Dewan Rakyat passes Limitation, Arbitration bills

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): The Dewan Rakyat yesterday passed the Limitation (Amendment) Bill 2018, which extends the time limit of up to three years to house buyers to lodge a complaint over latent defects in their properties, Bernama reported.

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CO3 and MIM to develop 200,000 sq ft co-working place in Medini

PETALING JAYA (March 19): Co-working space operator CO3 Social Office Sdn Bhd (CO3) is collaborating with master planner and developer Medini Iskandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd (MIM) to build C03 Campus @ Medini 9, a 200,000 sq ft co-working space in Medini City that can accommodate up to 4,000 members.

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Ex-Felda chairman, GM signed Jalan Semarak land transfer docs

PETALING JAYA (March 12): Former Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) chairman Tan Sri Isa Samad and an unnamed general manager at the agency were the two individuals who signed the Power of Attorney (PA) for Felda’s land at Jalan Semarak in Kuala Lumpur, Parliament was told today.

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Rehda: Malaysia’s property industry must tap into big data

KUALA LUMPUR (March 3): The government must work with the property industry’s stakeholders to create a one-stop big data centre to enable the industry to better bridge the gap between supply and demand and predict housing trends in various areas, said the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Malaysia president Datuk Seri FD Iskandar Mohamed Mansor.

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'Homeownership is not for everyone'

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): While many Malaysians are complaining that property prices have gone beyond affordability, World Bank director of urban development Dr Sameh Naguib Wahba Tadros, however, points out that homeownership is not meant for all.

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