News about property

Rising property prices and inflation are natural in a growing economy.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 26): We have heard of the Rumah Selangorku housing scheme and not to be outdone, the Perak government has launched the first phase of the “Perakku” housing programme.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 25): One of the key factors to stay competitive in the property and facility management industry is to offer good customer service and experience, according to Knight Frank Malaysia senior executive director Kuruvilla Abraham.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 25): Property and facility managers should get ready for the next wave of technologies in order to stay relevant in the industry, said JLL critical environment management SEA region lead Anil Kumar Singh.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 25): A centralised database of affordable housing owners is necessary to ensure that such homes developed by the government benefits those in need, said  Housing and Local Government deputy minister Datuk Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah.

  SHAH ALAM (Oct 23): The Selangor state government aims to launch 30,000 units of affordable homes under its Rumah Selangorku housing scheme over the next five years, said Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) plans to work with relevant stakeholders to tackle the issue of more illegal brokers in Malaysia, said its Deputy Minister Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad.

PETALING JAYA: The government should not implement new taxes on the real estate industry, especially counter-productive ones such as a vacancy tax, said the immediate past president of the Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector Malaysia (PEPS) Foo Gee Jen.

      Property sector    Maintain market weight: The new housing policy is set to address house ownership issues whereby the government is expected to ease lending requirements and reduce cost of construction.