Frasers Centrepoint posts 12% decline in full-year earnings to S$480 mil
SINGAPORE (Nov 9): Frasers Centrepoint Ltd (FCL) reported an 11.
Ideal Property Group in JV to redevelop Jerejak Rainforest Resort & Spa
PETALING JAYA (Nov 7): Tropical Island Resort Sdn Bhd (TIRSB) has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Q Islands Development Sdn Bhd (QID), a subsidiary of Ideal Property Group, to redevelop the Jerejak Rainforest Resort & Spa and the 80 acres of land owned by TIRSB on the island.
Significant drop in property transactions this year
PETALING JAYA (Nov 4): Malaysia's property transactions recorded a drop in volume and value for the period from January to September this year.
Onus of affordable housing not just on developers
KELANA JAYA (Nov 2): Housing prices could only come down to the affordable level if all stakeholders were willing to work together to bring down the development cost, said Rehda (Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association) Institute chairman Datuk Jeffrey Ng Tiong Lip.
Number of overhang and unsold homes may come down in the next few months
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Overhang and unsold housing units may see a gradual decline over the next few months on the back of decreasing new launches in the market, said National Property Information Centre (Napic) property market sector deputy director Aina Edayu Ahmad (pictured).
趋势：未来房产计划必要设施——电动汽车充电站
随着全球愈加重视绿色能源与燃料使用，电动汽车也越来越普及化，从而推高电动汽车充电站的需求。 根据Malaysian Green Technology Corp（GreenTech Malaysia），目前在市面上售卖的电动汽车分别有Nissan Leaf、 Renault Zoe、 Renault Twizy、 BMW i8、 Volvo XC90和Mitsubishi i-MiEV。 去年，这些电动汽车的销量按年大涨103.
Frasers Centrepoint acquires land parcel in Melbourne suburb for S$466 mil mixed-use development
SINGAPORE (Oct 25): Frasers Property Australia, a unit of Frasers Centrepoint Ltd, has secured 974 Black Forest Road — a 115ha land parcel in Wyndham Vale, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia — for an undisclosed sum.
Stamp duty exemption should be extended to property purchases up to RM500,000
PETALING JAYA (Oct 24): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) deputy secretary general Tan Ching Meng urged the government to extend the zero stamp duty to property transfers worth up to RM500,000 from RM300,000.
Moving the property management industry to the next level
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Malaysian property managers should reinvent themselves and enhance their capacity to meet increasingly high market expectations, said DBKL property management and valuation department’s commissioner of buildings (COB) head Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh.
Architects must think about maintenance when designing buildings, says expert
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 19): A standard guideline on building maintenance should be developed among architects, developers and property managers, said Singapore’s Association of Property and Facility Managers president Dr Lim Lan Yuan (pictured).
