THE real estate market in Malaysia continues to be active in terms of transactions and will continue to be vibrant in the long term, Zerin Properties CEO Previndran Singhe tells City & Country."Recently, both condos and landed homes were mopped up by cash-flush investors in traditional locations in the Klang Valley, including Bangsar, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Mont'Kiara, Damansara Heights and C

NCT Group managing director Yap Ngan Choy started out as a tiling contractor in 1976, right after he completed school. In 1985, he set up his own company, NCT Tiling Sdn Bhd.

THE successful launch of Pavillion Square by listed property company Pollux Properties on March 23 saw all units snapped up by balloting, with the highest price achieved reportedly $10,798 psf for a 118 sq f unit. The buyers were said to be mainly local investors. Other developers have wasted no time in rolling out their mixed-use projects.

KUALA SELANGOR: Despite the various obstacles put in its way by the Pakatan Rakyat-led Selangor government, Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) managed to restore the abandoned low-cost housing project in Bandar Alam Perdana, thus fulfilling the dream of 2,500 buyers to own a house.

JOHOR BARU: Johor Corp (JCorp), the state government’s development arm, recorded a 60.7% jump in pre-tax profit to RM868 million for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2012 (FY12) from RM540 million previously.

President and CEO Datuk Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim said group revenue rose 11.2% to RM5.64 billion compared with RM5.07 billion a year ago.

THE Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association of Malaysia (Rehda) recently announced the introduction of its own Green Real Estate or GreenRE — a green building and carbon-rating tool."With GreenRE, we want to give our members an alternative green tool.

SEREMBAN: The Barisan Nasional (BN) state government has implemented various development projects in Seremban to prove its commitment to ensure the wellbeing of the local residents.