Recently I have learned that a lot of my colleagues, who are few years my junior bought their 1st property right after they start to work and it seems that it is slightly contradict with the article "The young find it difficult to afford a home" from The Star - which brings me to think that it could be the mindset between people from the northern region with the people living in the central region of the peninsula.
I see that the people from the northern region, especially the Chinese tend to believe that property is a good investment and one should always get the first property at very young age. Although I personally don't agree on buying property right after getting the first job, I agree that purchasing property must be at young age - and we should not aim for the high-end property but rather the kind of property that we can afford at that time.
I personally agree with Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA)
president Siva Shanker that the Gen-Y definitely need to change the
strategy in purchasing the first property. The first property that the
Gen-Y should target are those more affordable rather than aiming for
lifestyle property which might cost few times more. The property will
eventually appreciate in price - in the long run, which in turns this
group of people will be able to sell it and upgrade it to a bigger
property.
And in conclusion, I also like the way he put
it " there's no such thing as an ideal home. You buy one and make it
your ideal home".
The article is as follow:-
THE removal of the developer interest-bearing scheme (DIBS) in Budget
2014 last year was supposed to help curb speculation in the property
market, where prices, especially of residential properties in prime
locations, have risen beyond the means of most ordinary wage earners.
However, for first-time house buyers, whose earnings usually fall in
the range of between RM3,000 and RM4,000, the removal of the DIBS has
simply made life more difficult.
This segment of house buyers finds that it is now much harder to
acquire their dream home. This is because under the DIBS, they could
have placed a downpayment of a certain amount and not pay anything until
the property was completed; usually between 24 and 36 months.
Take Razif, a 28-year-old executive who earns RM4,500 a month, for
instance. He lives with his parents and has been planning to move out
for a while now. Unfortunately, the potential properties that have
caught his eye so far have been way above his budget.
“I can’t seem to find a house or apartment that I can afford.
They’re just so expensive and I also don’t want to live in a place
that’s too far away from the city where I work,” says Razif.
“My parents are already retired and I wouldn’t want to burden them with any requests for financial assistance,” he adds.
Many genuine first-time buyers, especially fresh graduates or individuals under 30, face a similar plight as Razif.
Licensed financial adviser and syariah financial advisory for
Excellentte Consultancy Jeremy Tan says salaries of young adults,
especially those under the age of 30, are too low to be able to afford
most properties within the Klang Valley.
“As a general rule, the loan should not take up more than one-third
of your monthly salary. Most young adults are usually already paying for
their car loans, which is compounded by other obligations such as
income tax deductions and Employees Provident Fund and Socso
contributions. Hence, they can’t qualify for a loan.”
MyFP Services Sdn Bhd managing director Robert Foo notes that it is
difficult for young adults to buy a house these days, unless their
parents “chip in”.
“Unfortunately for young adults, they have to either find something a
bit more affordable or wait until they start earning more money.
Another alternative is to buy the property in joint names.”
Bleak house
National House Buyers Association (HBA) honorary secretary-general Chang Kim Loong, in his article Affordable housing: The buzzword,
notes that the average household is finding it ever more difficult to
buy their own property, with the ever-rising property prices coupled
with the rising cost of living.
“The prospect of buying a suitable house is looking bleak. The
average rakyat is struggling to purchase their dream house amid the
ever-rising prices of properties, which have far outpaced the increase
in salaries.
“Young adults are unable to afford a reasonable, suitable and
liveable house that doesn’t require either taking out a back-breaking
bank loan or moving out to a distant and bland housing estate that
involves mind-numbing daily commutes.”
Chang adds that young adults are slowly becoming a “homeless generation”.
“Mind you, they are the future economic drivers of the city. Hence,
the Government must take concrete and proactive measures to curb the
unbridled escalation of house prices.”
Chang says the Government needs to stem the rapid rise of property prices due to false demand and excessive speculation.
“Ensure a steady supply of affordable properties to cater to the
demands of the lower- and middle-income segments. Prevent a “homeless
generation” from emerging that will result in many social problems (and)
prevent our young from drowning in debt.”
Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) president Siva Shanker
says one of the biggest reasons many young adults cannot afford to buy
properties today is due to the upswing in property prices over the past
few years.
“The biggest culprit are the developers who used to offer cheap
entry costs, such as up to 100% loans, legal fees and/or stamp duty
absorption and the DIBS. Many people who had bought a property at that
time were those who couldn’t afford it or did not need to own a house.
“Because of this, everybody rushed to buy primary properties and the
prices just went higher and higher. For instance, a semi-detached house
that used to fetch between RM650,000 and RM800,000 in 2008 now costs
RM1.6mil. How can the price jump 100% in just five years?”
Siva says this is a classic case of “unnatural growth fuelled by unnatural demand”.
“Greed has pushed the market up to unreasonable levels,” he says.
A change in strategy
Siva believes that today’s young adults, especially the Gen-Y group
of individuals, need to “restrategise” and “change their psyche”.
“Today’s generation does not have what I call the ‘trade-up’
mentality. Instead of buying something affordable and then upgrading
from there, they want to go straight for something with class that they
can’t afford.
“Instead of buying something that costs, say, RM300,000, they aim
for something that retails at RM600,000, which they cannot afford. So,
what do they do? They save and save, but by the time they can afford it,
the price has gone up to maybe RM800,000!”
Siva says that if they had purchased the RM300,000 property in the
first place, they could have waited for it to appreciate to RM500,000
and then sell it and use the difference to buy a more expensive house
later.
“You can get a medium-cost apartment for less than RM200,000 in Desa
Pandan, which is less than 4km away from KLCC. But when they have a
look and see that the place is not ideal, they back off. Who says there
are no affordable properties to buy?
“If buyers are not picky or choosy, then there are, in fact, many
properties that they can buy. There’s no such thing as an ideal home.
You buy one and make it your ideal home.”
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Agreed to a certain extend but don't think it's applicable to Klang Valley....
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