Segalanya bermula bila IGB bina 3½-storey townhouse kat Bukit Persekutuan (exactly opposite KL Sentral) in 2003, RM1.3 juta onwards. In 2005, SP Setia pula test market dengan membina 3-storey ‘Superlink’ di Duta Tropika (exactly opposite Solaris Dutamas, dekat2 dengan Masjid Wilayah) RM1.5 Juta ke atas.
Paling latest, Julai lepas E&O lancarkan rumah teres facing pantai/ laut di Seri Tanjung Pinang daripada RM1.1 – 1.5 Juta. Walaupun mahal, nilai rumah townhouse Bukit Persekutuan & Superlink Duta Tropika dah naik 100%. Rumah teres Seri Tanjung Pinang pula habis dijual dalam masa beberapa jam sahaja! (mind you, this is during global financial crisis okay!)
Wohooo!
Rumah teres second-hand juga tak ketinggalan. Rumah teres 2-tingkat di Bangsar setinggi RM3.5 juta, paling murah (habes run-down punya rumah) pun dah RM1.1 Juta. Rumah teres kat Bukit Damansara (original Damansara), Sri Hartamas (not Hatamas, ‘other’ Hartamas or Segambut but known as Hartamas), Mutiara Damansara, Sierramas (Not Sarimas or Suriamas, ok) & Desa Parkcity dah cecah RM1 juta mark.
Kenapa rumah teres pun dh mahal?
So many reasons. First, gap between terrace & semi-d jadi sangat besar skng ni. Kalau 2-storey teres in 1985 cost about RM130k, 2-storey semi-d waktu tu baru RM210k. RM500k dah banglow mcm istana dh waktu tu. Sekarang nih, kalau terres RM1 juta, semi-d for the same area dh RM2.5 juta. Kalau takde RM5-7 Juta, jgn ckp psl banglow, huhu.
Secondly, harga rumah baru untuk kawasan yg sama akan jadi semakin mahal sebab kos makin naik. Commodity macam besi, minyak etc menyebabkan developer ‘terpaksa’ naikkan harga. Spillover effect, rumah-rumah lama yg dok sebelah tu pun melonjak-lonjak. You can see this trend kalau you follow Desa Parkcity punya development. Mind you, the RM1 juta price tu time private hospital & school belum under construction pun lagi!
Thirdly, semakin ramai orang yg banyak duit, semakin syiok la developer naikkan harga sebab they all know, this people will buy. Lagi2 la musim kerajaan dok sibuk nak jadikan Malaysia sebagai high-income country. Ini saja enough to push the terrace house into RM2 juta price tag in less than 10 years.
So, masih berbaloi ke beli rumah teres RM1 juta sekarang?
If you have money, I’ll say yes. Sebabnya demand rumah landed in prime area takkan turun. The demand is coming from orang yang busan duduk condo, yang duduk rumah landed but far away from office and also from expatriate yg prefer landed.
Secondly, tak banyak tanah yg tinggal untuk jadikannya commercially viable untuk buat teres (sekarang ni developer prefer condo sebab lagi byk untung). Almost all new development yg carry poskod KL will definitely condo, bungalow or very large semi-d. New development yg still banyak teres normally border Ampang, outskirt PJ/ Subang Jaya, Puchong, Rawang, Shah Alam & Kajang/Bangi. Tu pun dah ader yg ‘starting from’ RM900k.
Last but not least, property kat Malaysia is playing some catch-up game. Banyak foreigner invest dalam hartanah Malaysia sebab ia antara yang paling ‘murah’ in Asia. So, bagi mereka, property kita ni macam ‘under-value’ sikit. Naturally, kalau they really confident in our market, they’ll buy more. Kalau puak2 ni yang beli, you all paham-paham la; nilai sesuatu hartanah takkan dalam RM lagi, tapi in USD sudah!
Sebab tu lah, I’m so confident in this landed property that saya jangka 60-80% rumah teres 2-3 tingkat di Lembah Kelang akan mencecah RM1 Juta by 2020. Moreover, nilai RM1 juta waktu tu mungkin sama seperti RM500k je sekarang. But make sure you get it at strategic location at not so premium price.
Cuma saya risaulah, caner nak beli kalau mahal sangat cani? I’m wondering how my kids can survive in the future. By the time Hafiy & Fahry graduate, rumah teres yg saya mention di atas dh berharga RM4 juta! That time starting salary RM7k pun cukup2 makan je….
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