Napic: Performance of retail and offices softened in KL for 2015
PETALING JAYA (April 21): There was a drop in occupancy rate for retail spaces in Kuala Lumpur by 2.
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Napic: Overall property market slowed down in 2015
PUTRAJAYA (April 19): The overall property market slowed down marginally in 2015 from a year ago – with volume down by 5.
MTUC urges employers to provide housing loan interest subsidy
PETALING JAYA (April 13): The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has called on private sector employers to provide a subsidy for the housing loan interest to assist workers in owning their own homes.
Tropicana’s sale of Dijaya Plaza goes unconditional
KUALA LUMPUR (April 12): Tropicana Corp Bhd said all the conditions precedent for the proposed disposal of Dijaya Plaza in Jalan Tun Razak here have been satisfied and that the sale and purchase agreement dated Jan 28 has become unconditional.
‘Mortgage rejection rates not as high as 50%’
KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) president and chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Farid Alias (pictured), who is also chairman of the Association of Banks Malaysia (ABM), refuted claims that the rejection rate of housing loans has soared above 50% among the banks.
Imbalanced property market may have negative repercussions – Part 3: Retail segment
AN undersupply of affordable housing, particularly in major urban areas, coupled with an oversupply of office and retail spaces, may lead to deeper imbalances in the property market, says Bank Negara Malaysia in its 2015 annual report, which was released recently.
Aset Kayamas goes full steam ahead with launches
KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): Unperturbed by low profit margins in the affordable segment, Aset Kayamas Sdn Bhd, a privately held property developer, is going full steam ahead with its launches this year as it banks on volume growth to improve its earnings.
Imbalanced property market may have negative repercussions – Part 2: Office segment
AN undersupply of affordable housing, particularly in major urban areas, coupled with an oversupply of office and retail spaces, may lead to deeper imbalances in the property market, says Bank Negara Malaysia in its 2015 annual report, which was released recently.
Imbalanced property market may have negative repercussions – Part 1: Housing segment
AN undersupply of affordable housing, particularly in major urban areas, coupled with an oversupply of office and retail spaces, may lead to deeper imbalances in the property market, says Bank Negara Malaysia in its 2015 annual report, which was released recently.
2015 household debt stays elevated
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): The level of household debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio continued to be elevated at 89.
