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The soft opening of Ascott Orchard Singapore on Dec 1, 2016 marked the return of the Ascott The Residence brand to Orchard Road after a decade-long hiatus.

INTEREST in luxury homes typically picks up once they are completed as well-heeled buyers can personally inspect the design and quality of the project.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): Iskandar Waterfront City Bhd's (IWCity) single largest shareholder Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Sdn Bhd has been exploring a restructuring exercise involving IWCity.

SINGAPORE (March 6): Property group UOL is acquiring Hilton Melbourne South Wharf for A$230 million (S$246 million) (RM776 million).

PETALING JAYA (March 6): United Malayan Land Bhd (UMLand), via its wholly-owned subsidiary Seri Alam Properties Sdn Bhd, has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chong Wei Binajaya Sdn Bhd to develop part of the proposed Lee Chong Wei International Sports City.

IF you are looking for a ready, more secure and less speculative type of property, you would probably look at the secondary market first rather than those that are still under construction offered by housing developers.

WHEN Colin Tan took over a company called Lianbang Ventures in 2005 in order to revive an abandoned shopping mall project in Melaka, his friends used to tease him about the firm’s name.

住在Petaling Jaya的人们，一定对Damansara Utama（简称DU）不陌生。这里是个繁忙的地方，有银行、餐厅、咖啡厅提及办公单位，每日人车攘来熙往，白天为公务，夜晚为娱乐消遣，是个非常热闹的商区与住宅社区。 DU分为两个区块——位于西区的SS21以及东区的SS20（也称Damansara Kim）；SS21主要为商区，也就是人们熟悉的Damansara Uptown，这里也有一些有地房产；SS20则主要以住宅区为主。 DU的主要发展商为See Hoy Chan Bhd，该集团已在这里建设了3,000间住宅房屋及300间店铺。 Damansara Uptown的主要房产是办公楼及店铺，近期发展包括已经建竣的五层楼高且拥有45万平方尺净出租空间的The Starling购物商场、38层楼高的Uptown 8办公楼，还有Ascott管理的服务式公寓——Somerset Damansara Uptown。 这些新落成建筑均为DU注入新的活力，也成为该区的新地标。 Laurelcap Sdn Bhd’s director Stanley Toh告诉TheEdgeProperty.

SETIA ALAM (March 4): Banks are not expected to loosen their lending policy in the next three years although the country's loan approval rate in 2016 was at a historical low, said Smart Financing CEO Gary Chua.

SETIA ALAM (March 4): Stratified property is a good option for investment but investors should do their homework and be a responsible owner if they want to ensure investment returns, said Exastrata Solutions Sdn Bhd chief real estate consultant Adzman Shah Mohd Ariffin.