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KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): For many Malaysians, engaging a real estate agent is a familiar part of adulthood, whether for renting, buying, selling or investing in property.

Malaysia’s introduction of the stamp duty self‑assessment system marks an important step towards modernising tax administration.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 6): Malaysia is mandating all shopping malls to have recycling centres beginning June as one of the conditions for licence application and renewal.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 6): More than 1,500 sick and abandoned private housing projects nationwide have been successfully revived by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government’s (KPKT) special task force from 2023 to May this year.

GEORGE TOWN (June 3): Penang will review possible improvement measures, including strengthening compliance with fire safety requirements for old and heritage buildings, following the fire at the Odeon building on Jalan Penang here, which claimed the life of a Myanmar construction worker last Saturday.

IPOH (June 3): A city cannot thrive on physical infrastructure alone as arts, culture and human connection are equally important in creating communities with a sense of belonging and identity, says Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 22): The High Court still wants the federal government and the liquidator of Semantan Estate (1952) Sdn Bhd to explore the possibility of mediation before the court delivers its decision on mesne profit (trespass compensation) to the company following the occupation of the now prime "Duta enclave" land it had deemed to have trespassed on since it was acquired in December 1956.

PUTRAJAYA (May 20): Two police reports have been lodged against allegations that houses in Taman Segar, Cheras had been changed from leasehold to freehold, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh said.

PETALING JAYA (May 20): PropNex Malaysia's May open house this weekend (May 23 and 24) will showcase 17 homes from the Klang Valley, Penang and across the South China Sea in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Malaysia’s housing financing structure may require a more sustainable approach as longer mortgage tenures are increasingly placing financial pressure on middle-income households and affecting long-term economic well-being.