Much concern in London over the wrong kind of housing being built: London’s stock of unsold homes soared to 2,374 at 30 September 2018 from 1,595 at the end of 2017. That’s the highest on record.
Quote: “Some of this excess has built up because it’s the wrong product at the wrong pricing for what people want to, and can afford to buy,” said Tim Craine, founder of the property research firm (Molior London).
No wonder house prices in London have been sliding since mid–2017 and the sales outlook is the worst in 20 years, as few owners are willing to sell at prevailing prices.
Now compare that to the situation in Penang. Check out this report: “In 2017, Penang had 2,271 unsold units; this increased by 990 to 3,261 units in 2018.”
The situation in Johor is even worse: the property overhang there in 2018 was 13,767.
Unless I am missing something, these figures are higher than London’s overhang of 2,374! Bear in mind that London has a population of 8.1 million while Penang has a population of just 1.7 million and Johor 3.5 million.
But both London and Penang face similar problems: too much of the wrong kind of housing – expensive high-end stuff – and not enough of genuinely affordable housing. Yet, over here our planners are so cool about this mismatch.
If that’s not bad enough, the draft Penang Structure Plan 2030 wants to reclaim another 7,700 acres of land until 2030. Why reclaim so much land when you just know that the prices of housing on such reclaimed land are likely to be beyond the reach of most people.
So why are we doing this kind of nonsensical planning? Who are we planning and building for?
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More property overhang in Johor Iskandar.
Just look at the Ghost Town in Danga Bay.
So, REDHA should not complain! It’s their own doings! Let the Karma of market pricing takes its course.
To quote one SingLander:
“What has it got to do with planning? This is the free market working and they got it wrong. It happens.”
Tung land finally concur with sing lander
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Bryan Baru residents are still waiting for their library. No need fanciful one like Digital Library with cafe. YB Sim are you listening?
BB senior citizens can only loiter around Spice Setia since no library for them to spend time reading.
Digital library for hipsters not for senior citizens or retirees.
Sad!
yes, ask those youngster, sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters of senior citizen to go fly kite…..senior citizen and retiree are Penang’s future…..hehehe
Hard times for seniors
https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2019/01/31/hard-times-for-seniors/
Wish all readers happy lunar new year. Lets dont overkilll and overhang issues. Shriek Wei and Tunglang lets all be at Spice cny 1st and 2nd day open houses to rejoice to be gentlemen to bring positive changes to Penang while enjoying taxpayers funded meals.
On next Saturday afternoon PKR cny open house at Sunshine Sq hall those who need a BB library can ask YB Sim no u turn on his promise to set up library. Future PM Anwar could be there to ensure Sim delivers. See you there. Hope Anil can present to witness.
hehe..am still waiting for the heroes in Penang forum to let go their properties at price level of 20 year ago, take the lead and help to bring down property price…
Tung land himself buy condo rather than helping to continue to stay in heritage shophouse
You still spinning nonsense to this day? No more Niao Kong lah!
What has it got to do with planning? This is the free market working and they got it wrong. It happens.. You think if they do not approve and allow too many high end projects that somehow automatically many more affordable house in great location will pop up? You are delusional..All that will happen is less projects will be done and there still will not be more affordable housing..
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How to blame developers when low priced properties also overhung cannot find buyers?
How low should prices of properties be in the first place?
I saw a billboard ad (on the flyover in front of Mesjid Negeri) advertising ‘cash ang pow’ of 20%!
This begs a question: How big is profit margin of developers which actually appreciated the high price of properties causing affordability problem? 20%, 30%, 50% or more?
And which also caused Bank Negara to institute measures to protect buyers from possible loan default.
Now the developers are crying to fool us? Or are you crying for them?
Why blame developers?
Problem is due to stagnant wages making people with low purchasing power. Stagnant wages for decades due to high reliance on cheap foreign labour suppressed wage growth among the locals.
Now to blame wages when it was not the case (of low demand) 10 years ago?
Not when the frenzied prices of properties were non existence in the 1990s?
Even those with stagnant wages during the 1997 crisis were able to afford properties compare to now! REDHA then did not complain!
Rehda Penang’s former chairman Jerry Chan says the affordable home sector is seeing a more serious overhang than other types of homes.
https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/129390
Why so?
Cannot complain cannot afford high end properties.
How cheap you want affordable home to be?
Developers started the frenzied high prices of properties & built mostly high end properties to join the maxi-profiteering bandwagon.
Did the people asked for these?
Now they want to complain when the problems are theirs to begin with.
thought hater said Penang only built for “rich and famous”….hehe
Hater, now quiet2 and bust bodoh.
The stupidest consumer to love high prices!
You now only begin to understand? Go fix your brain!
Did CM Sin Chow study Economics of Supply & Demand, Product, Price, Distribution (of 4Ps) & Consumer Behaviour?
Here in this blog, is a golden opportunity to learn the simple basics of Economics if he has absolut vodka no time but to gaze out of the 28th Floor Komtar in 360 degree still dreaming of Cosmopolitan Penang for the rich + famous.
tunglang’s Economic 101 never teach economic cycle and thing called downturn…
The smart businesses know when to cash in & cash out in any economic cycle BUT here we see greedy developers transfixed on forever high price + surreal high demand (which never comes) for unaffordable properties regardless of real depth of pockets of real consumers.
