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Tips On Buying Auction Property In Malaysia



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uying auction or                if a successful sale occur, they  
foreclosed property is          will have to move.                
regarded as a way where                                           
people can create a stream of         Prospective buyer is also advised 
income according to some famous       to do the necessary search at     
authors. But buying an auction        local land office to confirm the  
property is by no mean easy,          rightful owner of the property.   
there are many things one should      To qualify for the auction,       
look for when buying an auction       prospective buyer are required to 
property. Normally a notice for       prepare a bank draft or banker's  
an auction sale is advertised in      cheque equivalent to 10 percent   
the local newspaper two weeks         of the reserved selling price.    
prior to the actual auction date                                        
and buyers are to do the              During the actual auction day, if 
necessary inspection before going     the property is priced at a very  
to the actual auction. When the       attractive figure, prospective    
property is to be auctioned off,      may have to fight with others by  
normally some of them are already     bidding for a higher figure where 
abandoned by their owner and          quick decision are required at    
locked and this make inspection       the auction hall.                 
rather difficult unless the buyer                                       
want to enter the property in an      If there is no bidder on that     
unauthorised manner. Another          faithful auction day, then the    
possible case is that the owner       property will be auction again    
is still occupying the property       with a cheaper price, normally 10 
and inspection under this             percent below the previous tender 
circumstances is rather               price. So if there is no bidder,  
impossible as normally owner          you may want to wait for the next 
would not welcome buyer to enter      auction but bear in mind lower    
their property knowing well that      price may attract more bidders.   



                                      using the auction property itself 
Successful bidder is normally         within the very short time frame  
given 90 to 120 days to settle        of 120 days.                      
the balance of purchase price.                                          
Sometime for a property to reach      Another thing the buyer should    
a stage of it being auctioned,        take note of is that if the buyer 
there may be many outstanding         is buying the property for        
bills like assessment, quit rent,     trading purposes with the         
maintenance charges or utilities      intention to resell it to third   
bills that have yet to be             party for a profit, then the      
settled. Apportioning those           buyer should take note that the   
outstanding payment between           transfer of the auction property  
yourself and the financial            cannot be transferred to the      
institution that called for the       third party directly. The auction 
property to be auctioned may take     property must be transferred to   
some time. This coupled with some     the name of buyer first by the    
other red tape may make release       court before the buyer who is now 
of payment from your financing        the new owner can transfer the    
bank rather slow and make 120         property to whoever that buy the  
days seem like a very short time.     property from him which mean that 
So it would be easier if              buyer who buy the auction         
prospective buyer has some kind       property for trading should take  
of financing ready like having        into account the government stamp 
some other property to charge to      duty and legal fees involved in   
the bank for ready financing in       transferring the property into    
which case the purchaser would be     his name first. The transferring  
able to purchase with cash            process can take quite a long     
obtained from the other financing     time too therefore if the buyer   
taking the burden off the             of the auction property resell it 
purchaser to obtain financing         to third party, he will probably  



have to wait quite a while before     and therefore incur cost.         
full payment eventually                                                 
materialised. Because the long        If the original owner is          
period of time involved, interest     occupying the property, there     
and financing charges have to be      could be a case whereby the owner 
taken into account too. Otherwise     may refuse to vacate the property 
the person who trade the auction      when the bidder has successfully  
property may find that trading        bought the property in which      
auction property is not as            case, court order may be required 
profitable as he initially            to evict the occupier and         
thought.                              therefore the cost involved.      
                                                                        
As there are difficulties             It is because of the uncertainty  
involved in inspection of the         and hassle involved in buying the 
auction properties as mentioned       auction properties that make the  
above, prospective buyer who want     general public reluctant to even  
to buy the property for whatever      try, therefore sometime even when 
purposes has to allow for repair      the property is priced very       
cost as sometime the exact            cheap, there may be not many or   
condition of the property cannot      no taker. However for those who   
be ascertained.                       are daring, with strong heart and 
                                      financially sound, the auction    
Prospective buyer should also         may just present an irresistable  
check whether there is a caveat       opportunity for fantastic return  
on the property as removal of         on investment.                    
caveat may require court order        

                              






About the Author:

Mr BT Khoo is the webmaster of Malaysia Real estate http://www.realestate2u.com.my , the property listing and search engine web site in Malaysia

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