KUALA LUMPUR: The Malay Real Estate Developers Association wants easy financing from banks to develop reserve land as current terms and conditions imposed for loan application were not conducive.

Its president Mohd Wari Mat Zaki said failure to obtain bank loans has jeopardised the development of Malay reserve land.

HONG KONG: Commercial property has joined equities as one of the top two assets that the rich and their investment advisers are targeting for investment this year, according to an international study just published.

SHANGHAI: China homebuyers have recovered their confidence in the market outlook after major cites — except Beijing — all set positive price growth targets for new residential sales.

BANGKOK: Foreign buyers are beginning to return to the property market in Thailand, but sentiment remains cautious compared with the enthusiasm shown before the global economic crisis three years ago.

The proposed RM36 million Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project in the Klang Valley and Greater Kuala Lumpur is expected to boost property values in the areas it will serve upon completion in 2018, as well as increase accessibility.

Hotwer Development Sdn Bhd’s maiden project, The Boss Service Suites in Klang, is only part of a bigger business plan, one that goes beyond the bricks-and-mortar aspects of the development.

Rejuvenating Jalan Cochrane

KUALA LUMPUR: Should the Build-Then-Sell (BTS) method be made compulsory in Malaysia, the country can expect to see a reduction in housing supply and impact prices in the near term, according to members of a panel discussion on the topic "Build-then-sell: the impact on property prices" at The Edge Investment Forum on Real Estate 2011 on Saturday, April 9.

KUALA LUMPUR: Investors should aim to sell their shop office investments about three years after the handover from developer to maximise their earnings, Reapfield Properties Sdn Bhd senior vice-president Gerard Kho said.

KUALA LUMPUR: Immediate areas surrounding the interchanges between the upcoming mass rapid transit (MRT) stations are poised for better growth compared with other transit stations, said cartographer Ho Chin Soon.

According to Ho, there were three sites tipped as the MRT-to-MRT intersections.