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DUE to the overall weak ringgit and uncertain economic landscape, the property market in Malaysia will continue to be very challenging, says Foo Gee Jen, managing director of property consultancy CBRE|WTW.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 1): The high-rise residential market in Johor’s Iskandar Malaysia has softened in 2016 with lower transaction prices in the subsale market.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 25): Despite the global consolidation of operations and restructuring exercise by multinational companies (MNCs) in Penang, such as those involving Seagate Technology Inc, Western Digital Corp and Intel Corp, the industrial property sector in Penang has fared quite well over 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 25):  With the preference for landed homes among homebuyers in Penang, the landed residential property segment in the state is expected to remain firm, according to CBRE|WTW Penang.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): This year will see all eyes — including property developers’ — on affordable housing priced between RM400,000 and RM500,000, said property consultancy firm CBRE | WTW.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): Due to an oversupply, high-end strata properties particularly Small-office Home-office (SoHo) and Small-office Virtual-office (SoVo) units could see prices falling by at least 10% this year, according to property consultancy firm CBRE | WTW.

SINGAPORE (Sept 23): UOB Kay Hian is keeping Frasers Hospitality Trust on “buy” but has cut its target price to 81 Singaporean cents, from S$1.

PETALING JAYA (May 17): C H Williams Talhar & Wong (WTW) Sdn Bhd – Malaysia’s oldest and largest real estate service provider – is joining forces with CBRE Group, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm to become CBRE|WTW.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): A study by international property consultancy CBRE has shown that properties within and around regeneration zones experience a substantial growth in prices that outpaces properties within other local authorities in London.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): E-commerce businesses are impacting the property market, especially the office and warehouse sectors.