You know you're getting a little long in the tooth when real estate becomes a conversation topic amongst your peers however often you get together – which neighbourhood and where, what kind of house, how much is it, who’s got the best security, news about developers’ new housing developments, so on and so forth. Buying one’s first property is quite a major life event and it probably feels pretty epic.
But before that could even happen, you have to first need to have some money set aside, and to scout out a suitable location. Even that’s not enough these days with property prices in the Klang Valley so high and people having to move further and further away so that they don’t have to service million ringgit mortgages for 30 years.
Of course if money isn't an issue, then there's Propwall.
There’s a mortgage calculator, maps (powered by Google), property reports and a Q&A tab on the site where people can ask questions about the properties and get answers from other users and also actual real estate professionals. The pictures posted are also of pretty good stock, short of a virtual tour (which would be a really nice touch, but that might not be cheap). Propwall Auction is a pretty handy tool to have. You can browse the listings for free, but if you actually want to conduct transactions on here, you have to register for an account, which thankfully, is also free.
I wish that there are better sorting options in the search results like sorting them by price either in descending or ascending order as it’s easier than wading through the results looking for a low price with no end in sight. It’s times like this I’m glad that it doesn’t have Pinterest’s infinite scrolling :P On the plus side there are now classified ads from outside KL and Selangor.
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