News about Datuk Soam Heng Choon

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PETALING JAYA (Nov 14): The Strata Management Act 2013 acts as a guide in preventing and resolving problems, but what's really required in strata living is common sense, said Chur Associates founder and managing partner Chris Tan.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 8): The Real Estate & Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) has urged the government to amend the relevant Acts and Regulations to provide the Land and Mines Office (PTG) with the power to approve a comprehensive and more “equitable” formula and weightage factors to calculate share units for the different components of a mixed development.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 19): The property sector has “multiplier effects” on more than 140 industries in the country, and any property market crash will lead to wealth destruction for the people, Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) president Datuk Soam Heng Choon said in a report by The Edge Malaysia this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The lower property threshold for foreign ownership will help “solve the liquidity problem faced by developers”, LBS Bina managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San (pictured) told China Press in an interview.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president Datuk Soam Heng Choon is of the view that there is not much in Budget 2020 for the property sector, as many of the measures listed are already in place.

Malaysian homebuyers are open and ever ready to consider new homeownership schemes as long as they benefit them.

It seems a large number of property owners have been disturbed by the current Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) and they are hoping to see it reduced or removed, according to a poll conducted by EdgeProp.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 26): A survey conducted by the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) showed that homebuyers regard digital network coverage as one of the top five factors that influence their property purchase, higher than a developer’s reputation.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 26): The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda) has reiterated that the National Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) events and exhibitions are targeted at Malaysian homebuyers and not foreigners.