In Depth stories

We should avoid taking the easy way out; way forward is always education.

For Sunsuria Bhd, developing the freehold, 525-acre Sunsuria City in Salak Tinggi has been a journey of faith. The core of the township, which has a gross development value (GDV) of RM10 billion, is the 150-acre Xiamen University Malaysia, China’s first overseas campus. The rest of the township will grow around the university.

Capital values in Puchong have continued to appreciate albeit at a more moderate pace in the 12 months to 1Q2015.

In my many years of providing Feng Shui consultation for businesses all around the world, one of the luxuries that I treasure most is not having to compel or convince new clients based on results. Most people who ask for Feng Shui consultations are already convinced with the prospects of having a Feng Shui-driven business. Nevertheless, there are still two kinds of people within this group — those who wholly understand the benefits of the service and those who simply follow the herd.

Three Acres Real Estate’s Gerard Chan believes in determination to achieve one’s target.

HOW do you help your children achieve their future life goals including owning their own home? There are many ways we can help our children learn about budgeting and how to be financially independent. TheEdgeProperty.com asked a few industry players about how they teach their children about investments and they gave some interesting ideas based on their own experiences. They believe the younger you start them off, the better. Parents should start educating their children about investments or financial planning early on in life.

The office market in Kuala Lumpur and beyond KL (Selangor) remained mostly static and unglued in the first quarter of the year, in the light of the slowing local economy, and the situation looks set to continue for the rest of the year.

Buoyed by the upcoming MRT and LRT lines, capital values had appreciated moderately across most properties in the 12 months to 1Q2015.

In the 12 months to 1Q2015, about 62.7% of the secondary non-landed residential transactions fell within the RM401–RM600 psf range. Another 24.2% fell within the RM601–RM800 psf range.