THE idea of buying a home in Penang is akin to window-shopping at a high–end mall; one can only admire, touch and feel but buying one is a distant dream. Land is scarce on the turtle-shaped island, with more than 30 per cent covered … Real Estate and …

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But while some people are still able to afford the sky-high prices, most Malaysians can't. "I think it has come to the point where maybe up to 60 per cent of Malaysians cannot afford to purchase properties," said real estate valuer Dr Ernest Cheong …

A healthy number of these sales went for above list price in the first half of 2013, it says in its latest Top Tier Real Estate Report. The $1 million to $2 million range saw almost all of the sales activity for luxury attached homes in the four …

Gurgaon, 30 km south of Delhi, has emerged as the top real estate market among the hubs adjacent to major cities, giving higher returns to investors. In 2012-13 … The boom in residential space came at the end of the 1990s and gained scale from 2002.

The McDonald's is located at 275 Fourth Avenue at First Street, and it was purchased for $14.8 million by a partnership between Silverstone Property Group and Adam America Real Estate. They plan to build a "very high–end" 75,000-square-foot building …

Chic retail near Rittenhouse Square. Soaring commercial real estate value and a push to raise the city's style quotient are reshaping Walnut St. “Change is good for the city,” said shop owner Joan Shepp, “… but it's scary.” … Her self-named …

“Clients from Saudi Arabia have always been a key driver of the Dubai property market and remain one of the biggest investors in luxury living,” DAMAC Properties managing director Ziad El Chaar said. Launched earlier this year, AKOYA by DAMAC is the …

Malibu has seen an invasion of high–end chain retailers, lured by the luxury demographics of the California beach town, which has some of the priciest real estate in the country. But for some longtime residents, something from the old Malibu is getting …