Malaysia’s Budget 2017 — A quick take on property
● Stamp duty exemption doubled to 100% on instruments of transfer and housing loan instruments to help reduce the cost of first home ownership.
‘MyBeautiful New Home’ scheme for B40 households
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has announced a new scheme called MyBeautiful New Home for the bottom 40% of households with a monthly income RM3,900 and below (B40).
PM announces new ‘step-up’ end-financing scheme for PR1MA programme
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has proposed a new special “step-up” end financing scheme for the Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia (PR1MA) programme when announcing Budget 2017 today.
Budget 2017: Stamp duty exemption for purchases up to RM300,000
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Stamp duty will be exempted for property transfers and housing loan instruments to help reduce the cost of first-time home ownership.
Construction sector set to expand 8.7% in 2016
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The construction sector is expected to expand 8.
It gets even smaller in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Oct 21): Call them shoebox or matchbox, super crowded Hong Kong is notorious for hosting very tiny apartments.
Moving the property management industry to the next level
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Malaysian property managers should reinvent themselves and enhance their capacity to meet increasingly high market expectations, said DBKL property management and valuation department’s commissioner of buildings (COB) head Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh.
CMMT's 3Q DPU up 2.4% on higher net property income
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): CapitaLand Malaysia Mall Trust (CMMT)’s third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016 (3QFY16) saw its distributable income rise 3.
BOVAEA to educate public on choosing the right agent/negotiator at Mapex 2016
PETALING JAYA (Oct 20): The Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents Malaysia (BOVAEA) will be participating in this weekend’s Mapex property exhibition to help buyers with queries on the real estate industry.
