By Thean Lee ChengTHE Government has put in place for the first time legal, financial and tax support for the residential property sector to benefit buyers-to-be, owners and developers in addition to a RM2.2bil allocation to build more affordable housing under different housing programmes.It has...

CONSTRUCTION players planning for the start of big-ticket jobs finally got the news they were waiting for. The large construction jobs valued at more than RM150bil will be dished out next year.The RM55bil East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) will kick off in January, while the construction of the MRT3 or...

If you are a Malaysian with low to middle income looking to buy your first house, PR1MA housing project could be the right fit for you. However, you will have to secure the right loan to buy your home.The PR1MA housing project is an initiative by the government to build houses at affordable prices...

Toll abolition: An analyst says MRCB faces some hurdles in selling the highway due to valuation disparities and the debt structure of the EDL.MALAYSIAN Resources Corp Bhd’s (MRCB) plan to dispose of its Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) is on track, following the Government’s decision to abolish...

Muhammad Hafiz (left) with his wife Nur Afliezan Arifin, 27, and daughter Izz Zahra Hayfa Muhammad Hafiz, two, at one of the Rumah Selangorku Idaman show units in Kota Puteri.By Jarod LimNOTHING beats getting your own house even though it is far from the city.Being the proud owner of one of the...

Students from the Sekolah Seni Malaysia Kuala Lumpur reading out their aspirations for the country and what they hope to see happen during the launch of the New Urban AgendaBy Brenda Ch’ngMALAYSIA has reached another milestone with the unveiling of the New Urban Agenda aimed at leading the...

By Viktor ChongGENERATION Y’s coming of age suggests new markets for the avid real estate agents. With that knowledge, agents understand a need to connect to this generation by all means necessary. According to Wordstream, Instagram demographics mostly consists of users between the age of 18 and...

Check that everything is in its place before moving in YOU have just become the proud owner of a house, and it's the first time your name is on the title of a property. Like any other new home owner, you want to shop for furniture and start with the renovation.But owning a home is a heavy...

Contributed by Messrs & Partners founder Eunice Tan Mui LeeImportance of Tenancy Agreement TO procure the interest of the landlord and the tenant, a tenancy agreement will be signed between the two parties. A tenancy agreement is a contract which lays down all the mutually agreed terms and...

The Budget 2018 speech by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Prime Minister and Finance Minister: Prospering an Inclusive Economy, Balancing Between Worldly and Hereafter, For The Wellbeing of the Rakyat, Towards the TN50 AspirationMr Speaker Sir, I beg to move the Bill intituled "An Act to apply a sum...