The pace of change and grind in Ho Chi Minh City is undeniable—almost every worker you meet will tell you that having multiple income streams is a way of life.

The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (REHDA) Malaysia views the retraction of Construction Industry Development Board’s (CIDB) Quality Guidebook for Homeowners as a wise move.

Sime Darby Property Bhd (KL:SIMEPROP) took the No 1 spot at this year’s The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards (TPDA), the second time the company has done so after its inaugural win in 2009. This year, it also obtained the top spot in the Best in Qualitative Attributes sub-award.

Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (REHDA) Malaysia has come out in support of Minister of Housing and Local Government, Nga Kor Ming in his opposition of suggestions to limit the number of residential units people can purchase.

Rehda Institute had organised numerous study tours in recent years for Malaysian property players and stakeholders.

The current debate on the property management-building management issue can be examined from the public policy perspective.

Glomac Bhd (KL:GLOMAC) is currently in talks with respective parties to venture into the waste-to-energy business, as part of its plan to seek new sources of revenue, according to group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Seri FD Iskandar Mohamed Mansor.

The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association (REHDA) welcomes the government’s efforts to provide adequate housing for the B40 group and aid aimed “specifically” for first-time homeowners.

An inheritance tax will only be a burden to the family’s heirs, and particularly stifling to lower income or middle-class children of well-to-do parents who would have to bear the possibly excessive tax they are suddenly ladened with due to the property they inherited.

The Selangor state government will exempt property developers from development charges for projects of several affordable housing schemes, including Rumah Idaman and Rumah Selangorku Harapan, effective January next year, according to Selangor state housing and culture exco Datuk Borhan Aman Shah.