Category Archives: Finance Tips

How to Calculate Legal Fees for a Property?

Everyone is interested to buy a property, either for own stay or for investment. However, do you know that on top of the property price, you have to pay a substantial amount of money for legal fees (Sale & Purchase … Continue reading

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Calculate Stamp Duty for Your Tenancy Agreement

Tenancy agreement is signed between the landlord and the tenant. If you use property agent service, they might ask you to use their lawyer for the agreement. The professional fees of preparing the agreement may burn a hole in your … Continue reading

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Zero Entry Cost Home Loan

Zero Entry Cost (ZEC) housing loans means bank will absorb the legal fee, stamp duty and valuation fees. However, it can result in an unhealthy price war in the banking industry due to it ate into their profit margins. There’re … Continue reading

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Higher Salary Job Does Not Turn Into Luxurious Lifestyle

After graduating from a foreign university 6 years ago, Mr. Robert worked as a web designer at a small local advertising firm. After few years of hard work, now he became a specialist. With the high salary, he bought a … Continue reading

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Understand the Lock in Period for Your Home Loan

When you are applying mortgage to finance your house, I urge you to take some time to read every words in the offer letter and ask questions for thorough explanations from banker before you sign it. One thing you should … Continue reading

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