News about housing

PETALING JAYA (July 11): The Housing and Local Government Ministry may seek to lift the current freeze on new luxury residential developments, prompted by signs that the economy is improving, said its minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Putrajaya is studying the possibility of increasing minimum property prices for foreign buyers Housing and Local Government Ministry secretary general Datuk Mohammad Mentek told a local business publication that “a new threshold will be set based on the condition of the local currency”.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): The government wants to stop using landfills while studies are to be conducted to adopt more energy efficient and eco-friendly methods of waste disposal.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 10): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) will consider conducting studies on the categories and levels of danger of recreational areas in the country.

PUTRAJAYA (July 9): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) has appointed 16 presidents to the Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims and Strata Management Tribunal to tackle the rising number of tribunal case in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): A builder has told residents whose homes are on the hill slopes of Jalan Bukit in Kajang that “all due care will be taken in the construction of a three-block 1Malaysia People’s Housing Scheme (PR1MA) apartment project nearby”, reported The Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) has not received any report about the the construction of Federal Territory Houses (Rumawip) being halted, Bernama reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): News that the Housing and Local Government Ministry is in talks with Bank Negara Malaysia to draw out the guidelines for a more relaxed loan scheme for some homebuyers may raise hopes of better earnings for the property firms.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) will initiate an investigation into the business activities, dealings and performance of the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme’s (PR1MA), minister Zuraida Kamaruddin (pictured) told a publication today.

PETALING JAYA (July 5): Those buying homes at the Malaysia Property Expo (Mapex) in Penang will be exempted from approval fees, said state executive council member Jagdeep Singh Deo.