News about MIPFM

PETALING JAYA (March 26): The government should consider giving tax waivers or rebates especially on Sales and Services Tax (SST) and corporate tax for small and medium sized businesses or SMEs as they will be among the hardest hit by the Movement Control Order (MCO) which is now extended a further two weeks to April 14, 2020 to stem the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA (March 23): Malaysia's Movement Control Order (MCO) currently taking place to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus outbreak in the country must include property management in its list of essential services.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): A focus group meeting will be held on Monday (Nov 25) between the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) and industry stakeholders including the Malaysian Institute of Property & Facility Managers (MIPFM), the National House Buyers Association (HBA) and representatives from management bodies of strata property to come up with an equitable solution to the issue pertaining to flat rate maintenance charges in mixed developments, said Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM) president Adzman Shah Mohd Ariffin.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): While the tangible aspects of a building can enhance a property's value, it is the intangible aspects that will make a building stand out from its peers and thus yield better value, said Singapore Association of Property and Facility Managers president Dr Lim Lan Yuan.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): Malaysia is expected to be on the radar of foreign investors who are seeking a stable market to invest and to operate from, said Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM) president Adzman Shah Mohd Ariffin.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 14): Some 200 participants, consisting of property developers and property managers, turned up early on a Thursday morning to listen to what key industry stakeholders have to say on a review of the Strata Management Act 2013.

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.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 17): Imposing a flat maintenance rate for mixed-use strata developments will result in inequity and complications, said the Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector, Malaysia (PEPS).

PETALING JAYA (Oct 15): The Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM) foresees various problems arising from the implementation of a recent court ruling for a flat rate maintenance fee for mixed-use properties.

To have a well-managed and well-maintained property, one would need to have a team of people to run the day-to-day operations of managing the property to ensure that it is always at its optimum.