Penang govt to build affordable homes in Bayan Baru
GEORGE TOWN (June 14): The first affordable housing project by the Penang state housing board will be located in Bayan Baru, reported Free Malaysia Today.
Works Minister Fadillah Yusof tests positive for Covid-19, undergoing home quarantine
KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (pictured) has tested positive for Covid-19.
Is the extension of HOC ‘privatising profits and socialising losses’?
The government on May 31, 2021 announced the RM40 billion PEMERKASA+ aid package, and one of the measures was extending the residential home stamp duty exemption scheme under the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) for six months to Dec 31, 2021.
Report: Home Ownership Campaign extension ‘expected to spur’ consumer sentiment
PETALING JAYA (June 9): The extension of the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) to December 31, 2021 is expected to spur consumer’s sentiments as it could help homebuyers to save up to 4% of the purchase cost, said AmInvestment Bank.
Mexico: Massive sinkhole threatens to swallow house
KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): A huge and growing sinkhole that “is expanding by dozens of metres each day” is threatening “to swallow a house” owned by the Sanchez family in Santa Maria Zacatepec, Puebla state, Mexico, AFP reported today.
REHDA lauds the extension of HOC
PETALING JAYA (June 1): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (REHDA) welcomes the government's decision on extending the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) 2020-2021, as announced yesterday.
Newsbreak: HOC stamp duty exemption scheme extended till end-2021
PETALING JAYA (May 31): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has agreed to extend the residential home stamp duty exemption scheme under the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) for six months to Dec 31, 2021.
The ‘Covid effect’ on global home prices. And it is not gloom and doom.
KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have impacted home prices in a strange way.
KAIA Heights by UEM Sunrise unveiled
KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): UEM Sunrise unveiled its RM350 million KAIA Heights development, which is situated in Equine Park, Seri Kembangan, in conjunction with its Riang Ria Raya Ceria campaign.
Singapore supermarket tycoon’s S$65m “Hidden House”
When the billionaire supermarket tycoon Lim Hock Leng showed the Singapore media a sneak peek of the family house in April this year, many were surprised by the “minimalistic luxurious” multigenerational home that embraces nature, family and heritage value.
