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Gurney Drive listed among best streets to visit around the world

Penang has made the tourism headlines again after Gurney Drive was listed in the "Best streets for tourists to visit around the world: 25 to see before you die" list by Traveller, an Australian travel resource. Gurney Drive was in 13th place which is sandwiched by Hollywood Road in Hong ... Read More
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Eco World plans to launch Eco Sun and Eco Horizon this year

Property developer Eco World Development Group Bhd is confident of hitting its sales target of RM4bil this year after securing more than RM900mil in the first four months of the company’s current financial year ending Oct 31, 2017. President and chief executive officer Datuk Chang Khim Wah said sales this ... Read More
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Foreigners can only buy landed properties above RM3m in Penang island

Foreigners buying landed properties in Penang island can now only do so if the property is priced above RM3 million. The Penang government has agreed to halve the approval fee for foreign purchasers of some stratified properties on the island from three per cent to 1.5 per cent. The reduction ... Read More
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Property transaction fees up

The sale and transfer of property valued at RM500,000 and below will now be subjected to a 1% conveyancing fee. Taking effect today, it came about with the revision of the fee structure in the Solicitors’ Remuneration Order by the Bar Council last year. The revision, which was approved by ... Read More
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Penang developers plan mega projects

The economic climate has not deterred developers from planning multi-billion ringgit projects in Penang. The general consensus is that the current slow period is part of the property cycle and not something sinister like the 1997/98 Asian Financial Crisis. In time, the situation will turn around and they are preparing ... Read More
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Komtar to have world’s tallest mural soon

Five Malaysian artists are set to make their way into the Guinness Book of Records soon for painting the world's tallest mural on Penang's Komtar tower. The World's Tallest Mural project, which is sponsored by Only World Group (OWG), will see the artists attempting to paint a colossal homage to ... Read More
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20 Most Active Projects in Penang (Jan & Feb 2017)

Property transaction has undeniably indicated a downtrend pattern for past few years. However, people’s obsession with home ownership did not exhibit any declining effect. In fact, we experienced consistent upsurge in our pageviews. By comparing our Jan & Feb 2017 traffic vs the same period in 2015 and 2016, approximately ... Read More
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5 things to note about buying property on the secondary market

If you are looking for a ready, more secure and less speculative type of property, you would probably look at the secondary market first rather than those that are still under construction offered by housing developers. While the costs of entry are higher in the secondary market compared to buying ... Read More
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Join hands over Penang home loan rejection issue

Penang Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional (BN) submitted today a historic joint motion to the prime minister to address high loan rejection rates affecting home buyers in the state. State executive councillor Jagdeep Singh Deo said state Opposition Leader Datuk Jahara Hamid had signed the joint motion together with Penang ... Read More
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Extend step-up financing to non-PR1MA projects too

The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) would like to see special end-financing schemes, such as the Skim Pembiayaan Fleksibel (SPEF) that was created exclusively for Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia homes, applied to private developments as well. Rehda national treasurer Datuk Muztaza Mohamad said this is something the association ... Read More