Editor's Pick

DONE DEAL: Serviced residence, Tropicana Gardens, Selangor

Noteworthy:

  • Leasehold
  • Built-up size: 1,573 sq ft
  • 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms
  • Serviced residence
  • Fully furnished
  • Nearby amenities : convenience stores, schools, eCurve, The Curve, IPC, 1 Utama, MRT Mutiara Damansara, MRT Bandar Utama
  • Accessibility :NKVE highway, LDP 

When: April 2023

DONE DEAL: Serviced residence, Taman Maluri, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

Noteworthy:

  • Rented​
  • Built-up size: 864 sq ft
  • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
  • Serviced residence
  • Fully furnished
  • Nearby amenities: Retail stores, AEON Cheras, IKEA Cheras, Berjaya Time Square, sports clubs, hospitals, LRT Maluri, MRT Maluri
  • Accessibility: North-South Highway (PLUS), Maju Expressway (MEX), Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) and Jalan Tun Razak

When: February 2023

Malaysian residential properties have become more, not less, affordable

Home ownership affordability, or rather, unaffordability, has been a hot-button issue for the longest time, not just domestically but also in many parts of the world. This is unsurprising. Housing is a basic human need (right), with significant long-term health and economic consequences to the country — and a politically sensitive issue for governments, as it is closely associated with discontent over rising income-wealth inequality, whether real or perceived.