Smart city concepts for Iskandar Puteri
ISKANDAR PUTERI: The Smart City Urban Design Guideline (SCUDG) and the Smart City Centralised Monitoring Services (SCCMS) have been launched here.
Stamp duty waivers will boost housing market, says Knight Frank Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: The stamp duty waiver on the instrument of transfer for first time home buyers announced in Budget 2019 will provide a boost to the current slow housing market, said Knight Frank Malaysia managing director Sarkunan Subramaniam.
7 things to note about strata landed homes
We used to mostly see strata projects as high-rise residences but these days, strata landed homes have been introduced as well.
Alternative solutions are worth consideration
With Malaysia's median household income of RM5,228 in 2016, RM188,208 should be the maximum affordable house price, when utilising Demographia International's Median Multiple (MM) method in which homes are considered affordable only if it is less than three times the household median annual income.
Landlords get richer if most Malaysians can't afford their own homes
A Frankly Speaking comment in the latest issue of The Edge Malaysia (Nov 12 - 18, 2018) The issue is not availability.
What are the trends shaping our homes?
Unrelenting advancements in the world of science and technology are constantly changing the way we live, work and play.
Half of low-cost flats have become unliveable
NIBONG TEBAL (Nov 9): Half of the low cost flats in the state have become slums, says Jawi assemblyman Jason H’ng Mooi Lye.
FundMyHome not a monopoly, says Pua
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): The FundMyHome property platform will not be a monopoly of the newly-proposed home financing scheme sector, political secretary to Minister of Finance Tony Pua explained today.
FundMyHome: Who benefits?
Scenario 1 : If you are renting Say you and your spouse are in your late 20’s.
Help, the MRT station is leaking
PETALING JAYA (Nov 9): Is our maintenance culture failing us again? Many Klang Valleyites were over the moon when the MRT service was launched but reports are now flowing in about “defects”, “technical glitches” and “delays” at some stations.
