News by Datuk Chang Kim Loong

The HBA has time and again highlighted the untold misery of the victims and called on the authorities to address this issue urgently, so the minister’s attention to it is certainly welcome.

Ketika membeli rumah daripada pasaran utama, mereka jarang siap dibina - di mana kita boleh melihat kualiti sebenar pembinaannya atau sekelilingnya. Oleh itu, sebagai produk yang belum wujud, mereka dijual dengan menggunakan gambaran artis, model skala dan pelbagai skim pemasaran.

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.