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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The National House Buyers Association (HBA) is pleased that there were no relaxation of cooling measures in the property sector.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Mah Sing Bhd believes the stamp duty increment for homes worth more than RM1 million will encourage advance buying of completed properties prior to Jan 1, 2018 when the hike takes effect.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Real estate consultants are worried that the increase in stamp duty for real estate transactions priced above RM1 million from 3% to 4% starting January 2018 will have a  negative impact on the property market.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): “Disappointing.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector Malaysia (PEPS) had hoped for more measures to be announced by the government to restore the slowdown in the property market.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): MIDF group managing director Datuk Mohd Najib Abdullah said Budget 2017 has been dedicated to assisting the B40 income group, especially in the area of affordable housing.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The “step up” end-financing scheme for the 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA) programme, as announced under Budget 2017, signals that the government is taking a long-term view on helping the rakyat with their lifelong financial planning, said CIMB Group Holdings Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Stamp duty will be exempted for property transfers and housing loan instruments to help reduce the cost of first-time home ownership.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The construction sector is expected to expand 8.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Malaysian property managers should reinvent themselves and enhance their capacity to meet increasingly high market expectations, said DBKL property management and valuation department’s commissioner of buildings (COB) head Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh.