Too early to turn bullish on property segment, says report

Jul 07

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): News that the Housing and Local Government Ministry is in talks with Bank Negara Malaysia to draw out the guidelines for a more relaxed loan scheme for some homebuyers may raise hopes of better earnings for the property firms.

Half of the Soho units under construction in KL remain unsold in 1Q2018

Jun 29

PETALING JAYA (June 29): Close to half of the Small Office Home Office (Soho) units or 1,430 units of 2,912 units launched in Kuala Lumpur that are under construction, remain unsold in 1Q2018.

Office occupancy rates down in 1Q2018 while supply creeps up

Jun 29

PETALING JAYA (June 29): The occupancy rate for purpose-built office buildings in the country dipped slightly in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q2018) to 77.

More unsold homes under construction and unconstructed in 1Q2018

Jun 29

PETALING JAYA (June 29): The Malaysia property market is expected to see a surge in supply of residential properties in the near future as the number of unsold residential units from launched projects that are under construction and those yet to be constructed, have climbed in 1Q2018.

Mall occupancy rate in 1Q2018 sees slight fall to 80.2%

Jun 29

PETALING JAYA (June 29): Retail space occupancy rate has decreased to 80.

Unsold homes spike over 1Q2018, says Napic

Jun 28

PETALING JAYA (June 28): The number of unsold residential properties in the country has risen significantly over the first quarter of 2018.

Rehda wants authorities to reconsider approvals freeze

Nov 21

PETALING JAYA (Nov 21): The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) Malaysia hopes that the authorities will reconsider the new ruling to freeze approvals of developments, including condominiums priced above RM1 million, it said in a press statement today.

Property market is not looking up yet

Nov 17

Although some prefer to be optimistic and believe we are already seeing a glimmer of recovery for the current slowdown in the property market, what does the latest market data tell us? The latest property market data for the first half of 2017 (1H17) released by the Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH) of the Finance Ministry during the 2017 Preliminary Property Market Brief on Nov 13 revealed that overall, the property market has softened in 1H17, with more than 153,000 transactions recorded worth RM67.