Real estate negotiator Adrian Tan was in the accounting line for eight years before he switched over to real estate.

Batu Kawan, Penang has been on the lips of property investors over the past few years ever since it was touted to be an emerging real estate hotspot in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia.

Last month, WCT’s long-serving managing director Peter Taing Kim Hwa and co-founder Wong Sewe Wing, through their vehicle WCT Capital Sdn Bhd, divested their 245.72 million WCT shares or 19.67% stake to Dominion Nexus Sdn Bhd, a company linked to Lim. The shares were crossed at RM2.50 each.

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As main cities in the country continue to urbanise, the provision of affordable homes remains a major concern. Penang is no exception.

A man on a mission with great ambitions for his state, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is all smiles as he strides into his office in Komtar. His solid handshake embodies his steadfast commitment to bringing competent, accountable and transparent governance to the state since he assumed office in 2008.

Penang Island, in particular, has been seeing a lively and resilient property market for a long time. However, it is not immune to the current property market slowdown.

Property prices on Kota Kinabalu’s secondary market have been rising over the last five years, albeit at a marginal rate, observes Rahim & Co branch manager Max Sylver Sintia when presenting The Edge/Rahim & Co Kota Kinabalu Housing Property Monitor 3Q2016.

The spike in MGS yield is negative to real estate investment trusts (REITs) due to the narrowing spread between dividend yield of REITs and MGS yield which reduces the attractiveness of REITs.

All of Pesona’s existing jobs are either government-related or from listed property developers in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.