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Transactions in Yangon’s property market have slowed perceptively in 2014, with buyers unwilling to pay the high prices on offer, real estate agents say.
Prices have so far not shown the massive increases of the last two years, and appear to be levelling off, said U Khin Maung Aye, senior agent at Shwe Kan Myae.
“Yangon’s real estate market is facing slowing transactions,” he said. “Numbers are quite down compared with 2012 and 2013 because of high property prices.” He estimated that transactions are occurring about 50 percent less as they did 12 months ago.
Current prices in Yangon’s core townships sit around K100,000 to K300,000 for a square foot, said Mya Pan Than Khin real estate agent Ko Min Min Soe.
In downtown Yangon, street-level apartments begin selling at about K150 million, with the upper floors starting at K40 million and reaching as high as K500 million depending on quality and location.
Properties in Yangon’s outskirts vary significantly, with land starting at K50 million for 2400 square feet in back corners of New North Dagon, according to brokers, while commanding up to K500 million for 2400 square feet on main roads in South Okkalapa township.
Prices vary based particularly on street access, but are little changed on 2013, said Ko Min Min Soe.
Soaring land costs priced many would-be buyers out of the market, and led to a pause for many speculators. Government officials have also made moves to cool the market in recent months, such as attempting to enforce a tax on property transactions.
“People were asking for very high prices, but it means it’s getting difficult to find buyers. There are worries now that it is not easy to sell,” said Phoenix real estate agent Ko Htun Htun.
High prices in the downtown core pushed many buyers to seek land in Yangon’s outskirts, with North and South Dagon and some streets in South Okkalapa seeing increased attention.
“Some owners are asking too much for land not near main roads or central regions, and nobody is interested in buying it. Prices in the outskirts are cheaper and so more investors are interested in it,” he said.
One bright spot in the market is land suitable for high-rise construction and big projects, which are still being snapped up, said Ko Htun Htun.
When land prices are too high, builders cannot buy land, so often they agree to pay land-owners with in-kind apartments once construction on a project is complete, he said.
Overall, real estate agents said Yangon’s property market will continue pushing into the outskirts due to unattainably high prices at present for downtown properties. Still, most said that growing prices are set to decelerate in the coming months.
Mavericks is distrubuted through Apple’s Mac App Store and is a digital download of 5.29GB. If you have a superfast fibre connection then this may be of little concern. Even a fast ADSL connection and the upgrade can be downloaded reasonably quickly. If you are on a slower internet connection, then this distribution model is not suiting you.
In this tutorial, I will show you two ways to install OS X Mavericks onto a bootable USB drive. This is particularly useful if you have two or more Macs to upgrade as it means you only have to download the software once.
Cost
Where Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion cost £25, £20.99 and £13.99, respectively, OS X Mavericks has been made available at zero cost to Mac owners.
What You Will Need
Before you get started, you will need to gather together the following:
Open a Finder window and navigate to Applications > Install OS X Mavericks. If you do not have the Install OS X Mavericks app in the Applications folder – possibly because you have already upgraded to Mavericks – you will need to follow the instructions to redownload OS X Mavericks.
Provided that you have located the Install OS X Mavericks app in the Applicationsfolder, you can move on to creating your USB drive with either the command line method or the automated app method.
Locating the Mavericks installer In Finder
Redownload OS X Mavericks
The Mavericks installer application is automatically erased after upgrading a Mac to Mavericks, therefore the best time to create your bootable Mavericks USB drive is after downloading Mavericks from the Mac App Store and before installing it.
If you have already upgraded to Mavericks and subsequently wish to create your bootable USB installer, simply open the Mac App Store, click on the Purchasestab, locate OS X Mavericks and click the Download button.
You will be advised that Mavericks is already installed on your Mac.
Redownloading OS X Mavericks on a Mac that is already running Mavericks
Command Line Method
Step 1. Erase USB Drive
Insert your USB drive, open Disk Utility, select your USB Drive click the Erase tab then click the Erase button. This will erase all of the contents of your USB drive and it will be titled Untitled.
Erase your USB drive using Disk Utility
Step 2. Open Terminal
This method is straightforward and does not require the downloading of additional apps. Ideal if you are the sort of person who only installs the apps that you really need for your workflow.
Tip: If you in anyway unsure about entering commands into Terminal, or if you have fat fingers and an inability to concentrate, then perhaps look to the automated app method. Entering incorrect commands into Terminal may have catastrophic consequences.
Provided that you are competent and confident with Terminal, or at least able follow instructions accurately, then the command line approach works well.
Step 3. Enter Terminal Command
Assuming that you have already confirmed that you have a copy of the installer app, located at Applications > Install OS X Mavericks, and you have inserted a blank USB drive called Untitled, open up a Terminal window and enter the following command:
If your USB drive is named Untitled, then you may copy and paste the text, above, into Terminal. Double check everything is correct before you proceed, though.
Entering the command in Terminal
Tip: To launch terminal quickly and easily, simply press Command Spacebar to open theSpotlight search window and then type Terminal. If you use Alfred, you can pressOption Spacebar followed by Terminal.
Step 4. Create USB Drive
This process can take some time. For example, it took around 40 minutes to complete on my mid–2012 MacBook Pro copying to a USB 2.0 drive. Admittedly, this could be quicker had I used a USB 3.0 drive.
Using Terminal to create the USB installer drive
Step 4. Remove USB Drive
When the process has finished, be sure to eject the USB drive before removing it from your Mac.
You have now created a bootable OS X Mavericks drive that will enable you to upgrade existing Macs, or clean install Mavericks onto Macs without the need to download 5.29GB of data onto each Mac.
Automated App Method
If the thought of having to use Terminal fills you with fear and loathing, whatever your location, then the automated method, using and app, is going to be easier for you.
Step 1. Erase USB Drive
Insert your USB drive, open Disk Utility, select your USB Drive click the Erase tab then click the Erase button. This will erase all of the contents of your USB drive and it will be titled Untitled.
Launch the DiskMaker X utility and follow the instructions ensuring that you choose your blank USB drive as the destination.
Step 4. Create USB Drive
This process can take some time. For example, it took around 15 minutes to complete on my mid–2012 MacBook Pro copying to a USB 2.0 drive. Admittedly, this could be quicker had I used a USB 3.0 drive.
Creating the USB drive using DiskMaker X
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Step 5. Remove USB Drive
When the process has finished, be sure to eject the USB drive before removing it from your Mac.
You have now created a bootable OS X Mavericks drive that will enable you to upgrade existing Macs, or clean install Mavericks onto Macs without the need to download 5.29GB of data onto each Mac.
DiskMaker X completion confirmation
The DiskMaker X USB drive
Conclusion
Creating an OS X Mavericks installer USB drive is a straightforward process if you know how to do it.
In this tutorial, I have shown you two more methods – one via command line and one via an application – that allow you to easily create a USB drive that you can use as a backup drive and as a drive to install OS X Mavericks onto more than one Mac whilst requiring only one download from the Mac App Store.
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Apple no longer supply a bootable USB Flash Drive for their newest OSX Mavericks operating system, just as they did with Mountain Lion.
Using this tutorial you will be able to create your own bootable USB Flash Drive using Apple's newest operating system, Mavericks!
