In Depth

Mah Sing’s Mukim Petaling land buy deemed positive

The land in a matured area with established neighbourhoods of Old Klang Road, Sri Petaling, Bukit Jalil and Salak South is just 800m to the Taman Naga Emas mass rapid transit station and 1.1km from the Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway and New Pantai Expressway.

OPR cut does not mean dimmer growth prospects

“It is not a two-dimensional thing that we look at. It is a complex and multi-faceted area that we look at,” Governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus noted, when asked whether BNM will cut OPR.

When a developer raises the maintenance fee

Being faced with a maintenance fee hike post DLP is quite common, simply because the theoretical calculation of cost and the cost of actual maintenance can never be the same. More often than not, it has to be raised. Whether this is ethical or not, is debatable.

Sunway’s unbilled sales seen to provide good earnings visibility

The group’s property development division reported an FY18 revenue of RM619.6 million (-31.8% y-o-y) and profit before tax (PBT) of RM158.6 million (-32.6%) mainly due to the adoption of the Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS) 15 whereby profits of property development projects in Singapore and China can only be recognised upon completion.

Incentives for homebuyers

Need help in navigating all the government incentives that may be able to help you lower the cost of buying a home? Have a look.