The temperature in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is rising as the dry season nears. Like the weather, the property market there is getting hotter, with swelling demand for new homes from the city’s population of nine million.

The rise in interest rates in Malaysia is not likely to have an adverse impact on the property sector as the percentage of increase is not high, managing director of property consultancy CB Richard Ellis Malaysia (CBRE Malaysia

Mutiara Goodyear Development Bhd is preparing to move on to the next level of growth. “We are going to put our best foot forward and want to be noticed as an innovative, responsible developer,” declares the company’s executive chairman Hamidon Abdullah.

Visitors to the gated and guarded Seri Pilmoor development in Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, are greeted by an unusual looking guardhouse. Not only does it sit on elevated land, but its walls are almost completely camouflaged with creepers.

KUALA LUMPUR: Ample accessibility and amenities are two factors for value creation of a property development, cited Ho Chin Soon, director of Ho Chin Soon Research Sdn Bhd during The Edge Investment Forum on Real Estate 2010 held on April 10.

KUALA LUMPUR: Investors should look at the fundamentals of the development company rather than its stock price when it comes to investing in property stocks, ECM Libra Capital Sdn Bhd head of research Bernard Ching said.

KUALA LUMPUR:  A property investor can gain higher margins by adding value to a property, shared NK Tong, group managing director of Bukit Kiara Properties at The Edge Real Estate Investment Forum 2010 entitled “To buy or not to buy: Where to put your money?” on April 10.

KUALA LUMPUR: The year 2010 would be a good time to examine properties as the Klang Valley residential property market in 2010 will be driven by supply rather than demand, said CB Richard Ellis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd managing director Allan Soo.

Panel discussion speakers on "Property, REITs orproperty stocks?" from
left Bukit Kiara Properties group managing director N K Tong, Hall Chadwick
Asia Sdn Bhd chairman Kumar Tharmalingam and ECM Libra Group head
of research Bernard Ching.

KUALA LUMPUR: The combined effects of a strengthening ringgit and rising inflation are pushing Malaysian real estate investment trusts (MREITS) into the spotlight. This is also prompting anticipation that MREITs unit prices will trade higher and closer to their net asset values (NAV) in the next six months.