News about Soam Heng Choon

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 19): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) has dismissed claims that the lowered property threshold is meant to bail out property developers.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Sales campaigns and the falling number of available units owing to the “self-discipline” of developers will help improve the local property market, Bloomberg reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The lower property threshold for foreign ownership will help “solve the liquidity problem faced by developers”, LBS Bina managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San (pictured) told China Press in an interview.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president Datuk Soam Heng Choon is of the view that there is not much in Budget 2020 for the property sector, as many of the measures listed are already in place.

Malaysian homebuyers are open and ever ready to consider new homeownership schemes as long as they benefit them.

It seems a large number of property owners have been disturbed by the current Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) and they are hoping to see it reduced or removed, according to a poll conducted by EdgeProp.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 26): A survey conducted by the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) showed that homebuyers regard digital network coverage as one of the top five factors that influence their property purchase, higher than a developer’s reputation.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 26): The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda) has reiterated that the National Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) events and exhibitions are targeted at Malaysian homebuyers and not foreigners.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 26): The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda) is cautiously optimistic about the market outlook for the next 12 months and looks forward to an expansionary Budget 2020 which will be tabled on Oct 11, 2019.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 26): The National Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) 2019 is believed to have achieved more than RM14 billion in sales as at Sept 13, according to the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda).