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IN its latest Asia Pacific Prime Office Rental Index for 4Q2016, global property consultancy Knight Frank found that 12 cities out of 19 surveyed in the Asia-Pacific region have registered positive rental growth in 4Q2016, up from eight in the previous quarter.

IF you need a loan to finance your property purchase, or for business investment or children’s education, you may be put off by the current tight lending environment.

Colourful textile shops, aromatic Indian cuisine and the Indian cultural street decorations along Jalan Tun Sambanthan make Brickfields a vastly different world from its upmarket neighbours, KL Sentral and Bangsar, and just a little bit farther away, Kuala Lumpur City Centre and Bangsar South.

PETALING JAYA (March 18): The Exchange Mall within the RM8 billion TRX Lifestyle Quarter project in the RM40 billion Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) mega-development in Kuala Lumpur is scheduled to open in 1H2019.

PETALING JAYA (March 17): Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today with the University of Reading Malaysia (UoRM) in a collaboration to provide accommodation for the university’s students at the developer’s Eco Nest serviced apartments in Iskandar Puteri, Johor.

SINGAPORE (March 17): As global economic fundamentals begin to improve, DBS Vickers Securities is expecting prices to be supported for Singapore REITs (S-REITs) in the near term given earlier fears that the Fed would be more hawkish.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Element Kuala Lumpur, the first hotel in Southeast Asia under Element Hotels by Marriott International Inc, is slated to open for business in April 2017.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) is urging Malaysian construction stakeholders to take advantage of the rapid redevelopment and economic expansion in India, especially infrastructure projects involving rail land and stations.

           PETALING JAYA (March 17): You think the property you’re residing in is safe? Are you sure? According to Anthony Lee Tee, Architect Centre accredited building inspector and trainer, homeowners should equip themselves with more information and knowledge to ensure the safety of their own homes.

PENANG (March 17): Aspen Vision City Sdn Bhd is set to soft launch the second phase of its commercial component, the Vittoria Financial Centre, at Aspen Vision City in Bandar Cassia, Batu Kawan in Penang this weekend (March 18).