News about PR1MA

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): The Federal Territories Ministry plans to create a package that will benefit developers in terms of reducing cost and be time efficient when constructing affordable houses for the people.

PETALING JAYA: The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) said the approval rate for housing loans in 2016 is high at 73.

一马房屋计划（PR1MA）新措施是推动居者有其屋的催化剂，或只是换汤不换药的措施？ 根据PR1MA，去年有60%的PR1MA房屋申请者，因无法取得房屋贷款而被逼放弃购买房子。 今年一月，我国首相拿督斯里纳吉就此宣布了两项PR1MA的变动，第一是提高申请者家庭收入总额，从原本的RM1万提高至RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Sales of houses under the under the 1Malaysia People's Housing Programme (PR1MA) totalled 4,243 as at January, said Minister in Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 1): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) would like to see special end-financing schemes, such as the Skim Pembiayaan Fleksibel (SPEF) that was created exclusively for Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia homes, applied to private developments as well.

IF there is one thing the global financial crisis taught us, it is this: When you lend money to cash-strapped individuals, time bombs can and do explode.

IT is better to invest in property than buy a car, which depreciates in value.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): Mercury Industries Bhd rose 8.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 21): The government should look to enhance the 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA) scheme by improving its efficiency in processing home purchases, Affin Hwang Capital Research senior associate director for equity research Loong Chee Wei (pictured) told TheEdgeProperty.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Buyers of the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) homes who plan to take up its housing loan scheme by drawing down their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Account 2 can’t expect to “have their cake and eat it too”, said the pension fund’s chief executive officer Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan (pictured).