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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Analysts at Deutsche Bank have proposed a “privilege tax" on work from home workers when the Covid-19 pandemic ends to subsidise lost wages for low-income workers, Forbes reported recently.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 9): The extension of the stamp duty exemptions for instrument of transfer and loan agreement for first-time home purchase priced up to RM500,000 to 2025 is only an extension of the stamp duty exemptions provided in Budget 2019-20, says Affin Hwang Capital senior associate director, equity research Loong Chee Wei.

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): To further promote homeownership, the Government has announced a full stamp duty exemption on instruments of transfer and loan agreement for first-time homebuyers on residential properties priced RM500,000 and below.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): KGV International Property Consultant (Johor) executive director Samuel Tan (pictured) praised RM 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Only the public sector and industries under the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) are affected by the work-from-home order in areas under conditional movement control order (CMCO) starting tomorrow (Oct 22), Senior Minister (Defence Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured) clarified today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) has come to a decision that “no further action” (NFA) will be taken against Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali (pictured) over his flouting the mandatory home quarantine rule after returning from Turkey in July, The Star reported today.

政府宣布，在拥屋计划（HOC）期间，购买第三间及接下来价值RM60万以上的房屋，贷款融资不再限制于屋价的70%。这项消息对正考虑购买第三套房产的人，例如特许会计师Callie来说，无疑是一项好消息。 Callie在今年年初本来就打算购买第三套房产，但由于银行为她提供的贷款额仅为房价的70%，所以选择暂时搁置她的购买计划。 Callie的第一处物业是位于吉隆坡Taman Ehsan屋龄20年的单层排屋。八年前，她在母亲的资助下，以RM360,000买下人生中第一套房子。 她的第二处物业是位于Kepong的全新公寓单位，售价为RM420,000。在去年年底领取钥匙后就用来出租了。 至于刚刚购买的第三处物业，是位于Bandar Sri Damansara的低楼层二手公寓单位，价格为RM280,000。在政府的房屋振兴计划下，她成功获得占房价90%的贷款额，顺利买下该单位。 她告诉EdgeProp.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Property developer Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd is eyeing new launches worth RM1.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 30): The sales of the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) 2020-2021 are expected to be lower than last year owing to the lacklustre performance in the first half of 2020, said Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda) Malaysia president Datuk Soam Heng Choon.