Kuala Lumpur Kepong’s 3Q earnings up 2.6%
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 18): Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd’s (KLK) net profit rose 2.
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 18): Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd’s (KLK) net profit rose 2.
THE CURRENT slowdown in the property market doesn’t look like it will pick up anytime soon.
KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has cut its key interest rate to 3% from 3.
KUALA LUMPUR (June 27): Auctioneers are seeing a decline in the number of properties being auctioned off, despite the expectation of more houses or shoplots going under the hammer in the current challenging economic environment.
PROPERTY market cycles come and go, but with prolonged weakness, the current slowdown could point to a much larger economic issue.
PUTRAJAYA (April 19): The overall property market slowed down marginally in 2015 from a year ago – with volume down by 5.
PETALING JAYA (March 24): Companies are more sensitive and cautious in their spending on office space compared with 20 to 30 years ago, said JLL country head for Malaysia YY Lau.
PETALING JAYA (March 11): Despite developers scaling back on new property launches, the number of new bungalows and garden villa units launched in 2H2015 have jumped to 312 from 24 units in 1H2015, according to the Real Estate Housing Developers Association of Malaysia (Rehda) Property Industry Survey 2H2015.
2015 was indeed a challenging year for the market due to several internal and external issues, such as the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the weakened ringgit, political uncertainty, and property market cooling measures, resulting in poor consumer sentiment.
PETALING JAYA (Feb 23): The property market will pick up in 2Q to 3Q2016 – after the festive seasons from the end of last year until the end of this month – as demand is still strong from genuine buyers in the secondary market, said principal of Synergy International Realtors Terry Wong (pictured, centre).