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PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): While the Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) rate will be increased after the fifth year, industry experts believe it will not adversely impact the property market as the quantum of increase is rather minimal.

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): The government will allow the setting-up of property crowdfunding  platforms which will serve as an alternative source of financing for first time homebuyers, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): Bank Negara Malaysia will be establishing a RM1 billion Fund for Affordable Homes (the Fund) to help homebuyers from the lower income group nationwide to finance the purchase of their first homes.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): It might be wishful thinking to expect the government to be able to rein in fiscal deficit while generating decent economic growth in the upcoming budget, which will be tabled by the Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng at Parliament this afternoon.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Following the exemption of the Sales and Services Tax (SST) on construction materials, new home buyers may be able to look forward to discounts between five to 10 per cent on house prices in the coming months.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): In an interview with Al-Jazeera yesterday, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak admitted that he did not verify the source of the RM2.

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 26): Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir, who reportedly had in 2016 said the multi-billion ringgit funds received by then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was a "genuine donation", who is currently in Malaysia for a three-day (Oct 24-26)  working visit, will meet Malaysian leaders in Putrajaya today, according to Bernama.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 26): The wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured), Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, and her two sons, Norashman and Riza Aziz, are at the police's Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Prevention Unit (AMLA) at Menara KPJ for questioning this morning.

IPOH (Oct 25): The state governments of Perak and Pahang should stop the issuance of new permits for agriculture and development in Cameron HIghlands, in light of the increased risk of landslides, said the Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 25): The Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM) will be speaking with the Housing and Local Government Ministry about the possibility of setting up a separate board to register property, facility and strata managers.