Harder to get housing loans


Penang Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh DeoStar pic by: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star/ 25 June 2015.

GEORGE TOWN: The number of rejected loan applications from those keen on buying affordable homes here, has gone up by about 10% since January.

The number of those who failed to secure bank loans had increased from about 20% in January to about 30% last month.

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