KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Property Bhd (SDP), the property division of Sime Darby Bhd, is targeting 15 property launches before the group's financial year ends on June 30.

The launches include Indigo, comprising 26 units of zero-lot bungalows in USJ Heights in Subang this month priced from RM1.8 million, SDP head of market development Henri Young told reporters on Thursday, Jan 13.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Kiara Properties Sdn Bhd (BKP) has rewarded 24 contractors a total of RM366,500 in bonuses for helping the developer achieve a high CONQUAS (Construction Quality Assessment) score for the Vibe tower at its Verve Suites project in Mont'Kiara here.

KUALA LUMPUR: Daya Materials Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary Daya Urusharta Sdn Bhd has proposed to acquire five units of office suites of stratified mixed commercial development known as Solaris Dutamas for RM2.76 million.

In a filing to Bursa Malaysia, the company said the proposed acquisition is located in Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur, with a total net area of approximately 466 sq m.

KUALA LUMPUR: The UK residential market is strengthening, reported Knight Frank head of residential research Liam Bailey in January 2011's Residential Market Update.

KUALA LUMPUR: Hong Kong's luxury and mass residential property transactions are experiencing an upward trend after recovering from a dip in November last year, stated Knight Frank in its January 2011 monthly property report.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) expects a take-up of RM60 million within the next six months for the ringgit mortgage facility offered to Malaysians who want to purchase property in London.

KUALA LUMPUR: Niche boutique developer Bukit Kiara Properties Sdn Bhd expects its VERVE Suites which consists of four towers — Viva, Vibe, Vogue and Vox — to be fully sold within a year.

To date, Viva Tower A and Vibe Tower B are 100% sold out and completed.

KUALA LUMPUR: The outlook for the property market this year is expected to be positive following the likely moderate recovery in the country's economy, said Rahim & Co Chartered Surveyors Sdn Bhd, one of the largest real estate consultancy firms in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR: Faber Group Bhd (Faber) has lost contracts worth about RM184 million in Abu Dhabi after the Department of Municipal Affairs, Western Region Municipality (WRM), Emirate of Abu Dhabi opted not to renew the contracts.

KUALA LUMPUR: Wing Tai Malaysia Bhd (Wing Tai) is acquiring a freehold tract in Kuala Lumpur for RM75 million for future residential development.