| Every year hundreds of houses and apartments are | | | | basic terms, both housing expenses and money costs |
| bought and sold in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. But for many | | | | have increased dramatically. The increasing cost of |
| people such events are irrelevant unless you are a | | | | building material used to build new houses and |
| student or professional studying or working in | | | | apartments plays a key part in higher property cost. |
| Cyberjaya. Owning a house or apartment in | | | | Next is the higher energy cost due to high global crude |
| Cyberjaya are considered expensive because of | | | | oil prices. For a average person working in Cyberjaya, |
| limited average income and thinning savings. While a | | | | his disposable income is getting lower each passing |
| home is desirable, the demand of modern living in a | | | | month. All these central costs have outpaced the ability |
| high tech city such as the cost of food, transportation, | | | | of many people to own a real estate. |
| clothing and taxes has caused many inhabitant of | | | | In the end, houses and apartments in Cyberjaya cost |
| Cyberjaya unable to become a homeowner. | | | | so much is because of simple economics. High |
| Today we have thousand of people in Cyberjaya who | | | | demand because of incoming foreign students and |
| are non-homeowners. It is better for them to rent an | | | | professionals. Cyberjaya houses the largest |
| apartment than buying a house due to the long term | | | | information technology university in Malaysia, the |
| commitment. The issue is not that renting is bad, or | | | | Multi-Media University. It is also the hub for major |
| renting a property cannot offer valued features or a | | | | information technology related companies in Asia. At |
| comfortable lifestyle. The problem is that for many | | | | the same time, houses and apartment are more |
| who prefer to buy a property, ownership is less and | | | | expensive because of the ever increasing cost of |
| less plausible each day. | | | | living in a high technology city. |
| Why is this happening in the city of Cyberjaya? In | | | | |