A holistic approach to work

How often do you hear of a real estate agency that provides an in-house gym in order to promote work-life balance among its staff? Located in Petaling Jaya, the headquarters of Hartamas Real Estate Sdn Bhd not only has a gym studio but also karaoke facilities for its employees.

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Onus of affordable housing not just on developers

KELANA JAYA (Nov 2): Housing prices  could only come down to the affordable level if all stakeholders were  willing to work together to bring down the development cost, said Rehda (Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association) Institute chairman Datuk Jeffrey Ng Tiong Lip.

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Pavilion REIT casts an eye over greenfield projects

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PavREIT) may be looking at buying developmental projects, possibly Pavilion Bukit Jalil and Pavilion Damansara Heights, taking advantage of the new guidelines proposed by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), which will allow the participation of REITs in greenfield projects.

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On bringing down property prices

Continues from: On IBS as the way to reduce cost ‘Every stakeholder has to play his or her part, not just developers’ Chong: We really need help from the government to reduce cost and prices.

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