JOHOR BAHRU: Senibong Cove, a luxury master-planned development from Front Concept Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian arm of leading private Australian developer, Walker Corporation, was recognised for the second consecutive year at the Southeast Asia Property Awards 2015, winning four awards.The Iskandar...

BY NURUL ASMUI MD AZMIDifferent point of views matter when you invest in any area. If you are looking to invest in Subang Jaya, check out below for the different point of views from a developer, an investor and a real estate agent. These views might help you to consider if it is profitable to...

BY JAROD LIMBeware: Yee warning the crowd about the scam.A SCAM involving the sale of PPR units in Kepong has caused several victims to lose as much as RM40,000.Of the 1,600 units in the PPR flats in Jalan Bentong Utara, 1,300 units are reserved for the residents of the Jinjang Utara longhouses and...

Good response: Visitors checking out a scale model of an EcoWorld project during a Star Property Fair in Penang.THE Star Property Fair 2015 will return to Penang’s Queensbay Mall from Oct 1 to 4, once again bringing together leading developers and agencies.Home-hunters and investors can look...

BY ZAZALI MUSALost property: Residents of Taman Saujana expressing unhappiness to loosing their land.JOHOR BARU: Residents of Taman Saujana in Mukim Plentong here are appealing to the state government to step in and help to solve the land issue involving them.The Taman Saujana Land Buyers...

BY VIJENTHI NAIRNew property guide: (From left) IJM Corporation Berhad chief executive officer and managing director Datuk Soam Heng Choon, Chua, Mohd Amin and Ekovest Berhad managing director Datuk Lim Keng Cheng looking at the launch of ‘Property Insight Guide To Investing 2015/2016’ coffee...

PETALING JAYA: Scientex Bhd has proposed to acquire 326.06 acres in Iskandar, Johor for RM218.97mil to expand its existing landbank.It told the stock exchange that its unit Scientex Quartari Sdn Bhd had signed two sales and purchase agreements (SPA) with Bukit Gambir Co Sdn Bhd and Jayaplus Bakti...

 PETALING JAYA: OSK Holdings Bhd, which is planning to form a mega property company, has failed to take over PJ Development Holdings Bhd (PJD) at the close of the offer yesterday.OSK ended up with 89.36% of PJD, hence falling short of the required acceptance level to take the company off Bursa...

By: EVELYN YEO - FINANCIAL MYTHBUSTERWorks on fundamentals still vitalTIME and time again, we hear about the need to save up to buy our first property. Then we hear about why we should save up to buy the next property (presumably for the “certainty” of investment gains), and the success stories...

STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s government has reached an agreement with opposition parties on a proposal that will force home owners to pay off some of the principal on new mortgage loans, in a move aimed at cooling the country’s housing market.Currently, around 70% of Swedish home owners have...