News about home

Property sector (Sept 5) Upgrade to neutral from underweight: Year to date (YTD), the Kuala Lumpur Property Index (KLPRP) is up by 2.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) has urged first-time home buyers to consider applying for government schemes such as My First Home Scheme (SRP) for assistance in buying property, Bernama reported yesterday.

  PETALING JAYA (July 25): Mah Sing Foundation, a charitable trust established by Mah Sing Group Bhd, has contributed RM42,000 to build a home for an orang asli family in Kampung Serendah via social enterprise EPIC Homes.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): First-time home owners continue to have access to financing, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), in response to calls for lending guidelines to be reviewed to ease home ownership for first-time homebuyers.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): It is the in thing to do these days.

A picture speaks a thousand words, and sometimes a good photo does a better sales job than any sales pitch by a real estate agent.

GEORGE TOWN (June 8): The expected influx of high-rise residential units, partly due to more launches of affordable homes, is likely to put a cap on prices in Penang in the next few years.

PETALING JAYA (May 30): KotaSAS Sdn Bhd, the developer of Kota Sultan Ahmad Shah (KotaSAS) township in Kuantan, Pahang, has seen 52% of its Evergreen II Homes being taken up since the project was unveiled in March, said the developer.

REAL estate trends in developed countries are interesting as they give an idea of how homeowners’ behaviours and tastes are evolving.