News about Australia

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 21): In response to requests for an extension in the tenure of housing loans to up to 40 years, the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) said the current 35-year limit is more than enough.

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PETALING JAYA (Sept 14): Properties priced from RM500,001 to RM700,000 faced the highest loan rejection rates, according to almost a quarter of 157 respondents to the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) property industry survey 1H2016.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): The recent positive US housing data is good news for exports-oriented furniture manufacturer Poh Huat Resources Holdings Bhd, which derives at least 60% of its sales from the US market.

  PETALING JAYA (Aug 13): Some developers might be deterred by the sluggish property market by pushing back their launches but Sunway Property, the property development arm of Sunway Bhd, sees opportunities in the downturn.

SINGAPORE (Aug 2): Frasers Centrepoint Ltd’s Australian unit, Frasers Property Australia (formerly Australand), on Tuesday announced it is acquiring a 10ha site adjacent to its Eastern Creek Business Park in western Sydney.

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SINGAPORE (July 12): CapitaLand's wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott, is acquiring a 221-unit serviced residence in Docklands, Melbourne, for A$71 million (S$71 million) (RM210 million) as part of its partnership with Australian-based apartment operator Quest Apartment Hotels.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): Salcon Bhd is buying a plot of freehold commercial plot in Australia, together with a car park and a two-storey office building erected on it, for A$37.

PETALING JAYA (June 18): While Sydney will see the imposition of a 4% stamp duty surcharge on foreign homebuyers next week, Jalin Realty International does not see this as the biggest challenge to Sydney’s property market.