Let us have a comparison between apple and orange. If you have a budget of about RM700,000 to RM800,000, which of these two projects would you buy? Eco Meadows offers an exclusive landed living in a less branded location while Skyridge Garden suggests a condominium living in a glamorous island ... Read More

Penang has received its first two Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia (PR1MA) applications to undertake affordable housing projects involving 2,600 units. The applications are for a project in Batu Ferringhi (1,520 units) and another in Kampung Kastam, Bukit Gelugor (1,124 units). State Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo ... Read More

The final cost of the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) could balloon to more than the estimated RM27 billion once all the plans — including for the elevated rail system alignment — and the relevant detailed studies are completed, with federal approvals obtained. Gamuda Bhd-led SRS Consortium project delivery partner ... Read More

Lectures on property among expo’s highlights The Penang Property Summit 2016 will take place from Friday to Sunday for the second year running at the Subterranean Penang International Convention and Exhibition Centre. With over 30 exhibitors at the three-day event, it will kick-start on Friday with an International Real Estate ... Read More

Penang-based Aspen Group has set a sales target of RM1 billion this year after recording sales of RM900 million last year. Aspen Group CEO Datuk M Murly (pictured) said the target will be achieved through four launches worth more than RM2 billion this year, including its maiden venture outside the ... Read More

Looking back at 2015 2015 was certainly a challenging year for property developers. Various cautionary signals continued to influence the market sentiments. This is evidenced by the consecutive quarter-on-quarter decline in the residential property transactions since 2013. The decline in transactions was particularly obvious for residential property in the island ... Read More

No choice but to reclaim land to fund transport plans in Penang Over the past seven years, the DAP-led Penang government has had to endure criticism from various quarters over many of the changes introduced in the state. Among them are the proposed undersea tunnel and highway projects and more ... Read More

If you are buying your first home in the South-West district of Penang, you may be interested to find out how are these two affordable housing projects compared to each other. Ramah Pavilion One Foresta Developer M Summit Group Ideal Property Group Location Teluk Kumbar Sungai Ara Standard unit size ... Read More

Ewein Bhd's (Ewein) unit, Ewein Zenith II Sdn Bhd, has inked a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG) to acquire a 1.79-hectare freehold land in Section 1, Bandar Tanjong Pinang, Penang for RM162 million. In a statement, Ewein said RM16.2 million would be deposited ... Read More

Five developers will undertake RM4.33bil in property projects in Penang next year despite a challenging year for the property market. The developers planned to price their mostly residential properties from between RM480,000 and RM3.3mil. The price range came on the heels of this year’s launches of between RM200,000 and RM400,000 ... Read More