KUALA LUMPUR: Landed property in Malaysia’s prime property hub, the Klang Valley, remains hot, with prices in sought-after locations spiking of late after climbing steadily over the last two years.

Even the recent global recession has failed to shake market confidence, which is being translated into rising prices.

KUALA LUMPU: Tune Hotels.com (Tune Hotels) is set to increase its presence beyond Malaysia with its latest tie-up with Singapore-based Plato Capital Ltd (Plato).

KUALA LUMPUR: Magna Prima Bhd has lodged a police report against its former CEO Lim Ching Choy for alleged criminal breach of trust.

The property developer said on May 10 Lim was alleged to have made fraudulent personal claims during his tenure with the company between Nov 1, 2006 and May 14, 2009.

BEIJING: Property prices in China's major cities rose by their fastest clip on record in April, but analysts said the government's latest crackdown on speculation could slow further gains in coming months.

KUALA LUMPUR: A unique art-inspired retail experience awaits city folks at Solaris Dutamas (pictured), an almost completed integrated development located off Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur by Sunrise Bhd.

SEREMBAN: Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) has so far revived and completed 77 stalled projects involving 24,326 housing units nationwide.

The development cost totalled RM480 million, Chairman Datuk Idris Haron told reporters after the handing over of keys to owners whose houses in the abandoned Taman Pelangi scheme had been completed here on May 11.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong received an opening bid of HK$2.876 billion (RM1.19 billion) in an auction for a residential site on Tuesday, May 11, the first land sale since the government moved to crack down on speculation in the housing market.

Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&N)
(May 10, RM10.82)

NEW YORK: Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors (FTREA) on May 11 announced that it has hired Joyce T Shapiro to head a newly established business team dedicated to real asset multi-manager investment strategies, expanding the group’s capabilities to include infrastructure, energy, water, agriculture and timber.

KUALA LUMPUR: Ibraco Bhd has been categorised as Practice Note 17 (PN17) company as the property developer’s revenue is less than 5% of its paid-up capital of RM99.5 million.

The Sarawak-based company’s revenue for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2009 (FY2009) slid almost 95% to barely RM3.5 million from RM66.5 million in FY2008.