It is always heartwarming to learn how someone rose from poverty and hardship to attain success and affluence. Such is the story of Datuk S P Lim, founder and managing director of Titijaya Group. What started out as a small construction sub-contracting outfit is now a property development company,  with completed projects worth over RM900 million, mainly in Klang, Selangor, Lim’s hometown.

The five terraced houses in Lebuh Clarke were done up as individual units for those who want the experience of staying in traditional terrace with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a balcony upstairs, and a large living room and garden downstairs.

There has been a rush for landed property in the Klang Valley in recent months, sending prices skyrocketing. Demand has surged especially for terraced houses in established neighbourhoods such as SS2, Damansara Jaya and Taman Tun Dr Ismail.

Real estate development is no longer just a business of building and selling a roof above one’s head.

The original idea was to find a house in George Town and convert it into a haven for local artists. What has risen instead is the 50-room Tanjung Penaga Boutique Hotel at 50 Hutton Lane, a labour of love for world-renowned architect Hijjas Kasturi and his wife Angela.

Taking advantage of the recession and snapping up a Fifth Avenue apartment is the goal of many high net worth individuals. So why is Fifth Avenue so coveted?

The temperature in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is rising as the dry season nears. Like the weather, the property market there is getting hotter, with swelling demand for new homes from the city’s population of nine million.

The rise in interest rates in Malaysia is not likely to have an adverse impact on the property sector as the percentage of increase is not high, managing director of property consultancy CB Richard Ellis Malaysia (CBRE Malaysia

Mutiara Goodyear Development Bhd is preparing to move on to the next level of growth. “We are going to put our best foot forward and want to be noticed as an innovative, responsible developer,” declares the company’s executive chairman Hamidon Abdullah.

Visitors to the gated and guarded Seri Pilmoor development in Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, are greeted by an unusual looking guardhouse. Not only does it sit on elevated land, but its walls are almost completely camouflaged with creepers.