fbpx

Property News

new-route-hill1

Paya Terubong paired road will be delayed

Work on the RM545mil Jalan Bukit Kukus paired road project has hit a snag even before the construction mishap in Jalan Tun Sardon. The completion date on the project, an alternative road linking Lebuhraya Thean Teik in Bandar Baru Air Itam to Lebuh Bukit Jambul, will be delayed by a ... Read More
affordable-house-3-categories

Government to set up three categories of affordable houses

The government will incorporate three categories of affordable housing that will be constructed under the National Housing Policy, latest, by next month, says Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin. She said houses fetching RM150,000 and below, RM150,000-RM300,000 and RM300,000-RM500,000 would make up the new categories. Zuraida also said all ... Read More
penang-development

Forget about 2018, developers more optimistic about 2019

Property developers are more optimistic about the Malaysia property market outlook in the coming year than the current second half of 2018. According to the latest Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Property Industry Survey 1H18, only 18% of the 152 Rehda members who took part in the survey ... Read More
runnymede-tv2

Exclusive Update: Triuni Residences & Vilaris (Oct 2018)

Established in the year 1991, the Runnymede Group started with a humble collection of people driven by passion and the vision to be the best. Today, they have successfully established a solid ground striving towards their goal to be recorded as one of the highly competitive property developer in Malaysia ... Read More
Penang's property market finally cooling?

Penang’s property market finally cooling?

The property market in Penang is known as one of the most expensive in the country, with prices soaring over the years despite various cooling measures implemented by the authorities. Recently, however, there have been signs of property prices stabilising and the state has even reported property overhang. Since 2014, ... Read More
CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v90), quality = 82

Govt not selling affordable housing units in cities

Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin called on state governments to submit their respective lists of land that will be used to build affordable housing by the end of October. “No land, no affordable housing,” she said at a press conference after the government-industry open dialogue on housing - ... Read More
CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v80), quality = 80

Penang’s major highway project approved by DOE

The Department of Environment (DOE) has approved the construction of the three-paired highways across the island. State exco for Public Infrastructure Zairil Khir Johari said the DOE has approved the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report with 59 additional conditions attached. In a joint press conference with the delivery partner – ... Read More
59x84-Board 2

Penang to transform Gurney Drive into a must-see attraction

Gurney Wharf, a world class “park-on-the-sea”, is going to be even better than initially planned. The state government is planning to transform the place into “the pride of Penangites” with seaside retail outlets, F&B aplenty, water gardens, and beach and coastal grove on the 24.28ha plot of reclaimed land. “We ... Read More
housing-tax-jagdeep

Penang suggests to allocate fund for housing from tax revenue

The government should consider using a certain portion of taxes collected from the rakyat to set up a specific fund for housing purposes. Penang Housing, Town, Country Planning and Local Government Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo proposed that the money from the fund could be used for efforts such as ... Read More
iconic-sanbumi

Iconic chairman Tan raises equity in Sanbumi

Datuk Tan Kean Tet, the chairman of Penang-based property developer Iconic Group Sdn Bhd, is acquiring a substantial stake in Sanbumi Holdings Bhd Sanbumi, in a filing with Bursa Malaysia, said the company had entered into a conditional share subscription agreement with Tan for the placement of 22.6 million new ... Read More