FundMyHome at SCxSC Fintech Conference
PETALING JAYA (Oct 22): FundMyHome (FMH) is currently taking part in the two-day SCxSC Fintech Conference organised by Securities Commission Malaysia (SC).
‘Use non-linear data to respond to financing needs of low-income clients’
KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Banks and other financing institutions should look at non-linear data to better respond to the financing needs of low-income customers.
Integrated property database key to address market concerns
KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Malaysia will need an integrated property database that could serve as a launch pad for future policy direction and actions by both the government and private sector players.
Utilise waqf trusts to improve affordable housing ownership
KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): Banks should look into utilising waqf trusts as a tool to improve affordable home ownership in the country.
Residential Tenancy Act to be developed in two years, says ministry
KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): Malaysia is currently studying the Residential Tenancy Act to provide new laws governing the country's housing rental market, said the Housing and Local Government Ministry today, adding the new act will take two years to develop.
KPKT looking to secure foreign financiers for RTO scheme
KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): Malaysia's Housing and Local Government Ministry is looking to secure foreign financiers to fund a Rent-to-Own (RTO) scheme for houses that will be built under the National Affordable Housing Policy.
Forest City bags UN-linked international award
BANGKOK: Forest City developer Country Garden Pacificview Sdn Bhd has been presented with the coveted Global Model of City-Industry Integration Award at the 2018 Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements Awards (SCAHSA) held in Bangkok on Oct 30.
‘Rentals can be a viable alternative to homeownership’
KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Malaysia has to strengthen the legal framework of the local rental market to nurture renting as a viable alternative to homeownership, said Messrs Amir Toh Francis & Partners advocate and solicitor Ivan Chan.
Govt looking into hiking minimum property prices for foreigners
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Putrajaya is studying the possibility of increasing minimum property prices for foreign buyers Housing and Local Government Ministry secretary general Datuk Mohammad Mentek told a local business publication that “a new threshold will be set based on the condition of the local currency”.
‘Properties remain unaffordable’
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): When measuring housing affordability, policymakers should take into account a person’s “lifetime” earning capability, instead of basing it on current income level, said Monash University senior lecturer Dr Jason Ng Wei Jian.
