News about HDA

PETALING JAYA (Oct 27): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) views Budget 2018 positively and urged the state governments to follow suit in providing homes for the B40 and M40 groups.

Do you know which industries are among the most un-digitised in the world? According to McKinsey Global Institute’s Industry Digitisation Index 2015, the construction and agriculture sectors are among the least digitised.

The digital era’s Internet of Things (IoT) is on everyone’s lips.

The term “smart cities” has been uttered by many, but what makes a city intelligent? Are we really there yet in terms of developing smart cities? Does a smart city equate to less human interaction and render a city soulless? These issues were discussed at a panel discussion themed “Future-planning: Emerging trends in sustainable projects” at the Future Forward Forum 2017 on Sept 7.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 9): The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) has refuted allegations that homebuyers are finding it tougher to obtain housing loans and that loan approval times are increasing.

The tabling of the annual national budget always creates a sense of anticipation, especially amidst a lacklustre economic atmosphere, because therein hangs the hope for a financial plan that can provide the much-needed impetus to push the economy forward.

Buildings and spaces can be where people come together, interact and create meaningful bonds with one another.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 28): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) hopes the government will seriously consider three key areas, namely financing, cost of doing business and the GST exemption, said president Datuk Seri FD Iskandar Mohamed Mansor.

Many companies today cite sustainability as one of their business goals — some take it even further and make sustainability their business.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 20): Most developers are pessimistic on future sales performance, with 76% out of 153 respondents anticipating that their sales will be below 50% in 2H2017 and 1H2018, according to a survey by the Real Estate Housing Developers Association (Rehda) titled “Property industry survey 1H17 and market outlook for 2H17/1H18” in Peninsula Malaysia.