Rehda: No housing glut as M’sia needs 3.2m more homes
PETALING JAYA (April 4): While there is an oversupply of shopping complexes and office spaces, it is not the case with residential properties as Malaysia is still short of 3.
Court of Appeal rules that homebuyers must be heard before extension of time is applied
PETALING JAYA (March 30): The Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government must give homebuyers the right to be heard before developers are given an extension of time (EOT) to complete a project, the Court of Appeal ruled today.
More education needed on strata management, says Rehda
PETALING JAYA (March 29): All stakeholders, particularly the public and property developers, need to be educated on their responsibilities in strata living and management.
Rehda: Malaysia’s property industry must tap into big data
KUALA LUMPUR (March 3): The government must work with the property industry’s stakeholders to create a one-stop big data centre to enable the industry to better bridge the gap between supply and demand and predict housing trends in various areas, said the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Malaysia president Datuk Seri FD Iskandar Mohamed Mansor.
Finance Minister II: Recent developments freeze to eliminate non-serious players in property industry
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Putrajaya's recent freeze on new developments of shopping malls, offices, serviced apartments and condominiums priced above RM1 million is intended to eliminate property players who are "not serious" from the industry as they will "kill the serious developers", said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.
Rehda wants authorities to reconsider approvals freeze
PETALING JAYA (Nov 21): The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) Malaysia hopes that the authorities will reconsider the new ruling to freeze approvals of developments, including condominiums priced above RM1 million, it said in a press statement today.
Rehda to issue press statement tomorrow on DBKL approval freeze
PETALING JAYA (Nov 20): The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) is expected to issue a statement tomorrow on the Cabinet directive to Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) to halt approvals for four types of developments.
Big data — the game changer in identifying consumer needs?
In the past few years, the term “big data” has caught a lot of attention but how many of us fully understand or utilise it? According to Shanghai Distrii Technology Development Co Ltd (China) CEO and founder Dr Hu Jing, big data has allowed businesses to test their solutions based on the hypotheses or assumptions made via data collection.
‘The internet is my office’
Move over, office buildings — connected co-working space is the new beau of office workers.
Budget 2018 trains eyes on rental market
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): Budget 2018’s proposals to stimulate the housing rental market could mark the beginning of a greater focus on the rental market in the near future, according to Laurelcap Sdn Bhd executive director Stanley Toh.
