KUALA LUMPUR: After a sluggish first quarter, a likely pick-up in large-scale projects in the second half (2H) and improving margins may invite earnings upgrades and better recommendations for construction counters.

The latest upgrade in the industry was perhaps that for IJM Corp Bhd, the nation’s largest builder in terms of market capitalisation.

Strong rebound

A more exciting future lies ahead

We visited Eastern & Oriental (EOB) recently and took away the following points;

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Pacific Corp (MPC) and Beijing Construction Engineering Co.

The business of selling bricks and mortar will move up several notches in Malaysia when the high-flying S P Setia Bhd takes its marketing to the skies…literally.

One crucial aspect of investing in real estate is the objective of the investment. Property investors often make the mistake of buying into property without deciding what their objectives are, says Bukit Kiara Properties group managing director N K Tong.

Since the global financial crisis, a number of UK developers have begun to market their properties in Malaysia. They appoint local realtors and hold exhibitions, giving Malaysians first dibs on the properties, even before they are released in the UK itself.

Investors who bought something at one of the countless London property launches held in Singapore over the past year might be interested to know they are partially responsible for the UK capital city’s “post-banking crisis property mini-boom”.A combination of low interest rates, the weak pound and the opportunity to pick up prime London property at discounted prices has seen foreign demand lead

It has been about two years since German Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Guenter Georg Gruber took up his post in Kuala Lumpur.  Every morning, except when it rains, he  cycles to work — in his suit! His office is on busy Jalan Tun Razak in the city centre,  about a mile away from his home on Jalan Kia Peng.