News about HDA

It was a study tour to remember for the 15 chieftains of prominent property development companies in Malaysia as well as members of EdgeProp Malaysia’s Best Managed Property Awards judging panel which included heads of professional bodies such as the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association, the Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers and the Building Management Association of Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Sales campaigns and the falling number of available units owing to the “self-discipline” of developers will help improve the local property market, Bloomberg reported today.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) has dismissed claims that a lowering of the threshold for foreigners to buy property from RM1 million to RM600,000 would lead to developers raising their prices, reported Free Malaysia Today.

  PETALING JAYA (October 11): Rehda Institute chairman Datuk Jeffrey Ng is glad to see the government recognising the issues faced by first time homebuyers and offering solutions, including promoting Rent-to-Own (RTO) schemes to lower the entry barrier for them.

  PETALING JAYA (OCT 11): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) hopes that more government incentives will be forthcoming to further spur the property market after the Home Ownership Campaign 2019 (HOC 2019) ends Dec 31, 2019.

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

Out of the 900 respondents of the EdgeProp.

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.