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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 13): Encorp Bhd has entered into a joint venture (JV) with an Australian developer to jointly undertake a proposed mixed development in Australia that has an estimated gross development value of A$75.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 13): Penang’s property market is expected to stay resilient on the back of sustained demand, especially from Penangites working abroad planning to return and prospective retirees eyeing homes in the state.

In feng shui, land parcels and buildings of different shapes are classified by what are called Earth, Metal, Water, Wood and Fire.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 13): LBS Bina Group Bhd managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San won the World Chinese Economic Summit (WCES) Lifetime Achievement Award for enhancing relations with China during a presentation at the 7th World Chinese Economic Summit in the UK.

“SUSTAINABLE properties today should be efficient, forward-looking and future-proof,” says Dr Thomas S K Tang, sustainability director of consultancy firm AECOM Malaysia.

SUBANG JAYA: Some 97% of “property seekers” search for property online, of which 78% use property portals as a key source of information, according to Dehinc Asia’s futurist Gerard Kho.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): Far East Hospitality Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore’s largest operator of hotels and serviced residences, has unveiled its plans to expand the Oasia brand with Malaysia a key plank of its strategy.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): The KLCCP Stapled Group, which comprises KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KLCCP) and KLCC Real Estate Investment Trust (KLCC REIT), saw its total distributable income for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2015 (3QFY15) fall 2.

DEVELOPERS have begun to make adjustments to mitigate the slowdown in Iskandar Malaysia’s property market.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): The trustee of Axis Real Estate Investment Trust (Axis-REIT), RHB Trustees Bhd, has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Axis AME IP Sdn Bhd to acquire four plots of freehold land in Johor for RM61 million.