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PENANG has one of the fastest growing property markets in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia due to myriad factors.

AS high-end property prices evade the growing middle-income market, the momentum continues to build for affordable, well-planned housing and it shows no sign of slowing down in the foreseeable future.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): What do you look for when buying your first home? Considering the connectivity of the place where your new home will be and not overstretching your finances are the two main factors when deciding where you should buy your first home, according to group chairman of Bukit Kiara Properties Sdn Bhd (BKP) Datuk Alan Tong.

THE property market continues to be sluggish overall but this could also be a good time to look for deals in certain property hotspots.

SEREMBAN (Oct 7): The Negeri Sembilan government has sought advice from the Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda) on ways to reduce construction costs, Bernama reported today.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 7): The Penang government is still awaiting a final opinion from its legal advisor's office pertaining to measures to be taken against those who abused the affordable housing system, Bernama reported today.

WHILE he is no architect, Ee Soon Wei is no stranger to the practice of adaptive reuse.

STANDING at the corner of Leith Street in George Town, Penang is the iconic indigo blue-walled Cheong Fatt Tze Blue Mansion.

WHAT do hospitals of the future look like? Drawing from his experience of designing the award-winning Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) in Yishun, Singapore, Jerry Ong, senior vice-president of architecture of the healthcare division at Singapore-based CPG Consultants, envisions hospitals as “centres of wellness for everyone” instead of “repair shops to treat sick patients”.

SINGAPORE (Oct 7): Oxley Holdings on Thursday announced it is starting the development of its first project in Ireland, in what is its second venture outside of Asia after Royal Wharf in London.