PETALING JAYA: Several “drastic measures” in Budget 2014 to increase home ownership may have a detrimental effect on first-time buyers as well as foreign investors, said the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda).
Its president Datuk Seri Michael KC Yam said the removal of the developer interest-bearing scheme (DIBS) would put pressure on genuine buyers, including first-time, as well as Bumiputra buyers.
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