Penang Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the state authorities are very strict in their selection process for affordable houses.

The passion to help others find their dream homes is what some of the winners of the MIEA National Real Estate Awards (NREA) 2016 have in common.

As many as four interactive polls were conducted during the Future Forward event to find out what the participants’ views were on several topics.

Technology may change the way we work and communicate, but human beings still want that personal touch that only another fellow human being can give. Hence, the ideal city of the future would be an intelligent one that makes life easy yet allows people to step out of their homes to have real connection with other people, said the experts that shared their views at the Future Forward Forum on Sept 29, 2016. 

Signs of globalisation are everywhere — from the cars we drive to the shared experience of hunting for virtual monsters on Pokemon Go.

The new docklands development, dubbed Dublin Landings, will be jointly developed by Oxley and Ballymore Group, one of the largest private-owned property groups in Europe.

"We hope LPHP will help boost constructions for low and medium cost houses for people."

Sime Darby Property Sdn Bhd, wholly-owned by Sime Darby, expects to unlock the value of the Semenyih land to fund strategic property development projects, it said.

Property developers that are hoping to get a break via the relaxation of property market cooling measures in the soon-to-be tabled Budget 2017, should not hold their breath, say analysts.

Property portal TheEdgeProperty.com was invited to share its findings on the property market at a luncheon talk organised by Credit Suisse Securities (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd on Oct 5.