'Extend your land lease before it expires'
PETALING JAYA: Leasehold properties generally see slower price growth than freehold properties especially after 30 years into the lease.
Report: Will there be new taxes on inheritance and capital gains?
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): The Edge Malaysia asked this question as part of its cover story this week: Will we see new taxes on inheritance and capital gains? “Talk of new taxes being introduced normally intensifies as the tabling of the annual budget approaches.
Metro Kajang MD Eddy Chen is new PR1MA chairman
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Metro Kajang Bhd managing director Tan Sri Eddy Chen (pictured) has been appointed as the new chairman of Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia, the Prime Minister's Office announced today.
UPDATE: Hilton Garden Inn hotels on Jalan TAR flipped for RM240m – report
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.
Lim Guan Eng: Reduce house prices or govt will review SST waiver
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has urged developers to lower prices of homes as construction materials and services are exempted from the Sales and Service Tax (SST), or the government will review the waiver.
'Property market has seen the worst'
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian property market has bottomed and more property purchasers are expected to return to the market in the coming months, according to Ahmad Zamzuri Kamarudin, the organising chairman of the Klang Valley edition of the Malaysia Secondary & Primary Property Exhibition 2018 (MASPEX2018 KL) organised by the Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA).
Selangor govt mulls providing collateral support for Rumah Selangorku buyers
SHAH ALAM (Sept 21): Selangor state committee chairman for the Selangor state committee on housing and urban living Haniza Mohamed Talha has revealed that the state government is evaluating a proposal to provide collateral support to Rumah Selangorku (RSK) eligible buyers who has difficulty in securing their desired loan margin.
Gamuda confirms JV submitted highest bid for Singapore land
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): Gamuda Bhd confirmed the tender submitted by its wholly-owned subsidiary Gamuda (Singapore) Pte Ltd, jointly with Evia Real Estate Pte Ltd for a 51,411.
Widow, children get to intervene in mum's claim to Jamaluddin’s RM2.1b estate — report
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): The Syariah High Court here today allowed the Jamaluddin Jarjis’ (pictured) widow, Kalsom Ismail, and her four children (aged between 23 and 33) to intervene in his mother's faraid claim to the portion of the RM2.
REITs expected to be active in greenfield, brownfield projects
Real estate investment trust sector Maintain neutral: There are no surprises for 2QCY18 earnings for real estate investment trusts (REIT).
