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Agreed, although price cuts can also be theatre if the starting figure was deliberately ambitious. Zara’s sample would be stronger if it recorded the original ask, current ask and any disappearance from the market. On fees, I’d treat them as part of the buyer’s and seller’s total calculation...

I wouldn’t dismiss the fee theory entirely. Costs may not separate one building from another, but they can make lightly motivated sellers less willing to accept a lower offer. Buyer financing could then widen the difference: a clean, financeable unit sells while an awkward one sits, even when...

I’m considering a four-bedroom property in Kuala Lumpur priced at MYR 4,136,000. I can afford the purchase at the offered 3.17% mortgage rate, but I’m unsure whether to proceed now or wait for cheaper financing. My concern is that a rate cut could bring buyers back before local inventory...