Recently, the Federal Court in the case of Remeggious Krishnan v. SKS Southern Sdn Bhd (previously known as MB Builders Sdn Bhd) Civil Appeal no. 02(f)-50-09/2021(J) has confirmed that homebuyers can bring separate claims involving the same property in order to stay within the RM50,000 jurisdictional limit of the Tribunal for Home Buyers Claims (TTPR) and that the RM50,000 limit does not have to be for all the claims in respect of the same property combined.

An estimated 350,000 people traverse the Causeway every day, making the Singapore-Malaysia border one of the world’s busiest land crossings. But this sheer amount of commuters has led to a distressing, longstanding issue: severe traffic jams.

Listing properties today is no longer the menial process of uploading images and writing brief descriptions. Instead, it has turned into an art form. The acceleration of digitalisation has given developers the tools to craft the perfect listing, curated in customers’ best interests.

Homes are our refuge from a turbulent world. But after rental prices started soaring in 2021 – a jump that continued into 2023 – many renters have been forced out of their sanctuaries because they simply could no longer afford it.

The super-rich are flocking to Southeast Asia. Buoyed by a remarkable growth spurt, the region is increasingly becoming a magnet for millionaires and billionaires.

As the region enters a period of recovery following the worst of a three-year pandemic, the question of investing in real estate – often perceived as a time-honoured hedge against inflation – has once again come to the fore. 

The early months of 2023 have seen global turbulence with a raging war in Europe, and the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank in the United States and Credit Suisse in Switzerland. Yet despite the headwinds, one region has managed to navigate the treacherous conditions well: Southeast Asia.

Just minutes before midnight on April 26, the Singapore government announced a fresh round of cooling measures to “promote a sustainable property market”, the third round of such moves in the past 16 months.

Both the Tenth and Eleventh Malaysia Plan (MP) have stated that housing development will focus on providing adequate housing while ensuring a safe, healthy and harmonious living environment with complete public amenities and quality recreational facilities.