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Sold for: RM685,000 Concluded by: Des Yap of Vivahomes Realty (016-220 2209) When: December 2015 Noteworthy: • Built up: 1,900 sq ft • Land area: 3,053 sq ft • Corner lot • Unfurnished • 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms • Gated-and-guarded scheme • 3km to Rawang Aeon and McDonald’s Kota Emerald West consists of 2-storey terraced houses and cluster houses (semi-detached homes that comprise four homes joined together, resulting in each house becoming a corner house).

PETALING JAYA (March 24): Bukit Bintang City Centre’s (BBCC) serviced apartments – which will be open for a public preview this weekend – will be priced indicatively at RM1,600 psf, said a personnel from developer BBCC Development Sdn Bhd.

Property sector Maintain neutral: Among our coverage universe, Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd is the only developer that has managed to achieve positive growth in full-year sales (+28% year-on-year [y-o-y]) mainly due to its focus on the affordable mass market with a pricing range of below RM600,000.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): The level of household debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio continued to be elevated at 89.

PETALING JAYA (March 23): Kuala Lumpur’s central business district (CBD) office market – which includes the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), the Golden Triangle and the city centre’s older commercial area – is expected to see higher absorption rates from 2016 to 2018, with demand expected to overtake new office supply of about 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): IOI Properties Group Bhd plans to officially launch two residential blocks of its new freehold mixed development Conezion @ IOI Resort City at Putrajaya this weekend.

PETALING JAYA (March 23): UEM Sunrise Bhd has sold a total of 129 properties worth RM215 million across the central and southern regions following its two-month Signature Selection campaign held late last year.

•    Today, we continue our focus on Kerinchi/Pantai by looking at average prices on a per square foot (psf) basis.

PETALING JAYA (March 22): Despite the slowdown in the property market, demand for Asia Pacific’s office space increased by 33% in 2015 compared with 2014, said JLL’s head of research of Asia Pacific capital markets Megan Walters.

PETALING JAYA (March 22): About 4,000 households in Bandar Bukit Raja celebrated Earth Hour together with the developer, Sime Darby Property Bhd, last Saturday.