DUNGUN, — Banks and financial institutions in the country have been advised to give leeway to housing loan applicants, especially those in the B40 group, by taking into consideration their income from part-time jobs. [caption id="attachment_6783" align="alignnone" width="966"] Raja Kamarul Bahrin speaks during a press conference in Parliament — Picture by ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — Seeking an edge over other property developers in the country, Mah Sing Group Bhd has joined forces with e-commerce platform Lazada Malaysia to offer its products online. In a joint statement, the partners said the upcoming Lazada 12.12 Grand Year End Sale would mark the first time properties were being ...

Property developers are being asked to offer discounts of up to 20%, doubled what was committed for the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC), in order to clear the RM20 billion worth of backlog in the housing market. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the effort is in line with the government’s mea-sure to ...

KUALA LUMPUR : The number of unsold homes in Malaysia has more than doubled, reaching a new high of 30,115 homes as at the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18). According to the National Property Information Centre (NAPIC), as of 3Q18, 30,115 unsold homes amounted to RM19.54 billion, a year-on-year increase of ...

Rent and prices for low-cost houses will soon be regulated once Putrajaya introduces the Rent Control Bill to clamp down on profiteering. Putrajaya said rent control was crucial towards making homes accessible to bottom and middle-income earners, particularly in crowded urban centres where property prices have quadrupled in the last decade. [caption ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya is drafting a new law called the Residential Tenancy Act, which among others will address racial discrimination in the property market, following incidents of landlords refusing to accept tenants due to their ethnicity. Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said the new law will follow a similar ...