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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): Malaysia is the third biggest Asian investor in the real estate market of the UK and Australia, The Star Online reported.

IPOH (Oct 28): The RM1.

HONG KONG (Oct 28): The Haven Luxury Resort Ipoh in  Malaysia snagged the “Luxury Family Hotel” award at the annual World Luxury Hotel Awards 2015 Gala Ceremony in Hong Kong on Oct 24.

PERTH (Oct 27): Benoy, an international studio of architects, masterplanners, interior and graphic designers, has been appointed to  redevelop and expand two retail centres in Western Australia -- the Galleria Shopping Centre in Perth and the redevelopment and extension of Mandurah Forum in Bunbury.

It is a British city known for a world-famous university that has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other institution in the world, including British-American economist Angus Deaton, this year’s recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

THE global property market keeps changing.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 26): Construction firm Bina Puri Holdings Bhd has received a letter of intent from PR1MA Corporation Malaysia (PR1MA) for the construction of 994 apartment units and 20 shops in Johor Bahru.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 26): Penang, which was hoping for some good news for the housing sector, was disappointed when last week’s Budget 2016 made no mention of relaxing commercial bank loan requirements to make it easier for the people to purchase affordable homes.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): The ringgit has fallen to record lows in a matter of months, falling to a 17-year low of RM4.

We asked several property experts and agents on their views on the lack of changes or announcements on Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) and Developers Interest Bearing Scheme (DIBS) for Budget2016.