REAL ESTATE INSIGHTSBY DR DANIELE GAMBEROWE will soon know how the 11th Malaysian Plan which spans five years from 2016 to 2020 would bring Malaysia closer to achieving the status of a fully developed country. This is in line with the tagline titled “Closing the Gap”, in addressing the...

The good life: The One Residency is an exclusive gated and guarded neighbourhood.KUCHING: MJC City Development Sdn Bhd is launching the premium phase of its One Residency terrace homes soon.With only 31 units available, the new phase consists of double-storey link homes and three-storey town villas...

BY NORBAITI PHAHARORADZIA map showing the developments in Kulai at the launch of the Publicity and Public Participation in Local Government programme.KULAIJAYA: Members of the public should be more proactive by getting involved in state development projects that are being carried out.State Housing...

Flashback: StarMetro’s report on May 13.THE traders of Jalan Kampung Pasir have been given a three-month extension by Federal Territories Land Office to vacate the area.Its director Haji Mohd Haniff Hassan said the enforcement action to vacate the land would only be taken after Aug 11.He was...

Leading the way: Ahmad Phesal (second from right) walking in during the opening of the FIABCI 66th World Real Estate Congress at One World Hotel.WILL urbanisation bring peril or prosperity? One man who saw Malaysia rise out of the ashes of the Japanese Occupation and the Malayan Emergency sums it...

EMPLOYEES with talent and skills in Penang will be given a chance to own affordable housing in the state, in a move to stem the brain drain.State Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said investPenang recently proposed to the Selection Process Enhancement...

PETALING JAYA: Property developer I-Bhd should see earnings picking up, underpinned by its RM550mil unbilled sales and forthcoming launches, according to PublicInvest Research.I-Bhd, the master developer of the 72-acre i-City in Shah Alam, posted a 68.9% year-on-year jump in net profit to RM10.3mil...

BY GRACE CHENThe living room in a 1,513 sq ft space.YOU will rarely hear of a developer painting a condominium so that the neighbourhood looks nicer, building a link road so that the public bus stop and LRT station will be literally just a stone’s throw away.Such is the attention given to The...

BY OH ING YEEN AND FARAH FAZANNATroublesome: Many residents have to install water pumps in their homes to boost water pressure to upper floors.RESIDENTS of Saujana Villa in Taman Prima Saujana, Kajang, want their developer and Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) to stop the blame game and solve...

BY SHARIDAN M. ALIPETALING JAYA: Garment maker Yong Tai Bhd is banking on a venture into property development to end years of losing money.A joint venture to build serviced apartment in Malacca has contributed to its turnaround. For the nine months ended March 31, net profit stood at RM1.1mil...