Will slowdown make houses more affordable?
THE extraordinary boom in the property market in Malaysia is ending but high house prices and the middle-class obsession with home ownership are likely to persist for a long time to come.
5 things you shouldn’t do when buying your first home
IT’S one of the biggest decisions of your life.
The Deck House, 23 Terrace win golds at PAM-HOMEDEC awards
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): The Deck House by KKNG Architects and 23 Terrace by DRTAN LM Architect took home the Gold awards in their respective categories at the PAM-HOMEDEC Awards 2015 for Residential Renovation yesterday.
UK property boom moves east to Cambridge
It is a British city known for a world-famous university that has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other institution in the world, including British-American economist Angus Deaton, this year’s recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
ECONOMIC REPORT 2015/16: Average cost of Malaysian homes hits the RM300,000 mark in 1H15
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The median home value in Malaysia has hit the RM300,000 mark in the first half of 2015 (1H15), with Selangor, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak continuing to exceed the average price since 2004.
ON THE MARKET: RM2.5 mil for a link house in Kuala Lumpur’s hot Bangsar
PETALING JAYA (Oct 16): A freehold 2½-storey link house at No 66 Jalan Limau Manis is going for an asking price of RM2.
DONE DEAL: 2-storey terraced house, Taman Bukit Serdang, Selangor
DONE DEAL: 2-storey terraced house, Taman Bukit Serdang, Selangor Sold for: RM638,000 Concluded by: Raymond Kwong of Hartamas Real Estate (KD) Sdn Bhd (016-3355152) When: September, 2015 Noteworthy: *Freehold *4-bedrooms and 3-bathrooms *22ft x 75ft land area *1,800 sq ft built-up *Faces north *Extended kitchen Taman Bukit Serdang is a mixed-use development township project developed by Bukit Ciri Sdn Bhd.
The allure of heritage properties
A mix of British, Indian, Chinese and Islamic influences, heritage sites and pre-war shophouses in Penang were a consequence of the socio-economic changes that followed the establishment of the Straits Settlement by the British.
11 shophouses to regain pre-war beauty in Pulau Tikus
GEORGE TOWN (Sept 14): Eleven pre-war shophouses in Pulau Tikus, Penang, are set to relive their heyday in the 1920s with the restoration of their good looks and identity at the end of the year.
