News about 2020

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): TA Securities Research has upgraded the property sector to "Overweight" (from Neutral) and said since August 2019, developers' share prices were heavily bashed down amid concerns on rising property overhang and slow property demand due to financing issues.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president Datuk Soam Heng Choon is of the view that there is not much in Budget 2020 for the property sector, as many of the measures listed are already in place.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 15): Paramount Property Development Sdn Bhd lauded the government’s move to lower the property price threshold for foreign ownership as this is a good way of managing market inventories while welcoming global citizens to Malaysia, thus creating vibrancy to the market.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): If one looks at the recently tabled Budget 2020 from the eyes of millennials and those of the Z generation or Gen Z, as they are called, there appears to be a decent chunk dedicated to them, so much so that Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has termed it a “2020 Youth Budget”.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 13): The government says its move to lower the foreign ownership threshold for condominiums and apartments in the city area to RM600,000 from RM1 million is aimed at reducing the oversupply of such units, which stood at RM8.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 12): Knight Frank Malaysia in a statement today said the federal government's Budget 2020 announcement is a bold move aimed at the overhang of condominiums and serviced apartments amounting to RM8.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 12): The real property gains tax (RPGT) is still part of the Malaysian property market landscape, but Putrajaya has heeded public opinion and making enhancements by revising the base year of calculation.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 11): Economist and investment bank analysts view the Malaysian Budget 2020 as a positive one that will improve overall market sentiments.

  PETALING JAYA (Oct 11): The Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) is looking forward to the many new or revived development projects announced in Budget 2020 such the ECRL, Bandar Malaysia township, upgrading of airports, and Carey Island development to make Port Klang maritime centre and cargo logistics hub.

  PETALING JAYA (October 11): While the move to bring down the buying threshold by foreign property purchasers would help spur interest from some foreign buyers, it is unclear how significant of an effect it will have, said Henry Butcher (M) Sdn Bhd chief operating officer Tang Chee Meng.