Caveat emptor?
01/01/2004
MB-HPROP
`A good property developer touches no man's fortune; seeks no plunder;
causes no disturbance in society; gives no trouble to Members of Parliament;
needs no trade association to protect its interests; contemplates no
violence; subverts no order; accepts no gift, nor asks any favor; knows what
after sales service is.'
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Tribunal back on
track
03/01/2004 NST-PROP
The landmark ruling of the Court of Appeal has to a degree levelled
the playing field
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The not-so-mutual Deed of Mutual Covenant 01/02/2004
MB-HPROP
Whenever one
buyers a piece of property where there are common facilities, such as security,
social amenities and other areas that require the involvement of all unit
owners, one will be required to enter into a Deed of Mutual Covenant (DMC).
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Transition pitfalls
01/03/2004
MB-HPROP
Seven recommendations for
a smooth handover. It is not uncommon for owners of subdivided properties to
be stressed out by the transition of the management corporation (MC)
developer's control to owners’ control.
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Time for an
Ombudsman
02/03/2004 NST-PROP
The post would help address grievances
concerning public authorities.
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Know what you buy
01/04/2004
MB-HPROP
Things may not be as they seem
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Tell it to the Judge
01/05/2004
MB-HPROP
'How to bring your case up to the Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims
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New doesn't mean perfect
01/06/2004
MB-HPROP
Complaint One; `WHEN the house was handed to us, we
found some cracks etc.
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Supporting the ideal approach
05/06/2004 NST-PROP
The National House Buyers
Association (HBA) lauds Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's
suggestion that developers should build-then-sell
and 'have funds in hand before embarking on
projects".
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Knock, knock! Any good developers
out there?
01/07/2004
MB-HPROP
THE housing industry has come a long way since the
advent of large scale housing development in the
late fifties and early sixties.
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Principles to build by
03/07/2004 NST-PROP
The housing industry has come a long way, maturing
over the years and offering buyers more than just
four walls and a roof.
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Pushing risk back to developers
01/08/2004
MB-HPROP
LAST May, the Prime Minister made a suggestion that
developers should adopt the `build and sell'
concept.
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Having a Say in the Way We Pay
01/09/2004
MB-HPROP
For the past two decades, the subject of ‘build then
sell’, or rather a better system of purchasing homes
from housing developers, has been debated and
studied, but it has still remained a voluntary
concept.
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Nature
of the game
11/09/2004 NST-PROP By Andrew Wong
To create balance, also in this issue is the first
in a series of articles by the National House
Buyers' Association, on every reason why the
build-then-sell method should and could be the new
way to buy houses?.
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Not right to pay first
11/09/2004 NST-PROP
WE at the National House Buyers Association Malaysia
(HBA) agree with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi that it is not right for purchasers to
pay first before getting their houses.
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When enforcement is
lacking
18/09/2004 NST-PROP
IT is not uncommon to come across
cases where buyers are given vacant possession to
their newly built houses, only to find that their
developers have not yet even applied for the
Certificate of Fitness for Occupation (CF).
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More than was bargained for
25/09/2004 NST-PROP
WE at the National House Buyers' Association (HBA)
sometimes can't blame buyers who have unwillingly
"married" errant developers to vent their
frustrations on us, even though it is our assistance
they seek.
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Self-Certification or Self-Destruction
13/10/2004
MB-HPROP
The Certificate of Fitness
for Occupation (CFO) is the house buyer’s entry card into their new house.
Without it, house buyers cannot occupy their house. As for subdivided
buildings, no strata title will be issued without a CFO.
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That Sinking Feeling
01/11/2004
MB-HPROP
There are the grouses we
frequently hear from strata property owners who are not satisfied with the
way their developers are handling the sinking fund. Here, we highlight some
issues on the fund.
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Making build-then-sell work
20/11/2004 NST-PROP
MANY countries in the region have adopted the
build-then-sell concept of housing supply.
However, developers in Malaysia are far ahead of
those in many other countries in terms of skills
and technology.
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Investing in
serviced apartments
01/12/2004
MB-HPROP
IF
you should type in the words `serviced apartments'
in an Internet search engine, you likely to see
thousands of results. However, unlike the
`serviced apartments' offered for sale by
developers here, these are apartments related to travellers
seeking alternative long-term lodging as an
alternative to hotels.
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