News: fair property investment

The most recent fair property investment news from a variety of international property news sources.

Mid Valley Megamall to host India property fair

The Indian Property Investment Fair will be held on August 20 and 21 at the Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur. The exhibition will feature properties that vary from vacant lands, apartments, villas, and houses for sale to investors and developers in Malaysia. It will also showcase various projects for sale at South Indian Properties [...]

Florida Real Estate: It’s About to Get Messy

Florida’s real estate market is about to get messy! That sounds like something the voiceover for a move trailer would say but it is actually happening in real life. We all know that Florida has one of the biggest foreclosure levels in America — which means in the world as well –, but few would [...]

How to Determine Fair Market Value of Overseas Property

Buyers of property in the U.S. and some parts of Europe can avail themselves of easy-to-use tools to establish fair market value, but those tools may not be available in many locations around the globe. Oftentimes buyers fail to do the legwork necessary in a foreign location to uncover the hidden costs…

Belize Attracting Real Estate Recovery

A growing interest in tourism, fair home prices and generous retirement incentives for expats appears to be spurring a recovery in the Belize housing market, which has been depressed since the onset of the global financial crisis. Tourism now accounts for more than 24% of the country’s GDP…

Rising costs a challenge for developers

A lot has been said about how much it costs now to buy a house or an apartment. For someone who is just starting out, or for a newly married couple looking to buy their first home, it can mean making a huge sacrifice elsewhere just so there is enough money for the down payment [...]

A stronger and larger Sunway

The new merged Sunway entity will be among the largest property and construction players in the region, with more focus on overseas projects and branding, particularly in China and Singapore. The new Sunway entity, which is expected to be listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia in the third quarter of this year, is [...]

Appetite for houses unabated

Prices of landed properties, especially in the hot spots of Klang Valley, are going through the roof. Strong demand continues to push up already high prices, especially landed properties. Future generations will have to get used to living in a box in the sky. The past six months have seen a deluge of property advertisements [...]

UEM Land targets 50% growth in revenue to RM1.66bil

UEM Land Holdings Bhd managing director/CEO Datuk Wan Abdullah Wan Ibrahim (right) and finance, corporate affairs and investments director Mohd Zakir Omar (left) at a briefing after the AGM on June 16. KUALA LUMPUR: UEM Land Holdings Bhd has set a headline key performance indicator (KPI) target to achieve 50% year-on-year growth in revenue to [...]

Analysts puzzled as UOA fails to shine on debut

UOA Development Bhd chairman, Tan Sri Alwi Jantan (right) together with managing director CS Kong (centre) and non-independent non-executive director Alan Charles Winduss (left) looking at the main screen after the listing ceremony. AZMAN GHANI/The Star PETALING JAYA: Last Wednesday marked UOA Development Bhd’s debut on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. Year-to-date, the property [...]

UOA makes fair debut Firm plans green building

Proud day: UOA chairman Tan Sri Alwi Jantan (right) and other board members at the listing. KUALA LUMPUR: UOA Development Bhd closed at RM2.59, one sen lower than its reference price of RM2.60 per share, after the stock made its debut on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia yesterday. The counter opened at RM2.60 with [...]