Arc @ Austin Hills, Johor Bahru Scaling New Heights

142 Pages·2015·23.52 MB·English

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COVER STORY
Arc @ Austin Hills, Johor Bahru
Scaling New Heights
Oct 2015 EXPERTS’ VIEWS PICK OF THE MONTH RESEARCH DATA
128 Budget 2016: Wish list Cyberjaya: Upgrading its landscape Knight Frank:
Global House Price Index Q2 2015
Ways to make profitable purchasing
POINTS OF INTEREST
10 decisions in challenging times DTZ Property Times:
Does an increase in your property
Kuala Lumpur Q2 2015
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00 INTERNATIONAL NEWS & FEATURES value translate to real wealth?
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3 8 Singapore news PROPERTY INVESTMENT DATA INVESTORS’ PROFILES
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71 Brisbane: Australia’s new star A look at Sungai Buloh John Lee & Ajib Adi
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Editor CEO’S FOREWORD
Roshan Kaur Sandhu
Head Of Creatives
Angeline Lim
Graphic Designers
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Wing Wong
Ad Operations Executive
Nur Alia Ahamd Tamezi
Wanisha Ratan Kumar
General Manager, Malaysia
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Deputy General Manager
(Media and Developer Sales)
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Head of Developer Sales
How Yong Kien Soon
Deputy General Manager of Agent Sales
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Head Of iProperty TV
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Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer
Georg Chmiel
Acting Chief Financial Officer The Month of Budget
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Chief Information Officer
Budget 2016, the first budget under the 11th Malaysia Plan, is scheduled
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CONTENTS
October 2015
2 CEO’S FOREWORD
Research Data
8 EDITOR’S NOTE/HAPPENINGS
26 DTZ PROPERTY TIMES: KUALA LUMPUR Q2 2015
Experts’ Views
Cover Story
34 GST: LESSONS FROM OUR NEIGHBOUR
10 ARC @ AUSTIN HILLS, JOHOR BAHRU –
SCALING NEW HEIGHTS
36 WAYS TO MAKE PROFITABLE PROPERTY
PURCHASING DECISIONS IN CHALLENGING
TIMES
Featured Property
44 BUDGET 2016: WISH LIST
14 TLS PROPERTY
Oasis 1 @ Mutiara Heights - Living In Sync With Nature 54 CYBERJAYA: CONSTANTLY PROGRESSING
UPWARDS
Let’s Talk
Pick of The Month
18 TALENT DYNASTY
Foresthill damansara: An urban sanctuary of exquisite 51 CYBERJAYA: THE FULFILMENT OF A VISION
landed concept homes by the lake
58 CYBERJAYA: A DEVELOPMENT HOTSPOT
Events
Points of Interest
20 MITRAJAYA’S GRAND CELEBRATION OF
30 YEARS OF NATION BUILDING 59 THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
24 iPROPERTY.COM MINGLING NIGHT 2015: 63 HOW LIQUID ARE YOU?
CELEBRATING GOOD TIMES
Research Data
Featured Property 65 KNIGHT FRANK : GLOBAL HOUSE PRICE INDEX
FOR Q2 2015
22 AGILE MONT KIARA - A MARQUE OF PRESTIGE
24 36
10 54
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CONTENTS
October 2015
87 INTERNATIONAL FEATURES – FEATURE
Home Design
Designer Dwellings
70 MONARCH GOLD: COLOUR OF 2016
90 INTERNATIONAL FEATURES – BRIEFS
International Property Financing
Investors’ Profiles 92 INTERNATIONAL FEATURES – SHORTLIST
Meadows Point, Edinburgh’s Greenest Pasture
72 AJIB ADI: A SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE BY 30
74 JOHN LEE: AGAINST ALL ODDS
Regulars
98 OREGEON PROPERTY CONSULTANCY
A Look At Sungai Buloh
Digital Living
102 CHAN AI CHENG
76 INFRADESIGN
Enhancing Communities With Infrastructure
104 NATIONAL HOUSE BUYERS ASSOCIATION
Affin Islamic Bank How effective is the new amendments to the
HDA? Part 2
79 PROPERTY FINANCING THE SHARIAH -
COMPLIANT WAY 108 DATO’ JOEY YAP
Following The Luo Pan Of Discovery
110 AGENTS’ VIEWS
International Section
Your property our priority
82 SINGAPORE NEWS
118 AGENCY DIRECTORY
Happenings
84 INTERNATIONAL FEATURES – VIEWPOINT 120 CLASSIFIEDS
Australia’s New Star
136 SUBSCRIPTION
72 84
70 92
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