Kajang is the district capital of Hulu Langat and has seen significant growth due to its proximity to the city. (Property Advisor pic) A small township in the eastern region of Selangor, Kajang is located about 21km from the bustling city centre of Kuala Lumpur. It is the district capital of Hulu Langat and has…
Read MorePuchong is considered a matured and well-developed region with all the amenities needed to be a self-sustaining township. (Property Advisor pic) The origins of modern Puchong can be traced back to the early 20th century, when immigrants from Sumatra and Java began to explore the area for tin mining. At the time, it was mostly…
Read MoreOne way to solve the affordability issue of houses may be for the government to buy some lower-cost homes from private developers and rent them out. Tang Chee Meng (pictured), chief executive of property agents Henry Butcher, who suggested such a scheme, told FMT News that underprivileged groups who do not have the ability to…
Read MoreThere are profound shifts in the way people live and work due to the pandemic, and these changes are expected to remain long after the pandemic, according to Chris Lehane, Airbnb senior vice president, global policy and communications (pictured). Commenting on the recently-concluded virtual panel discussion “Travel Reimagined: an Airbnb and APEC Forum”, he noted…
Read MoreAsian real estate technology group Juwai IQI expects to see first-time house buyers increase their share of the market by up to five percentage points under Budget 2021. Group chief executive officer Kashif Ansari said that would give them their highest market share on record. “First-time home buyers currently account for 28 per cent of subsale…
Read MoreFull stamp duty exemption on both instrument of transfer and loan agreement for the first home purchase worth up to RM500,000 proposed in Budget 2021 would lower upfront cash payments and encourage home ownership among the first-timers. Knight Frank Malaysia Managing director Sarkunan Subramaniam said as this enhanced exemption is not limited to the primary…
Read MoreBy Goh Kok Guan Budget 2021 is expected to give a big push to the housing market and enable more Malaysians to own their first home. International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) Malaysian Chapter immediate past president Michael Geh said the five-year extension of the stamp duty exemption, aimed at reviving abandoned projects, would benefit both contractors and house…
Read MoreThe tabling of Budget 2021, which encouraged purchase of first home, especially among the B40 and M40 groups, will benefit Malaysians having problems to become house owners. Malaysian Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (REHDA)president Datuk IR Soam Heng Choon, in welcoming the move, regarded it as part of the government’s initiative to encourage the people to have…
Read MoreTo further promote homeownership, the Government has announced a full stamp duty exemption on instruments of transfer and loan agreement for first-time homebuyers on residential properties priced RM500,000 and below. This exemption is effective for sale and purchase agreements executed from Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2025. Below are the responses of industry stakeholders…
Read MoreMalaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM) president Adzman Shah (pictured) said the full stamp duty exemption on Memorandum of Transfer (MOT) and loan agreement for first home priced below RM500,000 will be good for the property market but it may not help strata property purchasers if the strata titles are delayed beyond 2025….
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