In Depth

Tackling the affordable housing dilemma

Despite good intentions, Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia is only able to deliver so much — since it began operations in March 2013, it has delivered a fraction of the 500,000 housing units under its mandate.

The challenge of housing a nation

Providing basic, sufficient and affordable housing for its people, particularly those with a low income, is one of the fundamental duties of the state.

The mushrooming of co-working spaces

The advancement of technology has given rise to more flexible working arrangements and workplace innovations such as remote working, co-working spaces and teleconferencing.

Property sales dipped further in first half of 2016

According to the National Property Information Centre’s data for 1H2016, a total of 163,528 properties were transacted averaging 27,255 properties a month, a decrease of 12.3% compared to the same period last year.