Do necessary checks before buying

THE NATIONAL House Buyers Association (HBA) refers to the statements from the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) that the recent proposal from the Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, Tan Sri Noh Omar for eligible property developers to be given a moneylender license is only for the property developers to lend money to buyers as a “bridge” for downpayment on their home purchases and not as a full loan as speculated claiming that most bank loans today will only give margin of financing of 80% compared with 90% previously.

HBA reaffirms our earlier view that despite the clarification from Rehda that developers lend money to buyers as a “bridge” for down payment for houses priced at RM500,000 and below, this proposal is still detrimental to the buyers and property industry at large. We explain the reasons for our stand below.