News about accommodation

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Sunway Bhd is establishing a private trust in Singapore with an initial £38 million (about RM202 million) of assets under management (AUM) that focuses on purpose-built student accommodation in the UK.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): Singapore’s owner-operator of purpose-built workers accommodation (PBWA) Centurion Corp Ltd is expanding in Malaysia, which will include a new asset in Johor that offers 3,600 beds by next year.

Q: Some residents want to rent out their units for short-term accommodation.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Hospitality player Low Yat Group today urged the Government to regulate short-term stays to curb the issue of accommodation oversupply in the hospitality and tourism industry.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): We have all heard of Sugar Daddy stories where sexual favours are given in return for presents or cash but the housing crisis in urban centres of the United Kingdom (UK) has given rise to the phenomenon of landlords getting sex by offering rent free accommodation.

PETALING JAYA (March 27): Average accommodation prices paid in six prominent travel destinations in Malaysia have increased by 4% to 19% y-o-y in 2017, in line with a global uptrend last year.

STUDENT accommodation, once considered a niche sector, has emerged as one of the most sought after.

                                      PETALING JAYA (Nov 4): The stock of private retirement housing accounts for just 0.

KUALA LUMPUR (MARCH 18): Specialist commercial real estate sector has become an established favourite of ultra-high net wealth individual (UHNWI) investors over the past decade, according to international property consultancy Knight Frank.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Real estate investment consultancy Cornerstone International Properties is launching London Spring Place (LSP), a new phase of a London purpose-built student accommodation project, in Malaysia tomorrow despite the poor local economic sentiment.