News by Chris Tan

"我在许多公开演讲中，鼓励观众多多与发展商拍照留念，因为在未来，他们可能是受保护或濒临绝种的领域业者。"

对于会影响房屋买卖利润的房产盈利税 (Real Property Gains Tax，RPGT)， 你的了解有多少？

The industry is also being regulated through higher compliance on housing developers, raising the entry barrier for aspiring developers.

4W1H口诀，让你轻松了解房贷。

Where to get financing? What to look for in financing? Who should borrow? Which type of financing? How to select your financial package?

房价涨涨涨，租屋将成为未来的趋势，有意成为房东的你，有什么需要注意？

There is a clear lack of awareness and understanding on the part of homebuyers in relation to strata living which, consequently, leads to several common misconceptions.

IT’S been a year since the Strata Management Act 2013 (SMA) was implemented in our country. As we should know by now, strata is a form of property ownership and development format that caters for the subdivision of buildings and land to ensure higher density and better efficiency in land utilisation. In simpler words, strata living is a form of community living where it embraces the idea of “love thy neighbours” instead of “my home is my kingdom” by holding several households or different entities under one roof.

Service charges are a monthly pain to many, especially those who live in strata buildings be they condominiums, serviced apartments, small office home offices (SOHOs) or others. With many other people living under the same development, common areas and facilities like gardens, gyms and pools that are not part of the owner’s own parcel are maintained by the building management in their various stages of composition from the Developer to the Joint Management Body and, ultimately, to the Management Corporation (MC).

As a city grows, the development of high-rises becomes inevitable. So one can only expect more strata developments to be built in Malaysia in the future and strata living will become increasingly common. It is therefore imperative to understand the existence and function of the management bodies that ensure a comfortable and secure strata living environment.