The Penang state is mulling various avenues to finance the operation of the rail system that forms part of its Transport Master Plan (TMP), among which is the set-up of a revolving fund with recurring rental revenue from property leasing once its planned 3,000-acre (1,214ha) land reclamation in the south ... Read More

by Charles Tan If we are buying a new place with two car parks and there are available car parks for sale, should we buy one more? These days, all condos should come with 2 car parks. Read here: Condos should NOT come with just one car park. A lady wrote ... Read More

Ewein Bhd’s subsidiary is buying 50 acres of land at Bandar Tanjong Pinang, Penang for RM2.83bil for a proposed “Wellness City of Dreams” resort. The Penang-based property company said on Friday its 60% owned Ewein Zenith Sdn. Bhd had inked a memorandum of agreement to buy the land from Consortium ... Read More

While we are excited to keep you updated with more development news in 2016, let’s take a look at the 5 most popular projects in previous year. These projects are ranked based on page views recorded in 2015. 1. The Tamarind (95,200 views) Freehold executive apartments by E&O Property at Seri Tanjung Pinang, Penang. Located along Jalan ... Read More

Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG), the main contractor for the RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project in Penang, will commence the construction on June 15, slightly later than its original schedule. The construction of the mega project is expected to begin in the first quarter of this year. CZBUCG chairman ... Read More

Looking at the Penang property market, all property transactions in the state saw fluctuations throughout the whole 2014 before it dipped in 2015. The first quarter of 2014 recorded a total 6,416 transactions (valued at RM3.78 billion). It increased to 6,513 transactions valued at RM3.44 billion in the second quarter ... Read More

The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Associa-tion (Rehda) Penang has been urged to play a bigger role in helping local developers obtain the advertising permit and developer licence (APDL) for their projects. It was reported in The Star that 47 out of 81 applications for the licence for state government ... Read More

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