Rehda Institute: Overbuilding of affordable housing ‘quite severe’

KUALA LUMPUR (May 3): The overbuilding of affordable housing is “quite severe” as many developers have shifted into that segment to counter high loan rejection rates, with the oversupply exacerbated by a lack of accurate and  timely property market data, said the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) patron and Rehda Institute trustee Tan Sri Eddy Chen * JPPH: Property market to stabilise as economy improves “In fact, we are building everywhere — those affordable houses in the range of RM300,000 to RM500,000.

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MRCB-Gamuda, YTL-TH Properties get LoA for HSR

KUALA LUMPUR (May 3): The consortium of Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) and Gamuda Bhd, and YTL High Speed Rail Sdn Bhd (YTL THP JV) — a joint venture (JV) between Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn Bhd and TH Properties Sdn Bhd — have accepted a letter of appointment (LoA) from MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd, appointing the two consortiums as the project delivery partners (PDPs) for the northern and southern sections of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (KL-S’pore HSR) project.

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