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Nightmare on tenant street: How to protect your rights as a landlord?
Contributed by Wai Chong Khuan from Messrs Low and Partners A tenancy can no doubt generate a passive income for you. However, a lousy tenant may turn your property investment into a nightmare. If a tenant refuses to pay rent but continues to stay on the premises, what can you, as a landlord...
Bandar Rimbayu to offer Rumah Selangorku houses
By Aisyah SuwardiFrom left: IJM Land Bhd managing director Edward Chong and senior general manager of Bandar Rimbayu Chai Kian Soon during the Sembang Raya with Bandar Rimbayu luncheon.PETALING JAYA: IJM Land Bhd’s Bandar Rimbayu is launching Halaman II, a five-storey apartment under the Rumah...
Does affordable housing mean houses with lower quality?
Contributed by Canaan Building Inspection Sdn Bhd director Joshua KangAccording to the survey conducted by Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH), the house price index in Malaysia has increased for the past few years.Meanwhile, the housing market remains weak, and many developers are...
[Small House in a Big World] Housing Policy: Build then Sell or Sell then Build?
By Viktor Chong viktorchong@thestar.com.myThis housing project in Kampung Koskan Tambahan, Sungai Choh in Rawang has been abandoned for 17 years.AS WE all know, the Malaysian housing policy uses the age-old “Sell then Build” concept. In other words, developers get to sell the housing units to...
The issue of housing loan with a deceased spouse, from a Muslim perspective
By Viktor Chong viktorchong@thestar.com.myWHAT happens to your housing loan when you die?Or more specifically, what would happen to your spouse should you pass away without settling the housing loan?Previously, Messrs Eunice Tan & Partners founder Eunice Tan Mui Lee answered such legalities from a...
[Amateur Aisyah: E03] Oh Bukit Jalil!
The column reflects the view of the writerBy Aisyah SuwardiBEFORE I joined my current company, my first job after my undergraduate study was in Bukit Jalil - Seri Petaling to be exact. It hasn’t been that long, but my memories of that place have always been bittersweet. One of the reason was my...
Windmill Upon Hills - A highland luxury living
Luxurious comforts and conveniences within reach A true testament to luxury livingAesthetically-designed Brooks & Bridges to enhance the quality of residents’ lives.Situated along the hills within 15 minutes-drive to Genting Hilltop and just five minutes away from Gohtong Jaya, the cable car...
Learn the techniques to become a great real estate agent
Contributed by real estate practitioner Raphael WongIf you are a real estate agent or aspire to become one, then the best advice anyone can give you is to become a “local expert - a person knows about the community he or she is working in. The person is well aware of the pros and cons of living...
KPKT to resolve abandoned housing projects
KPKT minister Zuraida KamaruddinPUTRAJAYA: The ministry would review and monitor abandoned housing projects around the country, said the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT), YB Zuraida Kamaruddin.In a press conference held recently, she mentioned that under the Housing Development...
Risk of joint-names purchase and loan
Contributed by Messrs Eunice Tan & Partners founder Eunice Tan Mui LeeDue to the inability to own a home in recent years via personal loans, most Malaysians have resorted to combine their income and purchase a house. However, there are some risks that joint-name purchasers or the joint-names...