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32,000 people-friendly homes built since 2002
32,000 people-friendly homes built since 2002

Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) has built more than 32,948 units of people-friendly homes (RMR) nationwide since 2002, Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan told the Dewan Rakyat. He said to...

Posted on 18 Mar 2015 Read More
Amendment to Act 118 to improve legal system on housing
Amendment to Act 118 to improve legal system on housing

Deputy Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Halimah Mohd Sadique said the amendments were aimed at improving the legal aspects to enable the National Housing Department and her...

Posted on 18 Mar 2015 Read More
KL Central Business District, Golden Triangle Still Attractive
KL Central Business District, Golden Triangle Still Attractive

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- The KL Central Business District (CBD) and Golden Triangle are still the most attractive regions in Malaysia for commercial real estate investment for 2015, accordin...

Posted on 3 Mar 2015 Read More
New Housing Procedures To Be Implemented March 13 - DBKL
New Housing Procedures To Be Implemented March 13 - DBKL

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) -- New procedures on plans consideration, additional guidelines and house renovation will be implemented starting next Friday (March 13), said Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk ...

Posted on 6 Mar 2015 Read More
Illegal Agents Take More Than 3 Per Cent In Transaction Fee -- MIEA
Illegal Agents Take More Than 3 Per Cent In Transaction Fee -- MIEA

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Bernama) -- Illegal real estate agents take more than three per cent in transaction fee, said Malaysia Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) president, Siva Shanker. Siva said t...

Posted on 10 Mar 2015 Read More
119,933 PR1MA units approved for construction
119,933 PR1MA units approved for construction

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 -- A total of 119,933 units of houses underthe 1Malaysia Housing Project (PR1MA) have been approved for construction so far, involving 80 projects nationwide. PR1MA chief execu...

Posted on 3 Mar 2015 Read More
Property sector to be flat this year
Property sector to be flat this year

KUALA LUMPUR: The property sector is expected to be flat this year, bogged down by buyers’ ‘wait-and-see’ attitude towards the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax against a backdrop of ...

Posted on 6 Mar 2015 Read More
Slower take-up for 2015 property market
Slower take-up for 2015 property market

KUALA LUMPUR: The overall property market for 2015 will be cautious with slower take-up and occupancy rates as compared with last year, which was still resilient despite the market slowdown, according...

Posted on 6 Mar 2015 Read More
Maintenance fees may go up over 10% with GST, residents warned
Maintenance fees may go up over 10% with GST, residents warned

PETALING JAYA: Owners of condominiums, apartments and flats have been told to brace themselves for higher maintenance charges from April although such fees have been exempted from the Goods and Servi...

Posted on 1 Mar 2015 Read More
Slow times for luxury homes
Slow times for luxury homes

KUALA LUMPUR: Prices of luxury homes across 33 cities saw an increase of only 0.2% in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), the weakest performance in two years, reported Knight Frank’s Residential Rese...

Posted on 20 Feb 2015 Read More
BIM Guide to ensure standardisation across PR1MA housing projects
BIM Guide to ensure standardisation across PR1MA housing projects

SHAH ALAM: To promote consistent development and ensure uniformity across all Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia (PR1MA) housing projects, PR1MA officially launched the PR1MA Building Information Modelling (B...

Posted on 30 Jan 2015 Read More
Housing affordability worsened in 2014
Housing affordability worsened in 2014

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian housing affordability has worsened to 3.6 times in 2014, according to Rahim & Co Chartered Surveyors executive chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman, in presenting the ...

Posted on 23 Feb 2015 Read More