Activity

Q.List out some case laws on the subject of capacity of infant/minor to a contract.A.Section 11 of Contract Act, 1950 specifies who are competent to contract.Every person is competent to contract who is of the age […]

Q.b) Explain on the possible causes of urban congestion in urban areas and relate your answer by giving examples of township that you are familiar with. (10 marks)(10 marks, 2014 Q8b)A.The key reading is from the […]

Q.How Real Estate developers manage their risks?A.This is the 6th article in the series “Popular Risk management”. The aim of the series is to describe the main Risk management topics in simple, clear and concise […]

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b) Explain the characteristics of land market. (10 marks)

(20 marks, 2013 Q1)

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Similar question was asked in 2016 Q1b.

Once land is traded as a commodity a land market is considered to exist. The […]

Q.What exactly is Alonso’s Urban Land Market theory?A.The original text by Professor William Alonso published in Proceeding of the Regional Science Association, 1960 is extracted here.Ref:Alonso, William. 1960. A […]

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Give a summary of various urban land use models.

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An extract from Jean-Paul Rodrigue (2013) Chapter 6 is verbatim below.

2. Urban Land Use Models

The relationships between transportation and land […]

Q.List out the common urban land use theories.A.Ref:Slides. Chapter 5 Urban Land Use Theories, 6th Year Geography, available athttp://www.lcgeography.preswex.ie/uploads/6/9/4/9/6949966/chapter_5_urban_land-use_theories.ppt

Q.b) Explain the relation of land rent and distance quoted by Alonso and support your explanation with a sketch graph. (10 marks)A.The bid rent theory is a geographical economic theory that refers to how the price […]

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Introduction to Property Market Analysis – Demography
Sarawak and Sabah are two state of Malaysia where land is in abundance. People in these two states are opening up to new technologies […]

Q.A newly qualified estate agent is interested to start up a realty service. Can you help him with a marketing plan?A.Below is a verbatim from National Association of Realtors.6 Factors that Affect Your Marketing […]

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Marketing Plan – Implementation and Control

The control and monitoring of progress by the firm is a gradual process. In line with the st […]

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Marketing Plan – Strategies and Action Plans

Core purpose of a Realtor is to either match a buyer to a seller or a seller to a buyer. It is a busi […]

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Analysis of Property Market – Competitor Analysis

This section is about sales performance and competitors of the Estate Agency Practice.

Bovea in coll […]

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Analysis of Property Market – Historical Transactions
This section is about sales performance in transaction number and value over 2013 and 2014 (pr […]

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Analysis of Property Market – Demand
This section is about local market demand for properties.

Earlier post on Demand in Property Market is referred here.

Past year 2 […]

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Analysis of Property Market – Supply

In Malaysia, the only dependable source of information on property supply is NAPIC which publishes information on a quarterly basis (Hamid, […]

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Can you provide a detailed marketing plan for a Realtor?

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Following is a sample of Marketing Plan for a Realtor.

Marketing Plan for MY-RealProperty 2017-2020

Part 0 – Executive […]

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As an estate agent, you have been appointed to market a development project consisting 300 units of medium cost apartment. Discuss the factors that you take into consideration in the preparation of the […]

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Different authors advocate 4 or 5 steps in a Marketing Process. Why is it so?

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The Marketing Process
 
Situation Analysis
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Marketing Strategy
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Marketing Mix Decisions
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Implementation […]

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Describe in a standard framework what is a Marketing Plan.

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A marketing plan is a comprehensive blueprint which outlines an organization’s overall marketing efforts. A marketing process can be realized […]