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  JOHOR BARU (Nov 30): Johor Bahru is getting a facelift and it is being done with a royal stamp of approval.

THE various interior design trade shows held every year in conjunction with the London Design Festival offer an explosion of global talent and creativity.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan is in the midst of engaging Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to be more lenient with the loan approval requirements for low-cost houses built by the government.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): GuocoLand (Malaysia) Bhd, the property arm of Hong Leong Group, is open to any “strategic partner” who can add value to its property developments.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The new enhanced highway concession agreements will see toll rate hikes become conditional instead of the current automatic rate increase mechanism.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): The annual rate of appreciation for homes has dropped from 12.

JOHOR BAHRU (Nov 26): Without an economic accelerator, Southern Johor is at risk of becoming a "sleeping city", said Stulang DAP assemblyman Chen Kah Eng.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 25): Malaysia's and Singapore's land-transport regulators said they received 98 submissions in response to the request-for-information exercise for the planned Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 25): The Penang government is seeking clarification from the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government on its plan to increase the prices of low cost (LC) and low-medium cost (LMC) homes.