budget 2023

Affordable homeownership is one of the dreams or wishes expressed by youths during a Budget 2023 dialogue session held recently. Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan also said they had expressed their hope for more job opportunities to ensure a sustainable livelihood. “Last week, for example, the youths expressed their wish for more affordable housing, more job opportunities,...

The revised national Budget 2023 tabled by the 10th Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today unveiled the biggest ever allocation of RM388.1 billion, an upward revision from the RM372.3 billion budget announced on Oct 7, 2022. Themed “Membangun Malaysia Madani”, Anwar, who is also the Finance Minister, stressed the government’s aim is to alleviate the rakyat’s struggles amidst the...

Property developers in West Malaysia reported a 26% decline in unit launches and a 5% sales drop in the first half of 2022 (1H2022) from the second half of last year (2H2021), according to Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Malaysia. Rehda’s survey of 150 respondents released on Wednesday (Oct 12) found that 7,843 units were launched in 1H2022, of which 45% or 3,549 units were...

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz has tabled Budget 2023 on Friday, Oct 7. This year’s theme is “Strengthening Recovery and Facilitating Reforms towards Sustainability of Economic Resilience and Wellbeing of Keluarga Malaysia”. What’s in it for homeowners and property buyers? Let’s take a look at what changed or improved from 2022 versus Budget...