Don’t blame the economic cycles when ye fools continue to hehehehe like there’s no tomorrow of howling & cursing the economists!!!
these are brick and mortar business not your type of kill and run, cash in cash out speculator……you no understand ?
You still fancy building B&M properties taking 3 or more years?
Get real! There are others who can assemble one in 6 months & ready to cash out.
wah…never knew that die hard fan of NGOs is so fond of fly-by-night business….hehehe
Nothing better to say but spin again? Go drink Sg Pinang Black Tea!
Vampire blood sucking at night or volka bootlicker moonlight
Still thinking of tree top houses built and furnished in 6 days?
Still the same old habit of spinning since your early comments. Pls try harder!
Go ask greedy developers like those of REDHA why they still insist on building more high end properties when the signs of deteriorating demand are there 3 yrs ago?
Go ask why they can’t build like the China builders who build smart & fast & cheaper?
It’s a no brainer that Malaysian greedy developers like it that way (B&M) so as to charge more! Of course you won’t understand from too much hehehe!!!
Build like china? Ah chans orso shiver with gdp down to 6% and below. There are also many over build taman2 in China. China but prices can buy 2 in peng land
Technology of smart (modular) building is the way to go, not for your spinning of over build as an excuse to hold on to outdated brick by brick building Malaysian developer style.
Still stick to roadside telephone or get a smart mobile phone?
Construction businesses as speculators? Speculators (esp. from the currency market) don’t have the appetite to dabble in construction business waiting with nightly tears for a cycle which normally takes 10 years. Malaysian developers buy land waiting for it to appreciate in higher value, build slow & sell high (not affordable), not speculate like what you think. Even property speculators (not developers) don’t go the more than 5 yrs of risk taking. Herein lies the difference of cash in, cash out in the building business: China developers do it differently due to technology of building smart (modular), fast & cheaper. All… Read more »
Ask Hongkies as how they get burnt with their deals in China. China is only good in mass production. Who wants to dump money if no critical mass?
Why spin when China developers are more smart to do business?
Differentiate or Die – Jack Trout
Property developers tweak marketing strategies to push sales
https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2018/12/01/property-developers-tweak-marketing-strategies-to-push-sales/#GRfyFu5xxkGblo6d.99
Meaning of Cash out: convert an investment (built properties) into money.
That’s business practice, not speculating.
Are you in business? Or just a desktop troll-speculator!
Ask yourself “do I understand?”
In singapore they attract talent and rich investor, here in penang tunglang want to attract low talent and B40 by having more Riffle Range and Majestic Height type high living….what a fantastic land for lazy to work, work 2 days rest 3 days B40 group envisioned by tunglang..
Simply assume gets you to no where but makes your hehe sounds cunning. Pls troll harder!!!
Try harder with your econs
Why copycat? No vocabs to say it better? You should try harder now since no more Niao Kong to feed you dedak!
China no copy cat? Here kopy o and copy anging
You just proved what I said! TQ!!!
Your niao kong and tokong is no cm of peng land but you have been working much harder at this chow mein. You are now addi g this dish to your favourite? One ton mee, lim kopi and now peng land chow mein?
Singapore already started to demolish old HDB blocks built 50 years ago to build new ones for new generation.
Next time Singapore TV or movie productions may have to come to Penang Rifle Range to film shows of early Singapore?
Singland willing to demolish community centre swim pool too. Malaysia willing to add more chlorine to keep it running
You are still spinning stupidity!
Non-Penangites will now be able to buy affordable housing units here in a move by the state government to address the overhang situation.
State Housing, Town, Country Planning and Local Government Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said affordable units that fall under the open market category would be up for sale at market rate and not bound by affordable housing pricing.
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/01/29/penangs-overhang-addressed/#ZXeX0kmEmawUUEuC.99
Why Penangites not buying those affordable homes? Don’t blame buyerd from other states.
They want landed properties at low cost?
Landed properties? Get real before you spin like that hehehe!
What is affordable price? 150K? 200K? 300K? Get real with Penang wage levels of B40 & middle class.
so you ready to sell your house at RM100k? so much complain and whining from you about high prices..am sure you would not want to sell at “high end” price..like those evil greedy developer…hehe
A Stupid Question: “so you ready to sell your house at RM100k?”
Ask the developers, not the house owners who stay in their own homes.
Try more spin & look more stupid! Hehehehehe!
U buy over than 15 years ago chip chip. But you want to sell at market value? Greedy house owner make more than 200% ptofit
so you also want to gain from the current inflated price?….talk so much.. you are no difference from those evil greedy developer lar..your house short of mirror ar?…hehehe
Most people buy properties to stay, not like you who hehehe when property prices are unaffordable, kow-peh-kow-bu when prices go down. Up or down doesn’t concern us as we have a nice shelter to stay in.
Pls try your hard luck as speculator or troll like that Naik Jeep.
What you expect with pg Lang investing on backpackers, rumah tumpangan and wing fei hoong inn? Built any hotel complex, yet kau beh kau bu.
Get real, try harder to buy cheap one ton mee and lim kopy o.
Very boring spin. Pls try harder! And also pls don’t copycat. Niao Kong is no more in Penang for you to shiok him!
Tokong no more for you and now you are promoting chow mein? Try harder.
You are not trying any harder! Why not shriek louder???