Metro Kajang MD Eddy Chen is new PR1MA chairman
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Metro Kajang Bhd managing director Tan Sri Eddy Chen (pictured) has been appointed as the new chairman of Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia, the Prime Minister's Office announced today.
重点报道：Batu Caves有重新发展的潜质？
说起Batu Caves，第一印象就是历史悠久、闻名国际的黑风洞兴都神庙，但说到当地的房地产投资，你们又知多少呢？ Landserve Sdn Bhd董事经理Chen King Hoaw告诉EdgeProp.
UPDATE: Hilton Garden Inn hotels on Jalan TAR flipped for RM240m – report
PETALING JAYA (Sept 29): Hilton Garden Inn North – formerly the Cititel Express – and Hilton Garden Inn South – formerly the Hotel Empress – on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, was sold for RM240 million by Singapore's Royal Group in August – barely three years after it had acquired the properties, reported The Edge Malaysia.
Property investors should diversify portfolio to commercial and industrial properties, says expert
PETALING JAYA (Sept 29): Property investors should consider diversifying their portfolio into alternative assets such industrial properties, offices and shops, rather than concentrating all their investments in a single type of property, according Axis REIT Managers Bhd head of investment Siva Shanker.
Developers must cut profits to lower property prices – report
PETALING JAYA (Sept 29): The only way developers can bring property prices down is by cutting their profit margins, said a property industry observer.
Gamuda JV acquires land in Singapore for RM963m
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): After having emerged as the highest bidder at S$318.
房屋趣：一道海峡，两种生活
历史悠久的土耳其伊斯坦堡，是世界上最受欢迎的城市之一。 除了丰富的土耳其文化，这座城市令人着迷之处，还在于它独特的地理形态。 伊斯坦堡被一条名为博斯普鲁斯（Bosphorus）的海峡划分为欧洲和亚洲两个部分，成为了世上少有的横跨两个大陆的城市之一。 这座城市共有三座大桥沟通欧亚两地，它们分别是7月15日烈士大桥（15 July Martyrs Bridge）、穆罕默德二世大桥（Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge）与亚武兹苏丹塞利姆大桥（Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge）。 一名当地旅行社Renk United Travel的导游Erdem Alagoz指出，当地有个有趣的景象，就是人们往往会居住在伊斯坦堡的亚洲区域，然后每天通勤到欧洲区域去工作，直到下班后再回来。 “在欧洲区域工作时，有些人会租下或购买一间小套房来居住。直到有了家庭以后，他们就会在房价较为便宜的亚洲地区，买下比较大间的房子。” 根据Property Turkey网站的楼盘，在伊斯坦堡亚洲部分的Acıbadem地区，一间面积达2,583平方尺的四房复式公寓单位，要价403,600欧元（RM189万）。网站上的简介显示，这个复式单位位于一个名为Akasya的综合发展项目内，标题指是一个“让你能够轻松往来伊斯坦堡市中心的最佳选择”。 至于在伊斯坦堡欧洲地区的Şişli地区内，有一个名为Torun Center的综合发展项目，其一间面积1,076平方尺的一房公寓要价508,700欧元（RM247万），主打闹市中高雅奢华的生活。 确实，伊斯坦堡欧亚两地的房价有着相当大的差距，促使很多人都甘愿忍受拥堵的交通，日复一日地在两地通勤。 谷歌地图显示，在尖峰时段使用7月15日烈士大桥往返Akasya与Torun Center，这段13公里长的路程往往需要花费一小时，远高于平常的20分钟。 这里的情况就像西马南端的新柔长堤和马新第二通道。同样被一条海峡所区隔，很多在新加坡工作的大马人，每天都必须在尖峰时段忍受着长达两至三小时的交通和过境时间，才能抵达工作地点。 新加坡的高收入工作环境，加上两国之间差异甚大的货币汇率，促使很多人都居住在新山，然后在对岸工作。 这样一来，他们往往能够很快地存到钱，从而在新山买下一间较大的房子。 EdgeProp.
National Housing Policy 2.0 completed, pending cabinet approval
PETALING JAYA (Sept 28): Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said the National Housing Policy (NHP) 2.
KPKT may help developers, home owners sell properties priced below RM500,000
PETALING JAYA (Sept 28): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) is looking at absorbing properties – both on the primary and secondary markets – priced at below RM500,000 into its pool of one million affordable homes.
Construction costs to drop by up to 5% with SST exemption, says CIDB chief executive
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): Construction costs of homes are expected to fall by 3% to 5% owing to the Sales and Service Tax (SST) exemption on basic construction materials, The Star daily reported Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) chief executive Datuk Ahmad Asri Abdul Hamid saying today.
