Salaries not going up as fast as prices of homes

By PATRICK LEE and AUDREY LYE

PETALING JAYA: When A.S. Gill bought his double-storey link house in SS12 in Subang Jaya back in 1985, it took about a quarter of his salary combined with that of his wife to realise their dream.

The house was RM200,000 but now it costs RM1mil.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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Business , housing , survey , household income

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