There has been a rush for landed property in the Klang Valley in recent months, sending prices skyrocketing. Demand has surged especially for terraced houses in established neighbourhoods such as SS2, Damansara Jaya and Taman Tun Dr Ismail.

Real estate development is no longer just a business of building and selling a roof above one’s head.

The original idea was to find a house in George Town and convert it into a haven for local artists. What has risen instead is the 50-room Tanjung Penaga Boutique Hotel at 50 Hutton Lane, a labour of love for world-renowned architect Hijjas Kasturi and his wife Angela.

Taking advantage of the recession and snapping up a Fifth Avenue apartment is the goal of many high net worth individuals. So why is Fifth Avenue so coveted?

The temperature in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is rising as the dry season nears. Like the weather, the property market there is getting hotter, with swelling demand for new homes from the city’s population of nine million.

The rise in interest rates in Malaysia is not likely to have an adverse impact on the property sector as the percentage of increase is not high, managing director of property consultancy CB Richard Ellis Malaysia (CBRE Malaysia

Mutiara Goodyear Development Bhd is preparing to move on to the next level of growth. “We are going to put our best foot forward and want to be noticed as an innovative, responsible developer,” declares the company’s executive chairman Hamidon Abdullah.

Visitors to the gated and guarded Seri Pilmoor development in Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, are greeted by an unusual looking guardhouse. Not only does it sit on elevated land, but its walls are almost completely camouflaged with creepers.

KUALA LUMPUR: Ample accessibility and amenities are two factors for value creation of a property development, cited Ho Chin Soon, director of Ho Chin Soon Research Sdn Bhd during The Edge Investment Forum on Real Estate 2010 held on April 10.

KUALA LUMPUR: Investors should look at the fundamentals of the development company rather than its stock price when it comes to investing in property stocks, ECM Libra Capital Sdn Bhd head of research Bernard Ching said.