YTL Corp buys The Westin Perth hotel for A$200m

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): YTL Corp Bhd has bought The Westin Perth for over A$200 million (RM591 million), one of the biggest hotel sales in the West Australian capital, according to the Australian Financial Review (AFR).

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Developers foresee dark times due to glut, worse than 1999 crisis

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 30): The issue of oversupply of homes in the country is worsening, and authorities need to take action, especially in the affordable housing category, say developers, The Malay Mail reports that Penang Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) chairman Datuk Toh Chin Leong said this was also why the National Home Ownership Campaign was being conducted.

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Rehda: Developers could work more closely with KPKT under new National Housing Policy

PETALING JAYA (Jan 29): Malaysia’s new National Housing Policy (Dasar Perumahan Negara/DRN) 2018-2025 provides  property developers with more clarity on the  possible ways the private and public sector can work together to resolve the market mismatch issue in the country, said Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) President Datuk Soam Heng Choon.

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Unsold homes reach new heights

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): The number of unsold homes in Malaysia has more than doubled, reaching a new high of 30,115 homes as at the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18).

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