News about market

KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): Putrajaya today announced its sixth enhanced movement control order (EMCO) at Pusat Bandar Utara and the areas surrounding the Selayang wholesale market also known as the Kuala Lumpur wholesale market, say reports.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Adapting to home isolation can be challenging, what more for Jason van Genderen's mother who has Alzheimer’s disease.

GEORGE TOWN (April 14): Her koay teow soup in Jelutong Market is known to be positively good but fake news of her testing positive for COVID-19 going viral on social media has impacted her business.

PETALING JAYA (April 10): The quality of a property's maintenance and management could play a decisive role in determining the property’s value in a buyer’s mind, says real estate agent co-founder of Kith and Kin Realty Freeman Woo.

PETALING JAYA (April 10): While many are expecting property prices to come down further in light of the uncertainties brought on mainly by the Covid-19 pandemic, Rescom Realty team leader and PEHAM (Persatuan Perunding Hartanah Muslim Malaysia) Exco member Mohd Faizal Mohd Ismail reckons that for first-time homebuyers, the best time to buy a property is "always now".

PETALING JAYA (April 10): Property buyers have strong bargain power now more than ever as more property owners may be wanting to let go of their units quickly in light of the current market environment.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): The Malaysian Institute of Professional Estate Agents and Consultants (MIPEAC) has joined recent calls for the government to provide specific stimulus measures for the real estate industry in light of the prolonged slowdown and the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak and ongoing Movement Control Order (MCO) in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): As the present COVID-19 pandemic and the Movement Control Order (MCO) pile more pressure on Malaysia's economy, the housing property market will not be spared either and more properties are expected to be put up for auction in the near future,  said real estate consultancy Knight Frank Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The trading of shares will go on, said the Securities Commission (SC) and Bursa Malaysia in a joint statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Malaysia's capital markets including Bursa Malaysia will operate as usual during the 14-day movement control order starting tomorrow till March 31, says the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC).