News about HDA

PETALING JAYA (April 29): The 2016 Mapex Property Showcase organised by the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Youth (Rehda Youth) will kick off on May 11-15 at the 1 Utama Shopping Centre from 10am to 10pm, the organisers announced in a press release today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Malaysia president Datuk Seri Fateh Iskandar Mohamed Mansor (pictured, below) aims to achieve bookings for properties worth RM500 million in the three-day real estate exhibition event Mapex 2016.

SEREMBAN (April 12): A total of 2,215 properties worth over RM1.

THE youth wing of the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association, better known as Rehda Youth, organised its seventh Green Tour on March 9.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): The shift of focus to affordable housing below the RM500,000 per unit range, which has been seeing more resilient demand than higher-end properties, may strain the margins of developers, especially those who are not traditionally involved in this housing category, said Kenanga Investment Bank.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): Property developers are expected to see more unsold residential units in 2016, as launches over the past two years are expected to come on stream, amid a slowdown in demand.

PETALING JAYA (March 11): Despite developers scaling back on new property launches, the number of new bungalows and garden villa units launched in 2H2015 have jumped to 312 from 24 units in 1H2015, according to the Real Estate Housing Developers Association of Malaysia (Rehda) Property Industry Survey 2H2015.

PETALING JAYA (March 11): Close to a third of 159 respondents to the Real Estate Housing Developers Association (Rehda) Property Industry Survey 2H2015 agree that the main issue with affordable housing is the increased overall cost of doing business.

2015 was indeed a challenging year for the market due to several internal and external issues, such as the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the weakened ringgit, political uncertainty, and property market cooling measures, resulting in poor consumer sentiment.

PETALING JAYA (March 9): The Malaysian property market is expected to see some signs of recovery by this year-end, supported by an improving local economy and market sentiment.