News about PR1MA

PETALING JAYA (Oct 27): It will be more appropriate if the government granted the 50% tax exemption to tenants as they are the party in need of assistance, instead of rewarding landlords with the Budget 2018 measure to halve tax on rental income, said the Property Management, Valuation and Estate Agency Surveying (PMVS) Division of the Royal Institution Of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) in a statement today.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 27):  Economists and analysts are viewing the housing and construction-related proposals in Budget 2018 positively as they could spur the property market.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): Budget 2018 has failed to address the challenges faced by the current property industry, said the Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector Malaysia (PEPS) in a statement following the tabling of the budget today.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 27): While the measures announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in Budget 2018 for the housing sector show that the government is continuously trying to help first-time homebuyers, more could be done, said think tanks.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 27): Development expenditure (DE) for the housing subsector is expected to be more than halved to RM870 million – or 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): Promoting homeownership in the low-income group, or the bottom 40% (B40) demographic of the country, is expected to be part of the upcoming national budget as they form a large part of the electorate.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 6): Instead of seeing affordable housing as a specific segment, homes should be made generally affordable for all citizens, said Khazanah Research Institute director of research Dr Suraya Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): While Mah Sing Group Bhd lauds the government’s continuous initiatives to encourage homeownership, the developer hopes for more flexible schemes for private developers’ projects to be announced in the coming Budget 2018.

  PETALING JAYA (Sept 12): Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia (PR1MA) is preparing to launch a few new townships, with one or two still in the process of getting approvals, said its CEO Datuk Abdul Mutalib Alias.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Seacera Group Bhd’s 80%-owned subsidiary Spaz Sdn Bhd has won a RM250 million contract to build PR1MA (1Malaysia People’s Housing) homes in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan.