This website is
 sponsored.gif

banner.gif

 Welcome    Main    Forum    FAQ    Useful Links    Sample Letters   Tribunal  

HBA in the News

More Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

 - PAGE 09 -

  1. 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'.

  2. 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).

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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. 

  8. 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".

  9. 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."

  10. 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.

  11. 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).

  12. 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.

  13. 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).

  14. 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.

  15. “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.”

HBA in the News

More Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Main   Forum  FAQ  Useful Links  Sample Letters  Tribunal  

National House Buyers Association (HBA)

No, 31, Level 3, Jalan Barat, Off Jalan Imbi, 55100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 03-21422225 | 012-3345 676 Fax: 03-22601803 Email: info@hba.org.my

© 2001-2009, National House Buyers Association of Malaysia. All Rights Reserved.