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Renters Market Here To Stay For Now

Premendran Pathmanathan, General Manager, REA Group Asia

16-Apr-21 09:30

Renters Market Here To Stay For Now

Premendran Pathmanathan, General Manager, REA Group Asia

Descriptor: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the residential property market in Malaysia had been in the downward trend for several years with overbuilding and oversupply of properties causing a glut in the rental market. Premendran Pathmanathan of REA Group, the owner and operators of iProperty.com talks to Sim about the rental market in 2020 and his outlook for 2021.

Image credit: TK Kurikawa / Shutterstock

Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Sim Wie Boon


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