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PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): While the announcement on the full stamp duty exemption for the Memorandum of Transfer (MOT) and loan agreements for first-time homebuyers for properties priced up to RM500,000 will help, the key factor in stimulating the property market is affordability, said PA International Property Consultants (Penang) executive director Michael Loo.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): A sharper focus on driving in foreign investments is desirable for Budget 2021, said Professor of economics at Sunway University Business School Dr Yeah Kim Leng (pictured).

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): To further promote homeownership, the Government has announced a full stamp duty exemption on instruments of transfer and loan agreement for first-time homebuyers on residential properties priced RM500,000 and below.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): KGV International Property Consultant (Johor) executive director Samuel Tan (pictured) praised RM 1.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): Under the present circumstances, it would be unwise to further encourage households to increase their debts, said CEO of the Center for Market Education and Senior Fellow at Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) Dr Carmelo Ferlito (pictured), commenting on the Budget 2021 tabled this afternoon at the Dewan Rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): While Mah Sing Group Bhd commends the government for encouraging homeownership through several initiatives announced in Budget 2021, it hopes that Developer Interest Bearing Scheme (DIBS) would be considered in the future.

QIDONG (Nov 6): A one-year-old Golden Retriever has braved 100km over 14 days to get back to its owners in Qidong, China.

Chris Chong, IOI Properties Group Bhd’s Mall Operations senior general manager "All roadshows, activities and events were stopped during the first MCO and subsequently CMCO from March 18 until June 14, 2020.

KOTA KINABALU (Nov 6): Sutera Harbour Resorts (SHR) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah said the company is not related to the Sutera cluster which was reported by the Ministry of Health earlier on Nov 5, 2020.

While the outlook of shopping malls in the near term remains bleak due to the third wave of Covid-19 and intense competition of online shopping, Henry Butcher Retail managing director Tan Hai Hsin is optimistic that shopping malls are still relevant in the long run.