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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): Titijaya Land Bhd is planning to buy a firm that owns two tracts of land totalling 46.

NON-landed residential projects on Penang island have performed better than landed homes on the island in recent years.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 29): YTL Hotels has recently acquired three properties in the UK — in Edinburgh, Berkshire and London — strengthening the company’s presence within the UK, the group announced in a press release today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Apple will move its UK headquarters to Battersea Power Station in a major coup for the Malaysian developers of one of London’s best-known landmarks.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda) hopes the 2017 Budget will offer a special tax scheme for the property sector, Bernama reported today.

BUKIT JALIL (Sept 27): High-end condominium SkyLuxe On The Park (SkyLuxe) by SkyWorld Development Group has received good response, recording  80% take-up since its official launch last weekend.

SUBANG JAYA (Sept 27): Malaysia's Budget 2017 needs to outline long-term improvements in living cost and affordable housing to yield more positive changes.

1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) wholly-owned subsidiary TRX City Sdn Bhd is starting infrastructure works on Tun Razak Exchange, which is located on a prime tract between Jalan Bukit Bintang and Jalan Tun Razak that was sold to the strategic investment fund for RM230 million or RM75 psf in 2010, say sources in the construction industry.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 22): The Malaysian Government's Public Sector Housing Financing Board said its RM4 billion Islamic bond was oversubscribed more than three times, due to its "strong credit standing.