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When it comes to doing renovations to your home, be it extending your kitchen or adding a room or even putting in a skylight, there are several procedures to go through to ensure compliance to state-building by-laws. Ar Edric Choo, a council member of Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia, helps us navigate this world with some tips to ensure you do everything right and don't end up having to pay a fine or worse - have your extension forcefully demolished.Image Credit: ElasticComputeFarm https://pixabay.com/
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Today, many of us live in stratified homes like apartments and condominiums, where adherence to house rules ensure a comfortable communal living for all residents. Derek Fernandez, a former PJ councillor and an expert on local government issues helps us clarify on where the rules of local authorities like DBKL and MBPJ take precedence over those set by Joint Management Bodies or Management Corporations of stratified properties.

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Global real estate consultancy Knight Frank’s latest flagship research, the Wealth Report 2024, shows that the luxury residential markets proved resilient in 2023, with 80% of the 100 markets it tracks recorded either flat or positive annual price growth. Interestingly, luxury prices gained some 3% in 2023. Keith Ooi, group managing director of Knight Frank Malaysia provides us some colour.

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Giving a piece of property a makeover, is crucial towards achieving that all-important first impression effect, and even has the potential to enhance its value, whether you are looking to sell or rent. The programme this week speaks to MK Chen, Head of Property Solution at Amax Real Estate as well as Leong Yin Peng who runs Yin Homes under Reapfield Properties, two people who have been doing property staging in Malaysia, a market that is still new to this concept.

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Around 40 thousand voters will head to the polls on the 11th of May for the by-election of Kuala Kubu Baru. How will each political coalition strategise their campaign and candidate choice ? Dr Oh Ei Sun, Principal Adviser, Pacific Research Centre helps us answer that question and if the outcome is status quo.

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The latest industry survey from the Real Estate & Housing Developers' Association Malaysia shows that its members are optimistic of a better property market going into 2024, now that the first quarter has wrapped up. REHDA president Datuk NK Tong also shares with us his views on the year that has gone by and the challenges the local property market can expect.

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