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Property fair features award-winning designs

Ivory Properties Group Bhd will offer special promotional packages for its various developments in Penang during the three-day Malaysia Property Expo (Mapex) 2014 starting on Friday. These include Tropicana Bay Residences, the first phase of the Penang WorldCity mega waterfront development in Bayan Indah, along with The Wave in Penang ... Read More
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Not just a strictly business affair at property expo

The Malaysia Property Exhibition (Mapex) 2014 in Penang this weekend will be more than just a property fair. Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Penang chairman Datuk Jerry Chan Fook Sing (pic) said visitors could bring their children along as there would be a Kids Corner where they could ... Read More
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Buying Penang properties? Affordability means RM600 – RM700psf.

by Charles Tan A close friend asked me recently what’s the price that I would be willing to sell my condo in Tanjung Tokong. I said, RM700k. She laughed and said, my husband said that’s impossible. I laughed and said, it is ok. In fact at the price I wanted ... Read More
Why developer interest-bearing schemes should be banned

Why developer interest-bearing schemes should be banned

The Developer Interest-Bearing Scheme (DIBS) is marketed in such a way whereby the house buyers pay a small down payment during the signing of the sale and purchase agreement (SPA). The developer will bear the interest due during the project construction period until the handing over of vacant possession where ... Read More
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Affordable Housing Roadshow – Bayan Baru (20 Sept)

In collaboration with state housing department, a new "Affordable Housing" section has been added to this website to bring further awareness to the affordable housing projects in Penang. You can now find out more about the latest affordable housing projects as well as its location. There are also some basic ... Read More
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Tambun Indah buys land worth RM150mil in Penang

Tambun Indah Land Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary, Palmington Sdn Bhd, has proposed to acquire 27 parcels of freehold land in Penang worth RM150 million from TPPT Sdn Bhd. In a filing to Bursa Malaysia, Tambun Indah said the purchase of the land totalling 84.8 hectares would be satisfied by cash. It ... Read More
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EcoWorld to buy 190ha land in Penang for RM1.02bil

Eco World Development Group Bhd will take up the offer to buy 190.2ha in Batu Kawan from Penang Development Corp (PDC) for RM1.02bil. PDC is offering the sale of the property to Eco World as the group is the only bidder. It is learnt that PDC will give Eco World ... Read More
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MYDIN Wholesale Hypermarket @ Jalan Baru, Prai

If you travelling from Prai to Bukit Mertajam via Jalan Baru, you would probably notice an ongoing construction on your right that stretches over an area of about 200 meters wide. It is the upcoming MYDIN Wholesale Hypermarket, by far the largest in the northern region. Once completed, Jalan Baru is ... Read More
Highest loan rejections for properties in RM200,000-RM500,000 range

Highest loan rejections for properties in RM200,000-RM500,000 range

Property developers have come out with some hard facts that suggest that the sector is cooling off. According to the first half 2014 Property Industry Survey by the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda), properties in the affordable housing price range below RM1mil have been facing a tough ... Read More
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Bulk-buying drives up property prices but not illegal, says D-G

Bulk-buying of houses by investors’ clubs is not a sure-fire way for people to make money as they could lose everything if a deal goes bad. The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry’s Housing Department said yesterday there were risks involved for people who joined such investors’ clubs, especially ... Read More