KL ranked 94th on Global Liveability Index 2023
In a report last week, EIU said living conditions in cities across the world have fully recovered from the deterioration caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
HBA stays the course through 10 successive housing ministers
The HBA protem committee came into existence on Oct 16, 1999, comprising the group of buyers who had discovered to their disappointment that getting their woes heard was a frustrating process.
The shift towards Green Lending
At the Building the Future ESG Conference 2023, Asia GreenTech Fund reveals who they are as venture capitalist, while panelists from REHDA, MAVCAP and Asia GreenTech Fund share their perspectives on Green Lending towards Sustainability.
ESG more than compliance or PR exercise, but value-creator – Building the Future ESG Conference
The global shift towards ESG now means “from changing our behaviour, we can even make money”.
Thirteen PR1MA housing projects still abandoned, to be recovered by end-2024, says deputy minister
Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir: Out of the total 22 projects that have not yet obtained a certificate of completion and compliance (CCC) or are still under construction, 13 are abandoned projects.
Govt mulls uniform liquidator fees and charges for buyers of abandoned private housing projects
Currently, Akmal Nasrullah said the liquidator may charge a service charge based on Companies Winding-up Rules 1972 for the services provided and the rate of charge is subject to the complexity of the liquidator's role in managing the affairs of the housing project.
REHDA: i-Miliki exemptions should be provided to all Malaysians, not just first-time homeowners
With i-Miliki, an initiative under Putrajaya’s Home Ownership Programme 2022/2023 or HOPE, first-time purchasers of homes priced RM500,000 and below will be fully exempted from paying the stamp duties on the Memorandum of Transfer (MOT) and loan agreement, while first-time purchasers of residential units priced above RM500,000 up to RM1 million will receive 75% remittance on the two stamp duties.
Govt extends stamp duty exemption for first-time homebuyers — MOF
A 100% stamp duty exemption is given to first-time homebuyers to purchase homes priced not more than RM500,000, while a 75% stamp duty exemption is given to those buying houses priced between RM500,001 and RM1 million, the ministry said.
More sick, delayed private housing projects identified
In total, 118 private housing projects previously deemed delayed or sick have been recuperated and received certificates of completion and compliance.
ACCCIM welcomes PM’s call to review affordable housing policy, says social housing is govt’s responsibility
“Social housing for rentals should become the social housing stock of the nation to provide transit housing for the incoming deserving households.
