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PETALING JAYA (Dec 24): Despite the soft high-rise residential market in Johor, it is a different story for the industrial sector, which is driven by need and not speculation.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Iris Corp Bhd group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Tan Say Jim has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of the company after disposing of 56.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Boustead Plantations Bhd (BPB) shares rose 1.

Construction sector Maintain overweight: Last Friday, a day after the official launch of phase 1 of the mass rapid transit (MRT) Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) line, we hosted a group tour for 10 domestic fund managers to experience the country’s first MRT system.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Country Heights Holdings Bhd said its executive chairman and major shareholder Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew has agreed to a further extension of the tenure of a "friendly" loan for another 12 months until Dec 21, 2017.

Sold for: RM975,000 (RM920 psf) Concluded by: Ann Soh (REN 03232) of One Sunterra Properties (018-369 8650) When: June 2016 Noteworthy: ● Freehold ● Built-up: 1,060 sq ft ● Completed in 2009 ● Developed by Sunrise Bhd (now UEM Sunrise) ● 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms ● Located above a mall According to the agent, Ann Soh of One Sunterra Properties, the unit is located on the 16th floor of Publika, a shopping mall favoured by expats.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): S P Setia Bhd is acquiring five parcels of land measuring a total of 677.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 22): House prices in China’s top tier cities have recorded an average annual growth of 31.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) rose 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): KIP Real Estate Investment Trust (KIP REIT), a wet market and conventional shopping centre operator, is seeking to raise as much as RM234.