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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): The Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing, and Local Government has been tasked by the cabinet to formulate a set of guidelines for property developers who wish to undertake a money-lending licence to provide bridging loans to buyers facing constraints in meeting the initial sale-and-purchase payment.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 14): Properties priced from RM500,001 to RM700,000 faced the highest loan rejection rates, according to almost a quarter of 157 respondents to the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) property industry survey 1H2016.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar will brief the cabinet today on the controversial developer lending scheme, after the ministry’s initiative was met with strong resistance and censure — even from within the cabinet itself.

URBAN Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar seems to have created a shock wave by announcing the idea of having property developers apply for moneylending licences so that they can lend to homebuyers who fail to get mortgages from banks.

RAM Rating Services does not expect the property sector to be significantly lifted by the move to allow eligible developers to apply for a moneylender's licence to provide loan facilities to house buyers KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): Malaysian homebuilders' accumulation of debts to finance their land purchases over the past few years have left little room for them to undertake the developer financing scheme sanctioned by the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing, and Local Government, said RAM Rating Services Bhd.

Property sector Maintain neutral call: According to media reports quoting Urban Wellbeing, Housing, and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar, eligible housing developers can now obtain licences to provide homebuyers with up to 100% of house financing.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): The recent positive US housing data is good news for exports-oriented furniture manufacturer Poh Huat Resources Holdings Bhd, which derives at least 60% of its sales from the US market.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): Property developers have hit back at the Selangor government for amending policies and imposing surcharges that would increase their costs of business, an issue that becomes all the more critical when the current soft market forces them to compete for the segment that demands affordable homes.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): Analysts expect no significant impact on the local property market, following the government’s move to allow eligible property developers to obtain a licence under the Moneylenders Act and Pawnbrokers Act to provide up to 100% financing for homebuyers.