Homeownership could be made more affordable if we opened our minds
"If we can unstaple the two characteristics, we can make homeownership affordable to people who are currently renting a landed home — you pay the same rent AND own the home.
"If we can unstaple the two characteristics, we can make homeownership affordable to people who are currently renting a landed home — you pay the same rent AND own the home.
Although price growth has generally slowed marginally in recent years, owning a house continues to be an elusive dream for many.
President Datuk NK Tong said sales performance has trended downwards because 50% or 5,303 units were sold in 2H2021 from the 10,665 launched units.
Malaysia’s CPI increased for the fifth consecutive month in August, coming at 4.
There is surprisingly little policy guidance at the level of the Federal Government on how to manage this land.
The latest among these relocations is Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), which announced plans to move its head office to Merdeka 118 in 2025, the world's second tallest building owned by the bank's 40% shareholder Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB).
Napic said the overall overhang situation improved in 1H2022, down by 7.
“Interest rate hikes do not seem to have a significant impact on new home sales”.
RHB Research noted that a negative outcome would be a hung Parliament, which could fuel uncertainty for the sector’s prospects.
“The new programme looks just like a copy-paste of MM2H and I do not see how it can be attractive for ‘investors’.