2017 continues to favour office-tenant market, says Knight Frank
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): Knight Frank Malaysia expects 2017 to remain as an office-tenant-favoured market due to more incoming supply in 2017 and 2018.
House prices can be reduced up to 40% by offering bare units, says Rehda past president
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): If developers adopt the core housing development concept, house prices could come down by 30% to 40%, said past president of the Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda) Datuk Ng Seing Liong.
Mall oversupply situation to take at least three years to improve
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): The retail mall market is expected to take three to four years from now to improve as more malls open in the next few years adding to the oversupply in retail spaces, said Savills (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd managing director Allan Soo.
Residential property sector bottoming
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): Malaysia’s residential property absorption rate has hit a 14-year low, according to Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd head of equity research Sarah Lim.
Value of overhang units in the primary residential market up 80% y-o-y
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): Some RM8.
Cloudy outlook for malls
PETALING JAYA (Feb 17): The outlook for the retail sector is expected to remain flattish this year due to multiple negative factors, said Savills (M) Sdn Bhd managing director Allan Soo.
Iskandar Malaysia can tap overseas market
PETALING JAYA (Feb 10): Property prices in Johor’s Iskandar Malaysia is expected to drop in 2017 due to weak market sentiments and other challenges, but there are opportunities for developers to target buyers from overseas, said Landserve (Johor) Sdn Bhd executive director Wee Soon Chit.
10th Malaysian Property Summit to focus on sustainability of property market
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.
PEPS: Budget 2017 lacks measures to revive slowdown in property market
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector Malaysia (PEPS) had hoped for more measures to be announced by the government to restore the slowdown in the property market.
How about lowering property prices?
AS controversy rages over the suggestion for developers to lend money to prospective buyers who have difficulties getting financing to purchase properties, one question remains unasked: Will lower property prices help resolve the buyers’ financing problem? The logic is that by reducing prices, prospective buyers will be eligible to get a margin of financing that is sufficient to buy the developers’ products.
