News about rent

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): As more office landlords fight over a shrinking pool of tenants, owners will have to reduce rents further to entice prospective occupants, said Savills Malaysia executive chairman Christopher Boyd.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Real estate experts cautioned against reintroducing rent control on heritage and pre-war properties in Penang, as it may drive up the cost of maintaining these properties, lowering their values and impacting tourism as a result.

OWNING a house could be a costly dream for the working class, but it is deemed the worthiest investment for most people — even if you can’t enjoy capital appreciation, at least you will still have a roof over your head and a place that you could call your own.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Dissatisfaction over expensive home prices has been escalating in Malaysia in recent years, with prices now reportedly beyond the reach of an average worker in key states like Kuala Lumpur and Penang.

TECHNOLOGY is posing quite a challenge to the conventional way of doing business, including real estate buying, selling and renting.

THE Kuala Lumpur and beyond Kuala Lumpur (Selangor) office market remained stationary in 4Q2015, with looming supply casting a shadow on rental and occupancy rates.

KUCHING (March 15): Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem today announced that the state government had abolished payment of certain land quit rents.

PERTH (Feb 1): Good communication with tenants and owners are among the top priorities of property managers seeking to overcome persistently high vacancy rates in some of Australia’s capital cities.

  Here are the trends for price growth and indicative asking rental yields for non-landed residences in Central City Kuala Lumpur, excluding the KLCC area.

FAN Yea Jye (pictured, below) is a man on a mission: “I’ve met agents who make big money by using unethical ways, and I’ve asked myself if agents can make money professionally without unethical practices.