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PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): While the Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) rate will be increased after the fifth year, industry experts believe it will not adversely impact the property market as the quantum of increase is rather minimal.

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): The government will allow the setting-up of property crowdfunding  platforms which will serve as an alternative source of financing for first time homebuyers, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2):  The government has announced several measures in Budget 2019 aimed at raising homeownership among Malaysians.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has sought the public’s help to track down Paul Geoffrey Stadlen to assist in the high-profile 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.

NEW YORK (Nov 2): A three-count criminal indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in the eastern district of New York charging Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, and Ng Chong Hwa, also known as Roger Ng, with conspiring to launder billions of dollars embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), a government strategic investment fund, and conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by paying bribes to various Malaysian and Abu Dhabi officials.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 1): Responding to calls for a separate board for estate agents in the country, the Malaysian Institute of Professional Estate Agents and Consultants (MIPEAC) said setting up a separate board for the profession is not viable.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): The Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers (BOVAEP), which is currently giving a one-year window period for any person with property management experience to be registered as a property manager, expects the number of registered property managers to increase from the current 3,000 to 6,000 by year-end.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Over half or 56.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 31): The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) supports the call for the creation of a separate board made by the Malaysian Institute of Professional Property Managers and Facility Managers (MIPFM) president Sarkunan Subramaniam recently.