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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): The only way to help house buyers is to get banks to relax housing loan requirements, the Penang government said today.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 29): The revisions to Budget 2016 -- which include limiting the sale of new homes priced up to RM300,000 for first time buyers -- may see developers re-pricing properties launched last year to accommodate customers who bought properties before, said Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents’ (MIEA) president Erick Kho.

LAND scarcity and sky-rocketing property prices on Penang island have driven developers and investors towards the mainland in recent years.

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SEREMBAN (Jan 29): SWM Sdn Bhd will be collecting rubbish in three phases during the Chinese New Year and school holiday week to accommodate an expected three-fold increase during the period Feb 6 to 11, Negeri Sembilan Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Jalaluddin Alias (pictured) has said.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): Tropicana Corp Bhd, controlled by tycoon Tan Sri Danny Tan, is disposing of its Dijaya Plaza tower in Jalan Tun Razak here to Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd (Kenanga IB) for RM140 million cash.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): Pintaras Jaya Bhd’s unit, Pintaras Geotechnics Sdn Bhd, has bagged a RM67.

KUALA LUMPUR: Despite the forecast of further slowdown in the property market this year, Land & General Bhd (L&G) plans to launch three developments with an estimated total gross development value (GDV) of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): The revisions to Budget 2016 pertaining to the property market have drawn mixed responses from the industry.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): Bank Negara Malaysia’s move to reduce the statutory reserve requirement (SRR) by 0.