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KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) will continue its mall enhancement initiatives this year, allocating RM20 million to increase the overall net lettable areas (NLA) of Landmark Central in Kedah by 20,000 sq ft to 300,000 sq ft.

PETALING JAYA (April 17): The International Real Estate Research Symposium 2016 (IRERS 2016) has invited real estate experts from here and abroad to discuss the importance of innovation in real estate.

SOURCE: MM2H THE number of applicants for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) scheme had decreased by almost half last year from the previous year, according to statistics available on the MM2H website.

PETALING JAYA (April 8): The International Real Estate Research Symposium 2016 (IRERS) organised by The National Institute of Valuation (INSPEN) will see several eminent professors from the UK and Australia presenting papers based on the theme of this year’s symposium – Leading the Way: Innovation in Real Estate.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) president and chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Farid Alias (pictured), who is also chairman of the Association of Banks Malaysia (ABM), refuted claims that the rejection rate of housing loans has soared above 50% among the banks.

REAL estate developers have become more creative in luring prospective homebuyers into committing to a purchase, even as property price growth in the country moderates.

PETALING JAYA (April 1): The International Real Estate Research Symposium 2016 (IRERS) organised by The National Institute of Valuation (INSPEN) is expected to attract 300 participants from around the world.

ACTING and selling real estate seem to be completely unrelated occupations.

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

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Real estate agency heads said Malaysia’s current political uncertainty remains among the biggest challenges to the real estate industry.