Overall, capital values in Jalan Ipoh have grown slightly. The highest relative price growth was at Pelangi Indah, with the average price up 23.9% y-o-y to reach RM276 psf in 1Q2015. This was followed by Permai Ria Condominium (up 21.2% to RM304 psf) and Sri Intan (up 20.1% to RM316 psf).

The island is resilient. Every time someone thinks it is going into decline, it reinvents itself.

Cradled by windswept coastlines, Spain has long drawn attention for its cultural heritage and art. Home to legendary artists Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso, its music, fiestas and flamenco dancers are known the world over.

As a mature neighbourhood, most of the homes are dated, affordable and mid-end ones, except those in Sentul West.

AmProp’s Tokyo property portfolio further reinforces our view that management will continue to create value for shareholders.

The youth wing of the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association, better known as Rehda Youth, organised its seventh Green Tour on March 9.

Flanked mainly by old shop houses, Jalan Ipoh is reminiscent of bygone days. As one of the oldest roads leading to Kuala Lumpur’s city centre, the area is fairly mature with limited empty land left.

In the office market, negative impact will largely be on older office stocks in Kuala Lumpur (40% of the stocks at 15 to 20 years old), as we expect a migration of tenants to newly completed offices. On the retail front, the bulk of the incoming and planned supply (12.5 million sq ft) in the Klang Valley is mostly concentrated in suburban Kuala Lumpur and Selangor (from 2016 to beyond 2018). 

More than a decade of experience in corporate sales has stood City Crest Realtors principal Darren Khor in good stead. “The experience I gained from my sales job definitely shaped and helped me become who I am today,” he says.

This week, the spotlight falls on the secondary market of non-landed residences along one of Kuala Lumpur’s oldest arterial roads, Jalan Ipoh. We examine the stretch of Jalan Ipoh beginning from the intersection with the Middle Ring Road 2 at the north, passing the neighbourhoods of Jinjang, Batu, and Segambut, to terminate at the intersection with Jalan Tun Razak in Sentul. In 2014, the southern half of Jalan Ipoh had been renamed Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah.