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KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pictured) said the Government would build another 5,000 affordable houses in Miri and Kuching, Sarawak, to ensure more people could own comfortable and safe residential units.

LBS Bina Group Bhd (April 4, RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): S P Setia Bhd has confirmed its acting president and chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Khor Chap Jen (pictured) as executive president and CEO, Datuk Wong Tuck Wai as deputy president and chief operating officer (COO), and Choy Kay Yew as chief financial officer (CFO), effective April 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): Unperturbed by low profit margins in the affordable segment, Aset Kayamas Sdn Bhd, a privately held property developer, is going full steam ahead with its launches this year as it banks on volume growth to improve its earnings.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): IJM Corp Bhd announced a groundbreaking partnership with Facebook last Friday, to bring the business version of Facebook to its 4,600-odd employees across the group.

AN undersupply of affordable housing, particularly in major urban areas, coupled with an oversupply of office and retail spaces, may lead to deeper imbalances in the property market, says Bank Negara Malaysia in its 2015 annual report, which was released recently.

REAL estate developers have become more creative in luring prospective homebuyers into committing to a purchase, even as property price growth in the country moderates.

•    While the Sentul Masterplan urban renewal continues, the rest of the neighbourhood remains a low to mid-end market, comprising primarily dated apartments and condominiums.

PETALING JAYA (April 4): Tan & Tan Developments Bhd’s Desa Kudalari condominium – Malaysia’s first condominium when it was completed over 30 years ago – may break new ground once more as it is likely to become the country’s first strata property to be sold on an en-masse basis.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): AmInvestment Bank said it does not preclude the possibility of seeing Peninsular-based contractors being invited to set up joint ventures (JVs) to bid for jobs, after The Edge Weekly reported that UEM Group Bhd, MMC Corp Bhd and Warisan Tarang Construction Sdn Bhd are teaming up for the Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway.