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AFTER eight years of selling its condominiums overseas, Japan’s Mitsubishi Jisho Residence Co Ltd is finally bringing its brand of condos to Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): Shares in KKB Engineering Bhd surged as much as four sen or 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd head of equity research Sarah Lim (pictured) believes the current Malaysian property market down cycle could last longer than usual due to liquidity-driven factors.

PETALING JAYA (July 27): The outlook for the property market in the second half of 2016 (2H2016) is expected to remain subdued, said Valuation and Property Services Department director-general Datuk Faizan Abdul Rahman at the Malaysian Property Summit Mid-Year Review 2016 today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): Primary market property sales plunged in 1H2016 from a year ago, underpinned by the sluggish global economy and poor local market sentiments, according to preliminary figures by the Valuation and Property Services Department.

THE modern town of Veliko Tarnovo has an unlovely sprawl of anonymous buildings.

THERE are still many details of the KL-Singapore high-speed rail project that need ironing out before the bilateral agreement is signed at the end of the year.

PETALING JAYA (July 26): Boustead Holdings Bhd aims to launch its 1 Cochrane condominiums in Cheras early next year, said divisional director under property Datuk Seri Ghazali Mohd Ali (pictured).

SINGAPORE (July 27): DBS Vickers Securities is keeping its “hold” call on CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) with a higher target price of S$2.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Tabung Haji has indicated it will not sell the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) land that it purchased from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), as the pilgrimage fund sees long-term value in the piece of land.