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Check e-numbers of estate
agents 02/01/2007 MM By Nuradzimmah Daim
WOULD-be property owners are advised to check the
identification number of estate agents before engaging their services.
National House Buyers Association honorary secretary-general Chang Kim
Loong said registered agents will have their own identification number,
known as `e-numbers'.
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Enforcement
remains the key
03/01/2007 NST By Brig-Gen (R) Datuk Goh Seng Toh
THE National House Buyers Association (HBA) lauds Minister of Housing and
Local Government Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting for boldly putting in place
amendments to housing legislation, reported in "Three Bills a boon for
home buyers" (NST, Dec 25).
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Education the
key
06/01/2007
NST
IT is indeed good news that the Housing and Local Government Ministry has
at long last brought the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and
Management) Bill 2006 to Parliament.
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Thumbs up to City Hall's
e-application
19/01/2007 NST
KUALA LUMPUR: City Hall's newly-launched e-application
system for building renovations has received the thumbs up. Real Estate
and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda) president Ng Seing Liong said
the system would put City Hall on par with other local authorities in
developed countries.
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Housing official asks for more incentives for build and sell concept
20/01/2007 biz.thestar.com.my
KAJANG: More incentives should be given
to property developers who are willing to take up the build and sell
concept.
Developers need more incentives to take up buy 'n' sell concept
20/01/2007 The Star By Elizabeth Looi
KAJANG: More incentives should be given to property developers who are
willing to take up the build and sell concept.
Housing
official asks for more incentives for build and sell concept
20/01/2007 biz.thestar.com.my
KAJANG: More incentives should be given
to property developers who are willing to take up the build and sell
concept. House Buyers Association advisor Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng said
although the existing incentives were encouraging, the Government should
also consider throwing in more incentives to attract more developers to
start practising the concept.
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Developers need more incentives to take up buy 'n' sell concept
20/01/2007 The Star By Elizabeth Looi
KAJANG: More incentives should be given to property developers who are
willing to take up the build and sell concept.
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Payment after completion
02/02/2007 The Star By CHARLES FERNANDEZ
HTH Development Sdn Bhd (HTHDSB) adopted the build-then-sell (BTS) or 10:90
concept, for the Taman Langat Ceria project. Under the concept, buyer only
pays 10% of the price upon execution of the Sales and Purchase, with the
balance to be settled only after completion of the building.
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Defect warranty to be
extended to 24 months
03/03/2007 NST By Evi Abdul Jabar
NEXT month, when amendments to the housing law passed by Parliament last
December are gazetted, developers will have to provide a defect liability
period of 24 months for the houses they build. The amendment to the
Housing Development (Control and Licensing Act) extends the existing
period by six months, which the National House Buyers Association (HBA)
has welcomed as "an additional safeguard for buyers".
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Call
to amend National Land Code to curb forgery
17/03/2007 NST
National House Buyers Association honorary secretary-general Chang Kim
Loong said the association wanted the National Land Code to be amended, to
reverse the effects of Adorna. "So in cases like this, owners will not
risk losing their property as in the Adorna case."
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Bar Council seeks to tighten rules on handling of clients’ money
11/06/2007 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Under a proposed move to tighten the rules governing
handling of clients' accounts, lawyers may soon find it hard to withdraw
money from these accounts.
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Grappling with contentions
30/06/2007 NST
WE refer to the Viewpoint presented by Datuk Eddy Chen, a past president
of the Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda) and
chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rehda Institute "Far from being
rotten" (NST-Property, June 23).
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HBA keeps fingers crossed
on new housing regulations
21/07/2007 NST By Zuhaila Sedek
THE path to implementing the Build-Then-Sell (BTS) mode of housing
delivery is now clear - except for one aspect: How it will be
incorporated in the standard Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA). However,
this issue is expected to be resolved over the next few weeks with the
adoption of two new schedules that won't be very different from the
Schedule G and H that governs the payment terms for landed and
stratified properties respectively.
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HBA: Allow EPF Monthly Withdrawals
For Completed Houses Only 07/09/2007 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- The government should allow Employees
Provident Fund (EPF) contributors to make monthly withdrawals from the
balance in Account 2 to repay loans for completed houses only, said the
National House Buyers Association (HBA).
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There's hope yet ...
15/09/2007 NST By G. Umakanthan
THE National House Buyers Association (HBA) feels disappointed that Budget
2008 did not consider helping buyers who have to pay off bank loans for
houses in projects that have been abandoned. Nevertheless, the association
is not giving up hope, considering that even the official body
representing developers, the Real Estate and Housing Developers'
Association (Rehda), has expressed its concern over the plight of such
buyers.
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“There are no good developers
only responsible or wayward developers.” 30/10/2007 Contributed by
Gavin Tang
http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/content/view/11895/99/ KUALA LUMPUR,
Mon: This was the retort of Chang Kim Loong, Hon. Secretary-General of the
National House Buyers Association, to Datuk Eddy Chen, patron of the Real
Estate and Housing Developers Association (REHDA) who had earlier stated
that the recent legislative amendments to the Housing Developers (Control
and Licensing) Act 1966, Strata Titles Act 1985 and enactment of the
Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 would
not severely affect “good developers.”
