Is the 52 days calculated from all current listings, and are the locations genuinely comparable? “Kuala Lumpur country homes” could cover properties with quite different settings. I also would not assume insurance is the main cause without knowing whether buyers are pausing over financing or...
Which neighbourhoods are included in that 115-day figure? Broad Kuala Lumpur labels can hide meaningful boundary differences. Even before looking at completed prices, I’d separate the properties by the immediate area, condition and townhouse position. Otherwise the average could combine stock...
Selectivity is the more plausible reading, but those figures alone do not establish it. Fast renovated sales and slow project homes could simply reflect initial pricing. I’d want to know whether the 23 days covers all villas listed in August or only the ones that completed.
Include the mobile handoff in that walk-through. A workflow can look integrated at a desk but break during viewings if notes, photos or schedule changes cannot be added cleanly on a phone. Then staff create temporary messages or notes, and somebody has to transfer them later—the duplicate entry...
Another option is to connect the increase to something tangible. Ask whether the tenant has any maintenance concerns, deal with legitimate items, and then propose the revised rent for the renewal period. That does not mean manufacturing upgrades just to justify an increase; it shows that rent...
I partly disagree with treating vacancy cost as the reason to stay well below market indefinitely. Good payment and maintenance history deserve a retention discount, but the owner still has rising costs and concentration risk if rent is left untouched for years.
A measured increase now may be...