News about housing

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): Zecon Bhd has suffered several setbacks recently, but its chief executive officer Syed Mohd Muzakir Syed Hussin Al-Jofre believes that’s all behind now.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 7): The property sector is expected to stir in 2018 as developers continue to cut prices — by 10% to 15% or more — and adjust to the reality that demand lies in mass-market affordable housing, said AmInvestment Bank in a report today.

Vivocom International Holdings Bhd (Dec 4, 13 sen) Maintain buy recommendation with an adjusted target price (TP) of 33 sen per share: Vivocom International Bhd’s nine-month financial year 2017 (9MFY17) earnings came below expectations.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): When measuring housing affordability, policymakers should take into account a person’s “lifetime” earning capability, instead of basing it on current income level, said Monash University senior lecturer Dr Jason Ng Wei Jian.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Putrajaya's recent freeze on new developments of shopping malls, offices, serviced apartments and condominiums priced above RM1 million is intended to eliminate property players who are "not serious" from the industry as they will "kill the serious developers", said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

LONDON (Nov 27): In a cramped apartment in an industrial zone in south London, Sandra Rumkiene recounts her struggles to bring up a baby as one of a growing number of poor families forced to live in temporary housing.

JOHOR BARU (Nov 27): The Johor government will identify suitable and best ways to solve the problem of unsold high-cost housing units in the state.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 24): The Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government plan to redevelop old densely-populated housing areas which are seen as no longer suitable for current needs, said its minister Tan Sri Noh Omar.

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 21): The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry is ready to look into the issue of excessive property stock, especially unsold residential units, with various parties to resolve the problem.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 20): The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) has reiterated that its member banks “have been and will continue to” provide home loans to all eligible borrowers, said the association in a statement issued today to rebut claims that commercial banks are imposing strict rules on home loan applicants.