Malaysian property transactions up almost 5% in 2019
PETALING JAYA (April 29): The Malaysian property market had shown marginal improvement last year (2019) with a total of 328,647 transactions worth RM141.
Mohd Khairudin Abdul Halim leads JPPH, BOVAEP
PETALING JAYA (Oct 30): Mohd Khairudin Abdul Halim has been appointed the director general of valuation and property services of the Department of Valuation and Property Services (JPPH) and the president of the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers (BOVAEP).
JPPH and RISM sign MoU to foster strategic alliance
PETALING JAYA (Oct 2): The Department of Valuation and Property Services (JPPH) under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia and the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to foster public and private strategic alliances with each other.
Kampung Baru redevelopment: RM850psf compensation offer a fair price, says Khalid
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad has “defended” the price being offered as compensation to Kampung Baru landowners in the redevelopment of Kampung Baru.
趋势：NAPIC：房市料在今年回稳
根据估值与产业服务部旗下国家产业资料中心（NAPIC）资讯，大马房市的整体成交量和总值在2018年走高，显示出市场已在去年逐步改善，走势预料今年将回稳。 最新录得的房产成交量和价值也显示，今年首季的市场活动比去年同期来的活跃。其中，今年首季的成交量按年扬6.
Valuation needed for new houses — experts
KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): House buyers stand to benefit if primary market residential properties too, and not just secondary properties, are required to have a valuation done, say experts.
Property market to stabilise in 2019
KAJANG (April 30): The Malaysian property market has gradually improved over 2018 and is expected to stabilise this year, on the back of increases in volume and value of total transactions at the end of 2018, according to the National Property Information Centre (NAPIC) of the Department of Valuation and Property Services.
Private and government valuation gap for developments needs to be narrowed
KAJANG (April 30): The gap between the private and government sector valuation for developments needs to be narrowed, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Residential market stabilised, says JPPH director
PETALING JAYA (April 17): Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH) director Ahmad Zailan Azizuddin says the residential market has now stabilised, and should remain flat until the end of 2019, reports The Star.
Foreign workers housed in gated communities irks local residents
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The land-scarce island of Penang has seen the issue of Multinational Corporations that have been forced to house their foreign workers within exclusive gated and guarded communities, raising the ire of locals in the neighbourhoods.
