The Penang government and Bank Negara will hold a workshop early next month to discuss the state housing policy following a fruitful meeting between the two parties. State Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said that during the meeting recently, Bank Negara had shared the criteria ... Read More

After a delay of almost four years, land reclamation works on the RM10 billion Penang WorldCity mixed development in Bayan Mutiara, Penang may finally be moving forward. The joint venture (JV) between Ivory Properties Group Bhd and Tropicana Corp Bhd plans to call for tenders for the reclamation works at ... Read More

The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce (PCCC) says it is willing to build the proposed new category of affordable housing units if the state government gives sufficient incentives. Datuk Finn Choong Khuat Seng, convenor of the chamber's Property Development Construction and Management Committee (PDCMC), said the committee lauds the recent ... Read More

The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) has urged Penang state government to do away with requirement for developers to build low-cost housing. The chairman of its Penang branch Datuk Jerry Chan argued that the state should instead focus on “rent-to-own” scheme to help lower-income home owners. “There are ... Read More

If you ever wonder how well are the affordable housings doing in Penang, take a few minutes going through the chart below. These are the top 20 most active projects in Penang, based on the total number of project page views we have received in October 2015. With the introduction of new measures ... Read More

PENANG RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MARKET In Penang, the residential property market contracted by almost half since the hitting its peak in 2011. The market recorded a total of 9,667 transactions in 4Q2011, its highest in four years, before seeing a drastic drop of about 48.47% in 1Q2012, to just 4,981 transactions ... Read More

Ewein Bhd, which is currently jointly developing the RM800 million City of Dreams condominium project in Bandar Tanjong Pinang, Penang with Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG), is set to bag its second project on the island by the end of the year. “Right now, we are finalising and fine-tuning ... Read More

Are you currently renting or looking to rent? If you are, there might be some good news for you on the horizon. Rental charged for condominium units is expected to drop by 20% to 40% due to an oversupply: as more and more of them become ready for occupancy and ... Read More

The Government is considering housing developers’ request to reintroduce DIBS (Developers Interest-Bearing Scheme) for first-time house buyers. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar says the Government is discussing whether to relax current buying and lending guidelines for first-time house buyers. “It is still at the ... Read More

Slow-moving traffic has become the daily bane of road users on Penang Island and has recently gotten worse. With a population of 752,800 people, the island had 1.03 million private car registrations in 2014 – a staggering increase of 32.9% in seven years from 2008. Road users commute for various ... Read More