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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 29): Developers will be able to be able to retrieve 80% of the 3% developer's deposit after the Certification of Completion (CCC) is obtained while the remaining 20% will be returned after the defects and liability period effective from Nov 11, said Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, Tan Sri Noh Omar (pictured) at the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) annual dinner tonight.

BALIK PULAU (Nov 21): Land belonging to the people of Penang is being sold without profiting the people, as seen from the rampant sale of land by the DAP-led Penang state government.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): The Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government said it is working on a paper to be submitted to the National Housing Department (JPN) for the standardisation of land costs and the quota for low-cost housing, which differs between the different states in the country.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 7): The Penang government is still awaiting a final opinion from its legal advisor's office pertaining to measures to be taken against those who abused the affordable housing system, Bernama reported today.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 5): The current property market slowdown may only recover in 2018 and the market environment may dip further before that.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 20): A maximum loan in­terest of 6% is a fair rate for developers to charge house buyers, The Star reported Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar as saying yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 14): The proposal for property developers to have money-lending services to homebuyers is to bridge the remaining 10% to 15% end financing gap that financial institutions are not covering, said Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president Datuk Seri Fateh Iskandar Mohamed Mansor (pictured).

URBAN Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar seems to have created a shock wave by announcing the idea of having property developers apply for moneylending licences so that they can lend to homebuyers who fail to get mortgages from banks.

RAM Rating Services does not expect the property sector to be significantly lifted by the move to allow eligible developers to apply for a moneylender's licence to provide loan facilities to house buyers KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): Malaysian homebuilders' accumulation of debts to finance their land purchases over the past few years have left little room for them to undertake the developer financing scheme sanctioned by the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing, and Local Government, said RAM Rating Services Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): Analysts expect no significant impact on the local property market, following the government’s move to allow eligible property developers to obtain a licence under the Moneylenders Act and Pawnbrokers Act to provide up to 100% financing for homebuyers.