you will continue with the purchase?
4. It seems you can't enjoy the perks of HOC campaign (MOT and 10% discount). Let say the SPA price is 550k, if you buy using conventional loan, you will loan 90% from bank (495k, the 10% discount will be counted as your downpayment). But if you take Houzkey, after the tenure period, you will have to purchase the property base on the SPA price (Maybank will give 100% loan financing which is 550k). Other than that, you also need to pay other legal fee and MOT if I am not mistaken.
5. You need to pay 3 month deposits upon signing the Houzkey agreement (refundable).
6. Maintenance fee, sinking fund, utility charges, quit rent, assessment tax and etc still need to bare by you during the tenure period.
Three options you have on 2nd year if you decided took Houzkey:
1. After renting for 1 year, then you have to find another buyer to buy the property from bank, only then you can walk away. (Not sure this option is true or not).
2. You continue to rent until the 5th year, and then you walk away.
3. After renting for min. 1 year, you may purchase the property and you may apply the mortgage loan from Maybank or refinancing it with other bank.
Disclaimer:
This is just my personal understanding and I might confused with older version of Houzkey. Please directly contact your Maybank mortgage officer for more accurate and latest T&C. Don't ever seek advice from Property Sales Agent, their objective is only to sell the unit. They might trick you with the RM 1300+/ month deal.