Estimated by property managing, property prices for Penang property market may dip ~10% this year. But there still an event of Penang International Property Expo will held on 27th~29th March. Penang property may dip in property prices but increase of the demand.

Some think the situation will recover in the third quarter, others say it will take a year. But many property developers are not dropping their prices. It is in the secondary property market that buyers may be forced to sell, preferring to convert their assets to cash. We will bound to have that as many units will be completing this year.

Those who bought earlier are also expected to convert their assets to cash. Property agents and valuers have mixed views how much prices have dropped but the range is between 5% and 20%, depending on the project.

Normal profit in property project generally is 5% to 30%. Property Developers are now not making super profits.  Even if property developers drop property prices, it will settle at a fair level. Most of the property prices are close to construction price and land cost.
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