Rehda Institute: Different housing affordability measures needed
"The information from the Sistem Pangkalan Data Utama (Padu) database could be utilised to ensure a sustainable real estate market via the residual approach.
Housing affordability: The reality
To many, the building of over-priced houses by “profit-seeking” developers has caused the aggravation of housing affordability in the country, thereby leading to a spike in the number of overhangs in the market.
屋所不谈：解决房屋可负担性问题，先改革房地产领域运作
拥有自己的房子是许多大马人民的目标之一，但当房价增长的速度超越人民收入增加的速度时，一般人民的拥屋愿望似乎更加遥不可及，也加重了一般家庭的债务负担。 自1990年开始，我国房价因种种移速而节节攀升，包括历史新低的贷款利率，加上历届政府推出的种种拥房政策，如拥屋计划（HOC）、发展商利息承担方案（DIBS）、下调产业盈利税以及商业银行积极发放房贷。自那时起，国内房屋的可负担性已经约降低50%。 与此同时，房价上涨使房地产发展的赚幅也跟着水涨船高，促使发展商们不断兴建新项目，最后导致市场供应过多，新房子滞销情况比比皆是，这是导致国内房产越来越不可负担的原因。 房屋发展的原意是为人民提供一个栖身之所，然而，房地产发展领域同时也是国家经济活动、就业率和税收的主要贡献领域。 如同金融服务领域，我们相信产业发展领域需要彻底的改革，从其生态和营运系统下手，根治目前我们面临的窘境。 邻国新加坡提供了我们一个有趣的案例。该国的私人房产发展项目售价在全球是数一数二的高，一栋殖民时期的独立式洋房售价可超过S$2亿（相等于RM6.
Bank Negara: Houses in Malaysia remain unaffordable
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 14): Malaysia faces a shortage of affordable houses for the masses, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said today in its quarterly bulletin.
Malaysia's affordable housing undersupply may 'worsen'
KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): The undersupply of affordable houses in Malaysia may worsen, given current income and demographic factors, according to Bank Negara Malaysia's 2016 Annual Report.
Higher EPF withdrawals do not solve affordability issues
MOST Malaysians want to own a home, and buying real estate has traditionally been a good inflation hedge.
"Seriously unaffordable," says Khazanah Research Institute of the Malaysian housing market
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 24): Malaysia's housing market is deemed "seriously unaffordable", where the median house price is 4.
