Buying your own house with only a RM3,000 monthly salary may seem like just a dream, but if you are prudent enough, you may be able to realise that dream.

Saving is a habit Hyinz Ng has cultivated since she was a child. She has been saving about 20% to 30% of her monthly salary since she started working – she worked part-time at a bakery shop as a teenager prior to photography.

In the current buyer’s market, CK Chang feels that it is a good time to buy a property.

Waterfront Village is named after the lakes and waterfalls fronting the building. Sitting on a 100,000 sq ft site, it has a net lettable area of about 27,700 sq ft of which around 40% has been taken up.

The name “sinking fund” is not meant to be taken literally, but in some stratified developments, there are sinking funds that have sunk and totally disappeared.

Demands are shifting, and a house is today more than just a roof over the head for many — it is part of their lifestyles. Developers know they have to step out of their comfort zones, be flexible and adapt to the discerning homebuyers’ ever-changing wants and needs.

Four articles in the list were about the National Home Ownership Campaign, also known as HOC, the hot topic that was frequently on the lips of homebuyers, property developers and investors throughout the year.

Just in case you missed the news…

The year begun with a bang with the launch of the National Home Ownership Campaign (HOC).

Its 1QFY20 core net profit only grew 1% year-on-year, as better showing from property (strong sales and firm margins in Vietnam) was offset by weaker performance from construction (the downsized Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 [MRT2] contract) and concessions (the absence of contribution from Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor Sdn Bhd [Splash] following its disposal).