How about lowering property prices?
AS controversy rages over the suggestion for developers to lend money to prospective buyers who have difficulties getting financing to purchase properties, one question remains unasked: Will lower property prices help resolve the buyers’ financing problem? The logic is that by reducing prices, prospective buyers will be eligible to get a margin of financing that is sufficient to buy the developers’ products.
BNM: First-time home owners continue to have access to financing
KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): First-time home owners continue to have access to financing, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), in response to calls for lending guidelines to be reviewed to ease home ownership for first-time homebuyers.
Is there more upside for REITs on expectation of another rate cut?
CONTRARY to the expectation of most economists, Bank Negara Malaysia cut the overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 basis points to 3% last Wednesday, following its counterparts from Indonesia, Singapore and Taiwan.
Maybank reduces BR and BLR as BNM cuts OPR
PETALING JAYA (July 14): Maybank’s base rate (BR) and base lending rate (BLR) will be reduced by 20 basis points to 3% per annum and 6.
Lower OPR expected to have positive impact on existing borrowers, property sector
PETALING JAYA (July 14): Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) decision to cut the overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 basis points to 3% is expected to have a positive impact on borrowers and the property sector, said property developers and mortgage firms.
