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BY JEREMY TANA view of the Starhill Luxury Condominium and Residences, which offers a lavish lifestyle amidst lush greenery. THE Starhill Luxury Condominium and Residences in Bukit Gambir, Penang, is designed to offer residents an exquisite lifestyle in Mother Nature’s embrace.Crafted by Aroma...

BY THEAN LEE CHENG Retirement Fund Inc or KWAP said it’s not exiting the UK market due to any concerns over Brexit. “We have a hedging policy and less than 2% of our funds are in the UK property market. So, the currency impact is minimal to us for now,” said KWAP CEO Datuk Wan Kamaruzaman...

BY INTAN FARHANA ZAINUL“Quek (Leng Chan)(pic) is said to be making a big foray into real estate and Kon Sean could be the one heading the venture,” said an industry source. There has been recent speculation that Leng Chan would be investing in Eco World International Bhd (EWI) and the Bandar...

The public participating in a composting workshop at the carnival held at Bukit Jalil. SKYWORLD Development Group brought cheer to the Bukit Jalil Recreational Park with its fun-filled World Environment Day Carnival recently.The event attracted more than 400 residents from the neighbourhood and...

BY NADYA NGUISlight improvement: HLIB expects Tiong Nam’s financial year 2017 earnings to increase slightly by 0.3 to RM54.7mil year-on-year PETALING JAYA: Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Bhd’s warehouse real estate investment trust (REIT) listing could potentially fetch a market cap of...

BY R.S.N.MURALI Klebang is becoming a modern township with the mushrooming of modern homes and shophouses near the beachfront. Rapid development, including plans for a theme park, set to transform quiet Klebang into Malacca’s new growth areaThe sleepy hollow of Klebang is set to become the...

BY TEE LIN SAYBrexit, stamp duty regulations combine to take out property stocksA combination of the new stamp duty regulations introduced on April 1, along with the aftermath of Brexit, have caused United Kingdom’s (UK) biggest property stocks to fall by a double digit quantum on a year to date...

BY TAN SIN CHOWGEORGE TOWN: The state government is looking at re-introducing the repealed Rent Control Act to prevent the inflation of property rentals in the George Town heritage site.Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the move would stop gentrification that was driving the locals and living...

BY TAN SIN CHOWFlashback: The recent front page report of The Star on foreigners snapping up pre-war buildings in the heritage zone. GEORGE TOWN: The state government is looking at re-introducing the repealed Rent Control Act 1966 to prevent the inflation of property rentals in the George Town...

GEORGE TOWN: George Town Heritage Action (GTHA) has lauded the proposed move to bring back rent control for pre-war buildings in the George Town World Heritage site.GTHA co-founder Mark Lay hoped it would be carried out as soon as possible.“It shows that the state has the political will to...