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Sold for: RM685,000 Concluded by: Des Yap of Vivahomes Realty (016-220 2209) When: December 2015 Noteworthy: • Built up: 1,900 sq ft • Land area: 3,053 sq ft • Corner lot • Unfurnished • 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms • Gated-and-guarded scheme • 3km to Rawang Aeon and McDonald’s Kota Emerald West consists of 2-storey terraced houses and cluster houses (semi-detached homes that comprise four homes joined together, resulting in each house becoming a corner house).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): The level of household debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio continued to be elevated at 89.

PETALING JAYA (March 21): As at the end of January, China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park (CMQIP) in Nanning, China, had confirmed that 20 investment projects would be set up in the start-up area of the industrial park, according to S P Setia Bhd executive vice president Datuk Koe Peng Kang.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): BRDB Developments Sdn Bhd plans to launch RM2 billion worth of projects this year – namely in TamanSari in Rawang, Selangor, the Defense Raya Golf and Country Club (DRGCC) in Lahore, Pakistan, and Gateway Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia.

•    This week, the spotlight falls on the secondary market of non-landed residences within the highly popular neighbourhood of Bangsar.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The auction market has the potential to become an avenue to market non-distressed properties with some classy and creative sales strategies, said an auction market expert.

PETALING JAYA (March 11): Close to a third of 159 respondents to the Real Estate Housing Developers Association (Rehda) Property Industry Survey 2H2015 agree that the main issue with affordable housing is the increased overall cost of doing business.

PETALING JAYA (March 11): Best Western Plus Kuching – international hotel operator Best Western Hotels & Resorts’ first foray into Sarawak’s capital – is expected to open in 2018, it said in a press release today.

PETALING JAYA (March 11): Mitraland Group plans to officially launch its Melbourne high-rise residential project Esque South Yarra by early April this year in Melbourne.

IN Ghana and other West African countries, mud houses or dwellings made from earth are common, especially among the low income group.