Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur has been in the limelight ever since it was chosen as the location for the National Sports Complex, the venue of the 1998 Commonwealth Games. To accommodate the more than 3,000 athletes, many apartment blocks were built in the vicinity.

The i-SoHo and i-Suite developments are fully sold while the Liberty and Parisien Towers projects have achieved an average of 80% sales.

Newly appointed Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH) director general Dr Rahah Ismail is certainly qualified for the job. Having taken over from Datuk Faizan Abdul Rahman in October last year, Rahah is not only a valuer by training and profession, she also holds a doctorate degree in Housing Development and Finance, a master’s degree in Urban Land Appraisal and a bachelor’s degree in Surveying (Property Management).

To hop on the digital disruption bandwagon, there are many possible ways that the real estate industry could work with relevant tech start-ups.

It may sound like you are getting a windfall when you inherit a property but the process is not as simple as you may think.

IT is only the second month into 2017, but Perbadanan PR1MA has already announced policy changes and introduced a special financing scheme for its 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA) programme in order to “enable more people to own a house under the programme,” it had said.

Having Johor Corp as a strong sponsor provides Al-Salam Real Estate Investment Trust with a good potential to grow inorganically.

Net property income of the retail division climbed 10.9% y-o-y to RM142.3 million as Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall, Sunway Carnival and Sunway Putra Mall contributed higher rental income.

Year on year, 1QFY2017 core net profit increased by 83.3% to RM341.1 million, boosted mainly by higher plantation earnings (which in turn were driven by higher palm product prices) and better performance at the property and farming divisions.

On Tuesday, Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia (PR1MA) announced that the Special PR1MA End-Financing Scheme for first-time house buyers announced in Budget 2017 will benefit at least 15,000 buyers.