Bank Negara credit checks ‘hurt’ housing market


KULAIJAYA: Tougher credit checks on potential buyers and lending curbs imposed by Bank Negara is distorting the market, claims a top official at Malaysia’s biggest grouping of property developers.

Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Malaysia reveals that due to the high rejection rates of housing loan applications, many developers have delayed their property launches, especially affordable houses.

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