Bank Negara: Imbalances in property market continue to persist
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): It looks like the local property market is still not out of the woods, just yet.
Tune Group and ECM Libra venture into home sharing business
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Tune Group Sdn Bhd and ECM Libra Financial Group Bhd, via their joint venture company Tune Plato Ventures Sdn Bhd, have acquired a 50% stake into home-sharing platform SubHome.
Want to solve the affordability problem? Build up the rental market, says lawyer
PETALING JAYA (Sept 21): A lawyer has advocated for the rental market to be strengthened with more comprehensive laws that sets the terms of a tenancy agreement and address disputes between the landlord and tenant as a way of easing the pressure of making homes affordable on the public sector.
Of affordability and housing cycles
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): Guideline clarity, process transparency and constant engagement with relevant real estate stakeholders.
Formaldehyde kills, sickens Chinese tenants as demand for new homes soars
PETALING JAYA (Sept 7): High demand for housing in China has prompted newly-built or newly-renovated apartments to be put on the market before cancer-causing formaldehyde fumes have enough time to dissipate, reported the BBC.
Sentoria bags two terraced home contracts worth RM124.8m
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 30): Property developer Sentoria Group Bhd has accepted two letters of awards worth a combined RM124.
Report Card, the first 100 days of the Pakatan Harapan govt
It is a tough one for the Pakatan Harapan government, trying to deliver the goods in the first 100 days.
Homestays are where the party's at
PETALING JAYA (August 24): Short-term accommodation rentals of homes in the Klang Valley are being pegged as the new venue of choice for raves, wild parties which may feature drug-use, loud music and alcohol consumption.
Developer cashflow squeezed by longer retention sum period for defect and liability repairs
PETALING JAYA (Aug 16): A 2015 amendment to the Housing Development (Control & Licensing) Act (HDA) in 2015 aimed at protecting home buyers is further strangling the cashflow of property developers whose sales are already slow, reported The Edge Malaysia.
LBS Bina to launch new Dengkil township in Sept or Oct
IJOK (August 18): LBS Bina Group Bhd will be launching a new township in Dengkil by September or October.
