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The Raise of the High-Rise
R
ecently I’ve been reading in several magazines and articles, all property market related, a number of
experts explaining why the Malaysian Property market has to be looked at as a market with positive
and sustainable outlook. Most of the thousands words can be summarized in few very good and
“sustainable” points:
1.
Dr. Daniele
Gambero
Compared to most of the “advanced economies” Malaysia is performing well and with still room for
improvement. In the region comes right after Singapore. For this reason is definitely attracting a large
part of the huge liquidity that from West (Europe and US) is moving East.
USA
EU
JAPAN
AUSTRALIA
UK
MALAYSIA
CEO and co-founder of REI
Group of Companies
GDP Growth
2.10%
-0.90%
0.90%
0.55%
0.63%
4.70%
Gov debt as %
of GDP
101.60%
90.60%
218%
21%
92%
54.80%
Dr. Daniele Gambero is the CEO of
strategic marketing consultancy firm
REI Group of Companies. He holds
an MBA from L. Bocconi University in
Milan-Italy, Master in Communication
from the University of Michigan Ann
Arbour MI – USA, Ph.D in Marketing
Strategies and Communication from
L. Bocconi University and University of
Michigan.
Gov deficit as
% of GDP
-8.50%
-3.7%
-9.2%
-3.1%
-6.3%
-4%
-440 USD Bill
25.9 USD Bill
60 USD Bill
-57 USD Bill
-93.5 USD Bill
18.6 USD
Bill
With his vast experience in strategic
marketing consultancies, investment
studies, researches, property market
reports and business valuation globally,
the REI Group of Companies helps
Malaysian developers with business
solutions relating to design, concept,
strategic marketing and pricing,
advertising and marketing and sale
procedures for their residential,
commercial and industrial projects
since 2007.
Dr. Gambero’s lectures attract large
crowds due to his lively presentation of
serious topics with deep insight into the
Malaysian Property market since 2011.
Balance of
current acc
inflation
1.5%
1.10%
1.10%
2.20%
2.70%
2.50%
Unemployment
7.20%
12%
4.10%
5.60%
7.70%
3.10%
Business
confidence
56
-1
12
12
7
115.2
Consumer
confidence
73
-14
45.2
108
-18
125.3
2.
Raising purchasing power of GenY looking forward to own a house first and invest later. This means
medium-long term market stability or, in other words, there is a medium-long term demand that has
a consistently raising trend.
3.
Malaysia is strategically located in the region
4.
The Malaysian Government has a medium-long term Economic Transformation Plan which covers all
the different layers of the Malaysian society. The final aim of the ETP is to bring Malaysia to the “Fully
Developed Country” by or before the year 2020. All the economic and social indicators are showing
this as an achievable target.
The stable economic panorama combined with a positive outlook will surely increase the already good
incoming flow of FDI (i.e. Iskandar Malaysia alone has been reaching RM133.07Bilof committed investment
with more than 50% already realized. Kuala Lumpur and Grater KL, Penang, Malacca, Ipoh and Sabah
are also, in different ways attracting huge numbers of local and oversea investors. Kuala Lumpur and
Greater KL for the big undergoing investment in infrastructures and in Building up the image of “world
class” business destination (TRX, City of Malaysia, PJ Sentral, KL Eco City, KL Sentral and many more mega
project are proceeding well and obtaining the due attention from international investors). Malacca,
Penang, Ipoh and Sabah are, each of them in a different and very personalized ways, commanding serious
and committed investors’ attention by presenting different interpretation of “tourism industry” (Malacca
has start branding itself as alternative to Penang as Heritage and a very attractive shopping destination,
Sabah with unpolluted deep sea diving and the untouched nature lovers destinations, Penang and Ipoh
proposing a different way of spelling retirement homes and medical holiday).
GenY and the Malaysian Demographics
While the author makes reasonable
efforts to present information which
he believes to be reliable, the author
makes no representation that the
information or opinio