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JB is soooo dangerous!!! Another body found in JB....Its the second body found in the waterways in one week!!! Eeeee... So lousy, so dangerous, so third world!!!! :p:p:p:p
THE body of an 83-year-old man was found in Punggol River on Wednesday at 7am.
Mr Lim Ong Sai, a retiree, was found fully clad. His valuables were not taken. He was said to have been living in a flat 300m from the river with two sons. According to Shin Min Daily, he had gone to a nearby coffee shop on Tuesday night to meet friend. His sons went in search of him when he did not return by 2am. Police are investigating.
This is the second body that was found in waterways here. Police found the lower half of a body in Bedok Reservoir on Monday morning.
http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110623-285597.html
THE body of an 83-year-old man was found in Punggol River on Wednesday at 7am.
Mr Lim Ong Sai, a retiree, was found fully clad. His valuables were not taken. He was said to have been living in a flat 300m from the river with two sons. According to Shin Min Daily, he had gone to a nearby coffee shop on Tuesday night to meet friend. His sons went in search of him when he did not return by 2am. Police are investigating.
This is the second body that was found in waterways here. Police found the lower half of a body in Bedok Reservoir on Monday morning.
http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110623-285597.html
i was just thinking about your post when i saw a bentley parked in the estate i'm living in, the car is several times the most expensive apartment unit there is. i wonder if there will come a time when these supercars are a common sight rather than exotic in JB. i am already starting to see quite a handful of MY plated bmws, mercs and audis. I hope in the near future. That would mean a lot about JB's progress.
haha i think wuqi means it very 'poisonous'
thanks for sharing. that was insightful and good fodder for consideration.
3 years back when we first came to HH, a typical cluster house was just selling at around 300+k (now resale at 900+k), the intermediate super links were selling at 500+k, semi Dees at around 700+K Everyone was saying it is too expensive at that time. I believe buying cluster was the best bet. But now it seems to have risen so much faster than most types, will the price gap continue to widen? :*:
Hi Geritan, its a very good site, some of the prices though are not always correct, like there was a time, they posted an MPV at 5k.
If i go to this site too often, what will likely happen would be that Wuqi is left with 1 house in both SG and JB and have 40-50 cars in his car park, making his neighbours all very pissed off as every available "parkable" land would be full of cars.
If i go to this site too often, what will likely happen would be that Wuqi is left with 1 house in both SG and JB and have 40-50 cars in his car park, making his neighbours all very pissed off as every available "parkable" land would be full of cars.
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The kinda of money banks earn...
Based on a property of RM500K with 20% down, at 6% p.a. interest for a 20 year loan, the monthly instalment for a RM400K loan works out to be about RM2,800 or S$1,200. Out of this $1,200, about half of it goes to the bank as interest. The other half is used to pay down the principal. That is why when u enquire about your mortgage after a couple of years of paying, you realise that the loan outstanding hardly ever moved. Do remember that whenever we borrow from the bank, the total amount repaid over the duration of the loan is roughly double the amount of loan taken. In other words, you buy one house for yourself, another house for the bank. :o
This is the reason why banks pay themselves more than 6 months bonus yearly.
If you dont want banks to earn so much of your hard-earned money, would suggest putting more money upfront and taking a shorter duration loan. This is the key to preserving your wealth.
Based on a property of RM500K with 20% down, at 6% p.a. interest for a 20 year loan, the monthly instalment for a RM400K loan works out to be about RM2,800 or S$1,200. Out of this $1,200, about half of it goes to the bank as interest. The other half is used to pay down the principal. That is why when u enquire about your mortgage after a couple of years of paying, you realise that the loan outstanding hardly ever moved. Do remember that whenever we borrow from the bank, the total amount repaid over the duration of the loan is roughly double the amount of loan taken. In other words, you buy one house for yourself, another house for the bank. :o
This is the reason why banks pay themselves more than 6 months bonus yearly.
If you dont want banks to earn so much of your hard-earned money, would suggest putting more money upfront and taking a shorter duration loan. This is the key to preserving your wealth.
Too much of Grand Turismo at friends place when i was young maybe. I always enjoyed souping up old or junk cars and adding in engines, it was too expensive and restrictive in SG for this so modding stuff here albeit everything within legal limits. Not going to add in monster engine and change out tranny but everything else is fair play.
I think the prices on the secondary market have risen because the prices on the primary market (which are all controlled by the developer) have risen. The last I checked, the launch prices from the developer for a typical cluster is 500+K, super link for 700+K, and semi-D for at least 1.4m. The developer claims that building cost and market prices have increased, but in reality their strategy is to keep increasing with each launch, so that they can make a tidy profit, and everyone who bought the previous launch will be happy, and will buy more units or tell their friends that they made a good investment and that they should also buy. So what we see now are owners of The Gateway increasing prices to just below the new launch prices at The Hills and The Golf. But before we get too excited about this uptrend in prices, we need to know whether these secondary market prices are actually transacted (not just advertised). Perhaps buyers would rather buy the new launches, as they can get defects liability warranty direct from the developer, they get to pick the unit, and they get some freebies thrown in like legal fees, club membership etc. I believe that these prices are sustainable because of increased demand as more foreigners discover (and like) Nusajaya. For example, one of the main reasons why Singapore and Hong Kong property prices went up after the GFC was because there were more capital inflows (especially from the PRC). Well, what the PRC and European investors did (and are doing) to Singapore, the Singaporeans are doing (and will do) to Nusajaya. It's only a matter of time as everyone scrambles to acquire freehold property, which is increasingly harder to do at reasonable price/income ratios.
The only thing which I think can cause Nusajaya prices to fall is:
(a) a global/asian recession, which is not likely at least until 2013, where Singapore's property market heads towards the perfect storm; or
(b) a sharp downward spike in Singapore property prices caused by Singapore government policy, especially now that Minister Khaw has taken over (see his blog).
By the way, here's a thread from another forum on Nusajaya which is worth reading: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=354490
just curious, what is the difference between PO Box and virtual office address for the purpose of mail collection?
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oic...that is for a Cassania cluster right? can know roughly how much they spent to fully furnish the house nicely? thanks.
ok, thanks...will give it a try nearer end of year when my macs expire...
Thanks wuqi. Can ask you about air-con? For Nusa Duta cluster house, do you think this kind of air-con configuration is cold enough:
living & dining room - 1 x 2.5 hp aircon or need 2 x 1.5 hp aircon?
master bedroom - 1 x 1.5 hp aircon sufficient or need 1 x 2 hp aircon?
the other 3 rooms - 1 hp aircon each
You have done such an amazing job on this series. I envy your sewing skills and your patience and your diligence. If anyone ever asks me how to sew, I'm sending them to your blog and this series. Congratulations on such an extensive, well thought out and clearly presented set of tutorials
I have the same sentiments, that's why secondary market prices must be always be lower than new launches. The good thing is, there will be 10 more precints, and it should be sustainable in the long run.
By the way, I'm a regular at that forum, but i shall not reveal my identity, I have also seen familiar forummers there.
I'm going Desaru tomorrow, feels quite excited about it.
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