News by Datuk Chang Kim Loong

Developers are required to submit mock-ups to the housing ministry to check if there are any deviations between the advertisements and the approved versions.

Since 2013, banks have somehow been “selling” and “billing” the security documents to lawyers for prices ranging between RM100 and RM600.

There has been no shortage of complaints from homebuyers over the years on the deviations found in their end-products, where their completed units of stratified high-rise or landed residential houses and their surrounding habitats differ from those represented in the marketing materials and even plans attached to the standard sale and purchase agreements (SPA) signed between them and the developers.

Apex Court held that the ‘threshold’ under Section 96 of Courts of Judicature Act has not been met. Hence, ‘leave of court’ to escalate to Apex Court denied.

The new laws, which came into force on June 1, 2015, tightened the process of the segregation of the master title by the developer.

The authorities need to take stringent action against abuses of PPR and at the same time, work out the RTO for the deserving.

Condos, apartments, serviced residences – these are becoming popular choices for urbanites, but many are not equipped with the basic knowledge of being a strata property owner.

Talks of the government wanting to promote second-generational loans or dual-generation housing loans are rife, but what is the cost to the rakyat?

The National House Buyers Association (HBA) acknowledges the challenges faced by our Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz in tabling the national Budget 2023 on Oct 7