For housing, the following was announced to enhance first home buyers’ affordability: Financing will be easier and more accessible to buyers with total loan of up to 90% to 100% with loan rejection rate to be reduced drastically. For example, applicants with monthly income of RM3,000 now eligible for loan ... Read More

People strolling along Gurney Drive are getting a respite from the muddy water that used to come up the shoreline. A perimeter rock bund of the reclamation work going on off the coast has helped keep the murky water away, providing a jade-green seaview at high tide now. A spokesman ... Read More

Higher withdrawals from retirement funds and stamp duty exemptions are among measures for first-time home buyers likely to be announced in Budget 2017. CH Williams Talhar & Wong managing director Foo Gee Jen (pix) said a 100% stamp duty exemption would help first-time home buyers as it could result in ... Read More

To be competitive means to be more knowledgeable and updated on all market aspects. Get information relating to tax & property strategies by tax expert - Dr. Choong Kwai Fatt and renowned retail expert - Sam Siew on franchising this Saturday. EcoWorld Gallery @ Eco Meadows 22 October 2016 (2pm) RSVP ... Read More

The Penang Development Corporation (PDC) targets to complete the development of the 60ha (150 acres) SME Village in Batu Kawan by 2019. Special Advisor to Penang Chief Minister and investPenang director Datuk Seri Lee Kah Choon told StarBiz that to-date PDC had sold all the one to two-acre bungalow lots ... Read More

* Article by Freemind Works * Since the start of property boom nearly 10 decades ago, owning a home has become the lynchpin of the Malaysian dream. Although, with the increasing cost of living, depreciation of Ringgit, GST implementation and various other lending restrictions, the dream seems to be increasingly ... Read More

Singaporean entrepreneur with Penang roots, Jonathan Foo, 44, is seeing his family investment in heritage properties of George Town taking a form that will generate long-term recurring income. Foo is the chief executive officer of 1919 Global Sdn Bhd, which has to date spent in excess of RM10mil to conserve its ... Read More

Despite the sluggish market, property investors in Penang can take comfort in reports of capital appreciation in the state. Data collected by the National Property Information Centre’s (Napic) Property Market Report 2015 showed that out of 30 condominium projects in Penang, 11 saw price increases from 2014 to 2015. Of ... Read More

The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry is still undecided on the review of a moneylending policy for property developers although it has been over a month since the idea was mooted. On Sept 8, Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar said eligible property ... Read More

* Article by Freemind Works * Since the start of the year, the real estate market has somewhat quiet down. Many asked my view of the market moving forward. Here it is. It’s time the market consolidated and we reflect on what happened these past years. We experienced one of ... Read More