News about property

SERI KEMBANGAN (Oct 2): While the government is asking property developers to lower home prices following the Sales and Service Tax (SST) exemption on construction services and building materials, industry players said lower prices can be achieved if issues such as labour shortage and the lofty compliance and development costs are addressed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): UEM Sunrise Bhd is studying if it is even possible to reduce property prices thanks to exemptions on certain construction materials and services from the Sales and Service Tax (SST) on property prices as any savings may be offset by the rise of other construction costs.

SERI KEMBANGAN (Oct 2): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) is now working on a comprehensive database which could help first time homebuyers to own a property, said KPKT deputy minister Datuk Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad.

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PETALING JAYA (October 1): The Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH) has come up with a suggestion to keep house prices in check — by establishing a Housing Price and Cost Control Committee, to monitor costs involved in housing developments.

KUALA LUMPUR (October 1): Property developers acknowledge that unbilled sales are on the decline but say the situation is not so bad and they are still able to record decent earnings.

KUALA LUMPUR (October 1): The fact that most property developers’ unbilled sales — sales which are already locked in but not yet captured in the books — have been declining does not seem to come as a surprise to many analysts given the lack of catalysts moving the property sector.

PETALING JAYA: Remember the blooming of the “Tan Hua” party scene in the Hollywood blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians? The “Tan Hua” in the movie looked real but the flower that blooms only once a year is certainly not something you can get from anywhere, hence the plants in the movie had to be handmade from scratch.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) is not discounting another extension for the completion of the proposed stake acquisition in the Battersea Power Station (BPS) project in the UK.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): The Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM) president Sarkunan Subramaniam said instead of putting a halt on new retail and office developments, the government should bring the country’s economy back on the right track to address the space glut.