Showing posts with label home buyers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home buyers. Show all posts

Friday, 18 April 2014

Puteri Cove Residences at Puteri Harbour



Puteri Cove Residences was launched for sale to the public and was met with overwhelming response. Big crowds of home buyers flocked to sales galleries located in Singapore Toa Payoh and Puteri Harbour in Nusajaya when Pacific Star and DB2 announced the new property launch .

Highly anticipated by property buyers and industry players, large crowds formed at the Singapore marketing agent ERA headquarters at Toa Payoh in the early morning to queue for the sale via ballot process, which took place in the late morning Saturday.

Puteri Cove Residences by Singapore developers Pacific Star and DB2 has sold 83% of 450 units released to the public within 1 week of its new property launch. The home buyers represented over 20 nationalities from the United States of America, Australia, Britain, Germany, France, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. However majority of the home buyers are from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

To-date, property prices on units offered for sale have been sold at prices ranging from RM1,180 psf to RM1,580 psf. The outstanding results were above the property developer expectations and the property developer credits the winning mix of unique characteristics of the new property launch iskandar project for its popularity amongst property buyers:-


  •     Freehold waterfront with private marina
  •     Stunning views of sea or marina and Singapore for every apartment
  •     Mixed-use project ie. Live, Work, Leisure, Shopping, Entertainment, Dining
  •     Luxury finishes and fixtures
  •     Prime location and within close proximity to Puteri Harbour International Ferry Terminal
  •     Kota Iskandar, Theme Parks and EduCity are within walking distances           
  •     No restrictions to foreigner property buyers


Comment on the exceptional property sales results, Glen Chan, Chief Operating Officer, Pacific Star Group and President, Pacific Star Development, “With a winning combination of prime waterfront location and reasonable house prices in Iskandar Malaysia, the strong property sales attests to the attraction and saleability of our iskandar project. We have over 20 nationalities of property buyers in Puteri Cove Residences, which validates our original intent of designing and conceptualizing a luxury mixed-use new housing developments that appeals to a cast of sophisticated and experienced international property buyers. I am confident that Puteri Cove Residences is eminently positioned for capital appreciation because of its international appeal, much like prime property in global cities like London, Hong Kong and Singapore. We are also encouraged by this strong showing of confidence by our home buyers and thus believe our buyers are looking at the long term growth potential in the Iskandar Development Region, particularly when co-operation and collaboration between the governments of Singapore and Malaysia in the Iskandar Development Region are expected to increase in the near future”.

Recently, both Prime Minister of Singapore and Malaysia are discussing about Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail constructions and Rapid Transit System connectivity. This has been translated to firm evidence of closer economic activities and collaboration between both governments. The successful constructions of both connectivity will definitely form the model of Hong Kong-ShenZhen in Singapore-Iskandar Malaysia, spur the drastic economic growth in the Iskandar Development Region supplemented by Johor State government’s investor friendly and attractive incentives policies to investors within Special Economic Zone Iskandar Malaysia.

Puteri Cove Residences
Puteri Cove Residences

Saturday, 21 December 2013

Malaysia Budget 2014 and foreigner buy property policy in Iskandar Malaysia



Malaysia government’s last month Malaysia Budget 2014 announcement to increase foreigners buy property in Malaysia entry level raised from 500 thousand Malaysia Dollar to 1 million Malaysia Dollar. However, yesterday on 8 Nov 2013 Johor State government said that government will conditional allow foreigner home buyers in purchasing Johor property under RM1 million.

According to Malaysia Chinese newspaper Sin Chew Daily Newspapers, Johor State Housing and Local Government executitive councillor Datuk Abdul Latiff Bandi mentioned that the new housing developments projects that Johor Legislative Council has approved previously will continue follow the old property purchasing policy, which refer to foreigner home buyers may buy property above Malaysia dollar 500 thousand.

Latiff Bandi attended to Malaysia Johor Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (REDHA) held’s Malaysia Housing Expo (MAPEX) and express this after being asked following the expo exhibition.

According to Malaysia Budget 2014 release last month, the plan list down that foreigner who buy property in Malaysia must purchase RM1 million and above with effective 1 Jan 2013 and the foreigner levy will be adjusted from current 10 thousand to 2% of the property price which will take effective at 1 May 2014.

Following the Malaysia Budget 2014 announcement, Johor state government is reviewing property ownership policies for overseas home buyers looking to invest in the Iskandar Malaysia areas. Property market in Iskandar Malaysia has been doubling within this few years seeing the successfully of capital in flow of real estate investments attracted by government business friendly and tax incentives given to foreign companies and corporate to set up their businesses in Iskandar Malaysia region.

Few property developer mentioned that foreigner who buy property in Johor is not many and within 10% only. This is mainly because government has other restriction in place that is reason why speculation on Johor property market is not obvious. Property developer said that they wouldn’t build over million new property to purposely available for foreigner as such property market and demand for foreigner is limited.

Malaysia Budget 2014
Malaysia Budget 2014