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Entering into his tenth year as a real estate negotiator, Hugo Siow (pictured) of CID Realtors Sdn Bhd has gone from one agency to another while finding his niche in the real estate industry.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 15): Sunway Property Bhd has launched its first campaign for the year — Warmest as One, with Sunway Property — that include two new projects: Sunway Artessa and Sunway d'hill Residences.

The Delivery of Vacant Possession (VP) under Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 (HDA 1966) has presented a perennial question to purchasers: Why are the purchasers being delivered purportedly completed housing property that could not be occupied due to not having an actual supply of running water and electricity?       Under the current act, which is to be read together with the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 (HDR 1989), the developer is supposed to conduct the delivery of VP of the completed property to the purchasers with water and electricity supply ‘ready for connection’.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 11): Iskandar Capital Sdn Bhd announced a mixed-income housing (MIH) project that will be developed in Wawari, a 3,000-acre sustainable development in Iskandar Puteri, Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): Lendlease, Sydney-based property developer, has acquired a 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The Federal Court had on Wednesday (Feb 9) adjourned its hearing of the Melaka Gateway mixed development dispute involving its developer KAJ Development Sdn Bhd and the Melaka state government as both parties are pursuing an out-of-court settlement following a disagreement on the termination of the state government's agreement with KAJ for the project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): Menara TM, which houses Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s headquarters office, is up for sale.

SEOUL (Feb 8): With Seoul’s presidential vote due in March, the capital’s housing market is starting to show signs of cooling off, according to Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): Genting Malaysia Bhd's (GenM) operating unit Resorts World Genting (RWG) has announced that the casino and hotel group's Genting SkyWorlds Theme Park (pictured) in Malaysia has officially opened on Tuesday (Feb 8).

KUCHING (Feb 8): An increase of the minimum wage may lead to an increase of unemployment rate as employers may end up hiring fewer workers due to the high cost, said Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) president Augustine Wong Chung Ho.