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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): Malaysia's construction sector is targeted to moderate at an annual average growth rate of 4.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 9): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is proposing a more flexible loan package with flexible interest rates and an extended maximum loan tenure for affordable home buyers, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 9): Addressing the issue of unsold properties, a think tank has proposed that developers rent unsold units to youths who otherwise cannot afford to own home.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (Asli) chairperson Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah said there is a need to change existing legislation for the real estate industry as the laws have not kept up with the pace of nation’s economic and social landscape.

KUALA LUMPUR: (Oct 8): State governments play an important in providing affordable homes for the B40 and M40 groups as they can provide more land suitable for the development of affordable homes to the federal government, said Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

SERI KEMBANGAN (Oct 2): While it is still unclear when the property market will recover from the current slowdown, there are still opportunities to seize in the market, according to industry experts.

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.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): The Pakatan Harapan (PH) government in Putrajaya will not cancel all directly negotiated public-private partnership (PPP) projects undertaken by the previous administration, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng assured today.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 29): Hilton Garden Inn North – formerly the Cititel Express – and Hilton Garden Inn South – formerly the Hotel Empress – on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, was sold for RM240 million by Singapore's Royal Group in August – barely three years after it had acquired the properties, reported The Edge Malaysia.