The undersupply of affordable houses in Malaysia may worsen, given current income and demographic factors, according to Bank Negara Malaysia's 2016 Annual Report. Bank Negara said since 2012, the increase in house prices in the country had outstripped the rise in income levels. "Consequently, prevailing median house prices are beyond the ... Read More

Penang has made the tourism headlines again after Gurney Drive was listed in the "Best streets for tourists to visit around the world: 25 to see before you die" list by Traveller, an Australian travel resource. Gurney Drive was in 13th place which is sandwiched by Hollywood Road in Hong ... Read More

Property developer Eco World Development Group Bhd is confident of hitting its sales target of RM4bil this year after securing more than RM900mil in the first four months of the company’s current financial year ending Oct 31, 2017. President and chief executive officer Datuk Chang Khim Wah said sales this ... Read More

Foreigners buying landed properties in Penang island can now only do so if the property is priced above RM3 million. The Penang government has agreed to halve the approval fee for foreign purchasers of some stratified properties on the island from three per cent to 1.5 per cent. The reduction ... Read More

The sale and transfer of property valued at RM500,000 and below will now be subjected to a 1% conveyancing fee. Taking effect today, it came about with the revision of the fee structure in the Solicitors’ Remuneration Order by the Bar Council last year. The revision, which was approved by ... Read More

The economic climate has not deterred developers from planning multi-billion ringgit projects in Penang. The general consensus is that the current slow period is part of the property cycle and not something sinister like the 1997/98 Asian Financial Crisis. In time, the situation will turn around and they are preparing ... Read More

Five Malaysian artists are set to make their way into the Guinness Book of Records soon for painting the world's tallest mural on Penang's Komtar tower. The World's Tallest Mural project, which is sponsored by Only World Group (OWG), will see the artists attempting to paint a colossal homage to ... Read More

Property transaction has undeniably indicated a downtrend pattern for past few years. However, people’s obsession with home ownership did not exhibit any declining effect. In fact, we experienced consistent upsurge in our pageviews. By comparing our Jan & Feb 2017 traffic vs the same period in 2015 and 2016, approximately ... Read More

If you are looking for a ready, more secure and less speculative type of property, you would probably look at the secondary market first rather than those that are still under construction offered by housing developers. While the costs of entry are higher in the secondary market compared to buying ... Read More

Penang Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional (BN) submitted today a historic joint motion to the prime minister to address high loan rejection rates affecting home buyers in the state. State executive councillor Jagdeep Singh Deo said state Opposition Leader Datuk Jahara Hamid had signed the joint motion together with Penang ... Read More