News about Malaysian

PETALING JAYA (Feb 3): Rising interest rates in the US have sparked concerns that it will impact the rest of the world including Malaysia’s property sector.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 20): The general public portion of the initial public offering (IPO) of KIP Real Estate Investment Trust (KIP REIT), en route to list on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia on Feb 6, has been oversubscribed by 5.

KAJANG (Jan 11): A Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) team that recently conducted an analysis of the Malaysian housing market has concluded that it is best to buy properties now as it expected the current dampened market sentiment to recover in the first quarter of 2018.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): A research team from  Universiti Tunku Adbul Rahman (UTAR) has concluded that the current property market downturn plaguing the country will not be as turbulent as the ones that occurred some two decades ago.

YTL Hospitality REIT (Dec 30, RM1.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 13): The founder and chairman of The Mines Resort Bhd and Country Heights Holdings Bhd Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew has successfully raised more than RM2 million for charity by putting up his own bungalow collection through private auction.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 13): While the spike in Malaysian Government Securities (MGS) 10-year yield has made real estate investment trusts (REITs) relatively less attractive, analysts said the fundamentals of REITs are still intact and are still commanding a premium over MGS yields.

Real Estate Investment Trusts Maintain neutral call: Malaysian government securities (MGS) yield spiked in November to above 4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): Developer S P Setia Bhd has expressed its deepest regret on the pedestrian link bridge collapse tragedy which killed one worker, injured five others while another remains unaccounted for.

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (Nov 15, RM23.