EDGEPROP. 29TH AUGUST: The digital nomad-friendly Airbnb listings will be located in key tourism hotspots such as Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Penang and Langkawi. Airbnb entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) on Tuesday to identify and promote over 600 digital nomad-friendly DE Rantau Hub listings on Airbnb. This announcement was made at MDEC Bangsar […]

RADIO FREE ASIA. 29TH AUGUST: Financial woes of Country Garden, developer of Forest City in Johor, may affect its other ventures, analysts say. Real estate analysts said they expected property values to drop at a Chinese developer’s housing project in Malaysia’s Johor state and that the U.S. $100 billion venture may not be completed, despite […]

DAILY EXPRESS. 28TH AUGUST: The upcoming Shareda PropEX (Property Expo) 2023 on Aug 31 till Sept 3, offers ample opportunities and possibilities for first-time house buyers, especially younger generation, to own their dream houses. Its organising chairperson Joanne Wendy Chung said the four-day event at Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC), would be tailored to target […]

FREE MALAYSIA TODAY. 29TH AUGUST: The Penang chief minister says the final decisions will ultimately be made by the state government and not one executive councillor. Chief minister Chow Kon Yeow and his deputy, Jagdeep Singh Deo, have dismissed calls for a reshuffle of the housing and environment portfolios in the state government following concerns […]

PROPERTY GURU. 29TH AUGUST: The development of the Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) saw a hike in property prices and rental rates in Johor Bahru, particularly the areas surrounding the station. Meanwhile, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the government, via Railway Assets Corporation (RAC), has identified 10 parcels of railway land across six states […]

EDGEPROP. 29TH AUGUST: Mismatched expectations between show units and actual units have become fertile grounds for contention between developers and purchasers. HBA shares its recommendations to curtail this. Alfred walks into a property expo at a well-known convention centre, looking for his dream home after saving enough money from years of working. As he meanders […]

NEW STRAITS TIMES. 27TH AUGUST: The authorities should stop authorising any proposal for a housing project if the developer or management has a poor track record, a real estate specialist suggests. This is to prevent the project from being abandoned once it has begun, according to Sr. Samuel Tan, executive director of KGV International Property […]

MALAYSIAKINI. 24TH AUGUST: Victims Malaysia (VM) is an organisation that was born in 2008 and whose founders are victims of abandoned projects. We understand the pain from the purchaser’s perspective and the root cause of the problems. We have been helping abandoned house buyers without much funfair and publicity. In the last few years, we […]

THE STAR. 24TH AUGUST: China should adhere to the principle that “houses are for living in, not for speculation” for the time being, the state-run Economic Daily says in an editorial, amid an economically damaging downturn in the property sector. China’s top leaders started using the phrase in late 2016, when they began introducing tighter […]

EDGEPROP. 23RD AUGUST: Participants are required to analyse the site and come up with innovative ideas that will contribute to placemaking and enhancing community engagement while preserving the identity, culture and heritage of the area. The younger generation now is the dwellers of our cities in the future. Hence, the Young People’s Lab (YPLab) programme […]