Daily Industry News Update (26 August 2021)

INDUSTRY NEWS (26 AUGUST 2021)

Will stripping out compliance cost bring down housing prices?

IT’S a known fact that the prices of houses in Malaysia, especially in urban cities like the Klang Valley, Johor and Penang have skyrocketed in the past decade. This has resulted in homeownership becoming more and more out of reach for the younger generation.

Sabah should have own guidelines for MM2H, says developers’ association

The Sabah government must take firm action to come out wit h its own requirements on the revised Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme or risk losing millions of investments,

Designing a home for the future

Sime Darby Property Bhd and the Malaysian Institute of Architects (Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia or PAM) have teamed up to organise a design competition called the Concept Home 2030 Competition.