Property market only expected to recover in 2018
PETALING JAYA: The property market is only expected to recover in 2018, Malaysian Property Summit Mid-Year Review 2016 committee member James Wong told TheEdgeProperty.
‘Property tax hike in Sydney won’t affect M’sian developers’
KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The expected higher taxes for foreign buyers of residential properties in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are not expected to have much effect on Malaysian developers there, say analysts.
RAM maintains negative outlook on property sector
KUALA LUMPUR (May 9): RAM Rating Services Bhd has maintained its negative outlook on the Malaysian residential property sector as well as the office and retail sub-segments in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor this year.
REITs outperform FBM KLCI in April
Real estate investment trust sector Maintain neutral: Recently, we met up with management of several real estate investment trust (REIT) companies under our coverage and they reiterated their cautious view on the overall operating environment amid subdued consumer sentiment.
Crest Builder to jointly develop Jalan Ampang land with MRB
KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Crest Builder Holdings Bhd’s 51%-owned unit, Landasan Bayu Sdn Bhd, has entered into a joint development agreement with the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) for the development of the latter’s piece of land in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.
Transcending mere art
RATHER than being just an art form, architecture should be the art of problem-solving, said Rocco S K Yim, executive director and founder of Hong Kong-based Rocco Design Architects, at the Datum:KL 2015 International Architectural Design Conference.
One with the great outdoors
REFRAINING from judging a book by its cover also applies to houses — some exteriors express the moods within, from kitsch to classic, while others keep their cards close to the chest, revealing little about the lives and styles of the occupants.
Mitrajaya tendering for RM2.7 bil worth of projects
Mitrajaya Holdings Bhd (April 13, RM1.
MTUC urges employers to provide housing loan interest subsidy
PETALING JAYA (April 13): The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has called on private sector employers to provide a subsidy for the housing loan interest to assist workers in owning their own homes.
MM2H applicants down by half
SOURCE: MM2H THE number of applicants for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) scheme had decreased by almost half last year from the previous year, according to statistics available on the MM2H website.
