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Maintenance fees may go up over 10% with GST, residents warned
Maintenance fees may go up over 10% with GST, residents warned

PETALING JAYA: Owners of condominiums, apartments and flats have been told to brace themselves for higher maintenance charges from April although such fees have been exempted from the Goods and Servi...

Posted on 1 Mar 2015 Read More
Slow times for luxury homes
Slow times for luxury homes

KUALA LUMPUR: Prices of luxury homes across 33 cities saw an increase of only 0.2% in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), the weakest performance in two years, reported Knight Frank’s Residential Rese...

Posted on 20 Feb 2015 Read More
BIM Guide to ensure standardisation across PR1MA housing projects
BIM Guide to ensure standardisation across PR1MA housing projects

SHAH ALAM: To promote consistent development and ensure uniformity across all Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia (PR1MA) housing projects, PR1MA officially launched the PR1MA Building Information Modelling (B...

Posted on 30 Jan 2015 Read More
Housing affordability worsened in 2014
Housing affordability worsened in 2014

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian housing affordability has worsened to 3.6 times in 2014, according to Rahim & Co Chartered Surveyors executive chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman, in presenting the ...

Posted on 23 Feb 2015 Read More
KL ranks seventh for most sustainable city to live in Asia Pacific
KL ranks seventh for most sustainable city to live in Asia Pacific

KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur ranks seventh in Asia-Pacific and second in Southeast Asia after Singapore in the inaugural Sustainable Cities Index by Arcadis, an Amsterdam-based global natural and built ...

Posted on 14 Feb 2015 Read More
Developers pulling back, highlights MDC
Developers pulling back, highlights MDC

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Developers Council (MDC) has raised concerns that financing facilities remain a major problem for first-time homebuyers in Malaysia due to a rise in loan rejection rates w...

Posted on 14 Feb 2015 Read More
Base Rate vs BLR in Malaysia: How Does BR Work?
Base Rate vs BLR in Malaysia: How Does BR Work?

Effective January 2, 2015, the Base Lending Rate (BLR) structure was replaced with a new Base Rate (BR) system. Under BR, which will now serve as the main reference rate for new retail floating rate l...

Posted on 13 Feb 2015 Read More
MRT Sg Buloh-Kajang line 59.5pc completed as at January
MRT Sg Buloh-Kajang line 59.5pc completed as at January

KUALA LUMPUR: The construction of the 51-kilometre Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line has reached progress rate of 59.5 per cent as at January. Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Ahmad M...

Posted on 13 Feb 2015 Read More
Property Investment Tips For The Power Couple
Property Investment Tips For The Power Couple

All lovebirds need a nest. With the the rising cost of living and the pay cheque that stagnates, Malaysians are looking for ways to establish passive income through investment. One of the more popular...

Posted on 10 Feb 2015 Read More
10 Reasons Why You Fail At Your Budget
10 Reasons Why You Fail At Your Budget

More often than not, we see red when we look at our bank account balance. If you are not managing your money well, you may be scratching your head as to how you ended up in this predicament. Here a...

Posted on 10 Feb 2015 Read More
A Dip In Properties Of RM1mil And Above
A Dip In Properties Of RM1mil And Above

The supply of higher end properties priced at RM1 million and above may surpass the demand as buyers turn cautious. However, things may not dramatically worsen as an expanding working population in...

Posted on 13 Feb 2015 Read More
Penang residential market seen to slowdown in 2H15
Penang residential market seen to slowdown in 2H15

The transaction volume of Penang’s residential market is likely to slow down in the second half of this year (2H15), amid cautious buying ahead of implementation of the goods and services tax (GST),...

Posted on 9 Feb 2015 Read More