Prices of residential units are being inflated in order to entice homebuyers with cashback offers. Real estate players are calling on the government to take drastic steps to control the issue of house price inflation caused by those who offer cashback schemes to home buyers. The Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property…
Read MoreWill there be a “surge” in market interest for properties with the current low interest rates and “wealth effect” from the stock market? This is the question posed by The Edge Malaysia in its latest issue. “Property investment is considered a natural hedge against inflation that can help investors preserve capital, soften the effects of…
Read MoreA property consultant is of the view that the authorities should not set a ceiling on rental rates, FMT reported today. “The government should not be interfering with market mechanisms except in the case of houses that come under the low cost and affordable categories,” Henry Butcher CEO Tang Chee Meng was reported saying by…
Read MoreProperty developer S P Setia will be launching its double-storey terraced homes called Aria in its Alam Impian township, Shah Alam this weekend. Targeting young professionals to retirees based in the Klang Valley, S P Setia Bhd executive vice-president Datuk Zaini Yusoff said Aria will be offering 78 units of double-storey terraced houses that come…
Read MoreThe Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme is temporarily frozen to enable the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) to comprehensively restudy and reevaluate it. According to a statement from the ministry today, the move is also in line with the government’s decision of still not allowing the entry of foreign nationals into this…
Read MoreA house buyers’ group says landlords should retain the right to refuse tenants. Putrajaya has been cautioned against restricting the rights of landlords in a new law which is aimed at preventing racial discrimination in the property market. The National House Buyers Association (HBA) said the proposed Residential Tenancy Act which the government intends to…
Read MoreSet out with the aim of revolutionising the property industry by using technology, IOI Property has recently conducted a hackathon for young programmers to test their ideas and innovation. IOI Properties chief sales and marketing officer Jason Tie said digitalisation efforts are inevitably changing the business model. “Even the traditional property industry is forced to…
Read MoreA law, which among others aims to address issues of racial discrimination in the property market, would be tabled in Parliament early next year, says Zuraida Kamaruddin. Bernama quoted the Housing and Local Government Minister as saying that the law, known as the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA), was still being drafted and is expected to…
Read MoreProperty developer Mah Sing Group Bhd is exploring new growth opportunities in healthcare through its plastics manufacturing arm Mah Sing Plastics Industries Sdn Bhd (MSPI). Mah Sing founder and group managing director Tan Sri Leong Hoy Kum said in recent years, MSPI had cultivated methods to process recycled plastics into quality pallets to be more environmentally…
Read MoreThe announcement of the moratorium extension and loan repayment flexibility will mitigate forced or panic selling that could further distress the property market and restore certainty in terms of value for both the secondary market and the value of property in general, said CBRE|WTW managing director Foo Gee Jen. “Coupled with the downward revisions of…
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