It has been a quiet year for the Penang housing market in 2016. The cooling measures and tighter credit environment have continued to negatively influence the local market. While many are hoping to see a recovery soon, recent disappointing economic performance has further dampened market sentiment. Buyers are adopting a ... Read More

Affordable housing has been the key growth driver for Penang residential property sector in the past two years. Today there are already 17 projects under construction while at least 26 more are in the pipeline. Aiming to stimulate the sale of affordable housing, the developers are allowed to sell 30% of ... Read More

Affordable housing is one of the hottest topics in Penang property market these days. As of today, Penang has more than 38 affordable housing projects proposed, 16 out of which are opened for application and registration. The chart below shows the 5 most popular affordable housing projects in Penang, based on the ... Read More

Queens Residences and The Tamarind, the two most popular Q2 2016 projects in Penang have their own unique popularity. Take a look at the comparison of these two projects... The Tamarind Queens Residences Developer E&O Property Ideal Property Group Location Tanjung Tokong Bayan Bay Standard unit size 1,042 onwards 950 ... Read More

Batu Kawan, situated at southern part of Seberang Perai is the new branding in the making. A decade ago, it was not a place where people would want to visit. An empty land, it was. However, a makeover took place when the Government chose Batu Kawan as the mainland site ... Read More

Which are the most popular property news portals in Malaysia? I have shared the top 8 last year and PenangPropertyTalk.com was ranked 5th based on the number of visits recorded in October 2015. To find out how we are doing after six months, I went through the long list of ... Read More

2016 looks to be another happening year for property industry in Penang. While many industry experts predicted the property market to remain slow, our website traffic has hit an all-time high with nearly 1 million pageviews and over 180k unique visitors in Q1. With that in mind, let's take a look at the 20 ... Read More

Many have been asking whether is there any possibility of property price in mainland to be on par or better than in Penang Island? Vertu Resort at Batu Kawan is selling at the same price as One Foresta open market units at Sungai Ara. So if you have a budget ... 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

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