Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Loan Update

Fresh from the bank

Just came back from bank checking on the loan agreement document prepared by them. As I have thought, the document is thick (don't mentioned how many copies they made!) and full with 'I don't know what' words and terms. Having two times experience before with the same bank, I am quite familiar with the way they arrange the terms and where to find certain clause on something. Being 100% Islamic Bank, I can understand the bulk of financial commitment waiting us for the next 30 years. My 1st installment will amount almost RM 1, 700.00 that that will be revised following the increase and decrease of the BLR. Peace though that islamic banking system has this capping rate which they used for 'akad' purposes. The rate has been capped at 10.50% and whilst I am borrowing them RM 360,000.00 the akad for the property will be at RM 1,200,000.00!! yes, 1.2 million. I wonder if let say, I still can work at 80, do I have all the sufficient to keep and raise 1.2 million? Well beyond imagination.

Other terms

Other terms seem similar which I don't bother so much to read. I just go and checked the upfront that need to be paid upon signing the document and to my suprise I just need to pay RM 200.00 for processing fee or something. Just hope that the lawyer that the bank appoint now will be okay. Not like the previous one who easily karap my money hoho. Their service okay though but when this refund issue come to surface, ooooo. hate to mention this.

Note to those who plan to purchase a property

Don't worry if you don't have much money. Well planned, organized and structured plan will save the day. But, if you don't have at least the deposit, then perhaps some other time hahaha

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Rumah

Dapat call dari developer pagi tadi, asyik2 tanya pasal progress documentation. So far selepas hampir sebulan proses ni berjalan sekarang ni lawyer developer dah prepare S&P (kitorang decide nak try loan dulu baru nak sign S&P) dan Bank tengah prepare loan offer letter dan agreement. For this loan kitorang decide buat join name since name sendiri dah agak ketat. Itu pun pakai panel tempat kerja pasal nak dapatkan high margin (yahoo!! dapat 95%) meruncing gak la masa nak tunggu result loan pasal fund pun limited.

Pikir2 pasal nak beli rumah ni, mula2 tak budget pun nak beli lagi, last attempt beli tahun 2008. Rumah tu rumah lelong, aku mana la ada experience beli rumah lelong. Rupa-rupanya banyak isu kalau nak consider beli rumah lelong. Kes aku yang tak boleh nak setel hari tu pasal maintenance fee tertunggak dekat 12k. Abisnya, surat undertaking dari DBKL selaku developer asal tak boleh nak kuar. Last2 kes rumah tu tergantung dekat 2 tahun. Nasib baik ada tenant masa aku beli hari tu, dapatla gak recoup balik 5% deposit yang dah lebur kat auctioneer. Beli rumah lelong ni nasib la, ada orang cakap nak beli rumah lelong ni kena pakai duit banyak. Banyak mana tu ikut harga rumah, tapi shortfall nya, legal fees semua kena tanggung sendiri, tu tak kira disbursement fee lagi, untuk rumah 60k haritu, legal fee campur disbursement je dah dekat 4k. Duit lagi tu, dahla masa tu dengan nak kawin lagi. Tapi memikirkan nak ada rumah, tahan je la penangan dia.

Lepas 2 tahun kes rumah tu hang camtu, aku decide withdraw je la purchase tu. Agak rugi jugak la memikirkan kos2 yang dah dikeluarkan seperti:

1- Duit deposit (5%) harga rumah - RM 3,500. Ni duit saving sendiri.
2- Upah agen: RM 1,000.00 - Mamat ni memang gunting dalam selimut la, ambik kesempatan je kerjanya. Kerjanya cuma buh iklan kat tiang lampu, pastu teman gi auction. Masa sebelum auction kerjanya cuma menakutkan kita dengan macam2 cerita sampai aku pun percaya yang agen ni penting. Abis auction, dia karap RM 1,000.00 tu, call apa semua dah tak layan.
3- Upah valuer - RM 300.00 - ni request by bank, so nothing much I can say about it.
4- Upah lawyer - RM 3,000 lebih including disbursement. Aku setel semua, cuma kalau boleh disbursement tu aku tak bayar dulu lagi ok. pasal apa, sampai sekarang aku tulis surat mintak refund disbursement fee haram dorang tak layan. Lawyer patutnya kena la adil betul tak? aku rasa lawyer2 ni cuma requirement je la, interest kita bukan dorang jaga sangat la. Business tetap business. Money matters maaa..

Uihhh.... dekat 10k jugak abis, tapi rumah tak dapat pun. Ding dong2 camtu, so early this month, aku cancel loan agreement dengan bank (terima kasih banyak bank), call lawyer mintak refund. Boleh gak la cover untuk rumah yang baru nak beli ni pulak. Tapi sadly, biasa la, duit bila dah masuk poket orang susah nak dapat balik. Masih ding dong2. Ni pun surat last yang aku hantar dorang belum reply. Tak harap sangat la dapat balik, cuma kalau nama lawyer tu, patut kena adil dan saksama la. Legal fee tu faham la, mungkin tak dapat refund 100% pasal kes dah jalan 2 tahun tapi disbursement fee, tu patut kena pulang la, pasal presentation kat land office pun tak buat lagi. Tapi jangan sebut nama firm la, dorang pun nak carik makan hehe

ok enough the sad part. Sekarang kalau ikut salesperson tu kerja earthwork dah jalan balik, completion date expected to be around nov. 2011. mean still ada almost 2 years from now. For the time being, aku tengah chase lawyer pasal S&P dan bank untuk loan agreement.

Just kalau yang tengah berkira nak beli rumah, ada strategi yang korang kena plan la. Tak boleh main buh je. Duit tak semestinya kena banyak, kalau kena dengan game plan tu, insyaallah boleh berjaya, ni attempt yang ketiga. Harap2 ada rezeki anak kali ni