Archive for the 'Property' Category

Wealthy Women Series I Part 2: How Zhang Chunchun started her Property Empire

Looking through 200 houses in 45 days is no joke. Yet, Zhang Chunchun’s father told her not to be too impulsive, so he held her chequebook with him until she had seen 200 houses.
The first house she saw was great. It had everything she wanted, and the best thing was it had a Panic Room, […]

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Wealthy Women Series I Part 1: Taiwanese Dancer becomes Property Magnate

Zhang Chunchun has 40 houses and within her clique of 10 property buying friends, they have 103 houses among them. I am amazed at her skills in building up her property empire, and I believe she makes a lot of money from renting and selling.
She is somewhat of a mini celebrity in Taiwan, and I […]

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Hearts and the Link to Subprime Loans

In Hearts, a game in Windows, the objective of the game is to score as little points as possible. For banks, the objective of the game is to have as little risk as possible. Unless you are aiming to shoot the moon by collecting all the cards (everybody else gets 26 points each), you should […]

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Rich Dad to be blamed for subprime woes?

I’ve been reading Rich Dad’s Success Stories: Real Life Success Stories from Real Life People Who Followed the Rich Dad Lessons by other people who followed his advice to go into property investment. I’m just wondering whether the recent subprime loan defaults could be due to these people who were so caught up with reading […]

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Invest Fair 2007 in Singapore

Invest Fair 2007 in Singapore will be here on 25 and 26 August. If you would like to find out more about various instruments such as CFDs, Forex, ETF, land and wine investments, warrants and certificates, it is a good opportunity to go for the free seminars at InvestFair 2007. It would be held at […]

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India Market is Overheating

There’s a bubble forming in India. Property Prices have risen 16% a year over the past four years, well ahead of average income. In some parts of India, the prices have doubled twice. Now that mortgage rates have increased sharply, property prices in Mumbai and Bangalore have already started to fall. The stock market is […]

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Is it too late to buy a property now?

It is not an easy task to buy an apartment that you like. When I bought mine last year, it was after more than a year of going to show flats, open houses, and even queuing up for a HDB flat. My heart wants a private apartment, while my head says public housing is more […]

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