News about home

KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): A huge and growing sinkhole that “is expanding by dozens of metres each day” is threatening “to swallow a house” owned by the Sanchez family in Santa Maria Zacatepec, Puebla state, Mexico, AFP reported today.

PETALING JAYA (June 1): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (REHDA) welcomes the government's decision on extending the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) 2020-2021, as announced yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (May 31): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has agreed to extend the residential home stamp duty exemption scheme under the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) for six months to Dec 31, 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have impacted home prices in a strange way.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): UEM Sunrise unveiled its RM350 million KAIA Heights development, which is situated in Equine Park, Seri Kembangan, in conjunction with its Riang Ria Raya Ceria campaign.

When the billionaire supermarket tycoon Lim Hock Leng showed the Singapore media a sneak peek of the family house in April this year, many were surprised by the “minimalistic luxurious” multigenerational home that embraces nature, family and heritage value.

Call it a love affair but sans the feelings.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): The Better Malaysia Foundation (BMF) recently proposed to allow 100% financing for two-generation loans and for the government to guarantee such loans to enable the B40 group to own homes, reported The Edge Malaysia.

SINGAPORE (May 3): As work-from-home (WFH) becomes a new norm and more employers are willing to offer flexible arrangements for their employees, Singaporean homebuyers are looking at upsizing to bigger units for WFH arrangements, reported CNA.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): While more than half or 55% of Malaysian respondents prefer a mostly virtual work environment, only 28% are able to disconnect from work outside of working hours, weekends included, and make full use of their annual leave entitlement, according to PwC Malaysia.