Articles

• Fed Opens the Year with a Plea for Housing - Jan 11, 2012
  By Gino Blefari President & CEO Intero Real Estate Services, Inc. 2012 is going to be a big political year for housing – and not just due to the presidential elections. The Federal Reserve has already kicked off the year by...
   
• San Francisco City Market Report - Jan 11, 2012
  The housing market is always changing. In order to understand the dynamics of the local market, a familiarity with timely industry data is essential. San Francisco is a unique real estate environment, unlike any other in the country, with its...
   
• PENANG ISLAND REAL ESTATE MARKET 2012 - RESEARCH & FORECAST REPORT - Jan 6, 2012
  
   
• Great by Choice - Jan 6, 2012
  By Gino Blefari President & CEO Intero Real Estate Services, Inc. For the past few weeks, I have been listening to the book GREAT BY CHOICE: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All  by Jim Collins....
   
• PENANG REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT 2012 - Jan 5, 2012
  
   
• MITI Weekly Bulletin 13 Dec 2011 Vol 170 - Dec 19, 2011
             
   
• Send Out Cards and Intero Foundation Offer Easy, Unique Client Follow-Ups - Dec 19, 2011
  By: John Thompson Executive Vice President Intero Real Estate Services, Inc . Save time. Save money. Stay connected. Differentiate. Help at-risk kids in need in the process? Welcome to the partnership of  Send Out Cards...
   
• Precursor to property market outlook - Dec 4, 2011
  By VALUE & WORTH By ELVIN FERNANDEZ | Dec 3, 2011 Source : The Star Property Online   Precursor to property market outlook The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007/2008 is a watershed event that calls into...
   
• To Lead is to Serve - Dec 2, 2011
  By Gino Blefari President & CEO Intero Real Estate Services, Inc. As we enter into the heart of the holiday season and we are surrounded by reminders of the spirit of giving, we should not forget what that implies; namely, that...
   
• Housing Is At Its Most Affordable in 20 Years – Except Here - Nov 30, 2011
  By Gino Blefari President & CEO Intero Real Estate Services, Inc. As far as real estate statistics go, one of the most useful and interesting is the housing affordability index. What good are sales numbers and prices if not put into...
   
• 'Thanks-Giving' Is a Powerful Leadership Tool - Nov 25, 2011
  By Gino Blefari President & CEO Intero Real Estate Services, Inc Thanksgiving brings to mind family, food and football (HarBowl 2011 – Go Niners)! But it's also a special holiday in which we celebrate gratitude and think about...
   
• New Initiative Looks Again to Refinancing - Oct 31, 2011
  New Initiative Looks Again to Refinancing   By Gino Blefari President & CEO Intero Real Estate Services, Inc. The buzz in housing economics this week is all about Obama's revamped home-loan refinancing program...
   
• Malaysia My Second Home pitched in India - Oct 31, 2011
  Malaysia My Second Home pitched in India PRSEA (Oct 13, 2011) In a sure sign of India’s rising affluence, Malaysia Property Incorporated (MPI), a government agency to promote corporate and individual Foreign Direct Investment, today...
   
• Consigliere Files: Senators Propose Offering Visas to Foreign Buyers - Oct 31, 2011
  Consigliere Files: Senators Propose Offering Visas to Foreign Buyers by Christopher Moles (Oct 23, 2011) The Wall Street Journal is reporting that United States Senators Charles Schumer of New York (Democrat) and Mike Lee of Utah...
   
• Malaysia Market Insights - October 2011 - Oct 31, 2011
  IP Global believes Malaysia is primed for further growth, offering investors attractive real estate investment opportunities. Our Malaysia projects have showcased this by delivering capital returns of 11.5% pa**. Our Market Update highlights...
   
• Asia offers bright prospects for real estate investment, say industry leaders - Sep 25, 2011
  By Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: Asia, including Malaysia, offers bright prospects for real estate investment and development, say industry leaders at the 11th Forbes Global CEO Conference. Chao Teng-Hsiung, chairman of leading Taiwan...
   
• Number of wealthy Malaysians to double by 2015 - Sep 25, 2011
  Written by Joanne Nayagam    Thursday, 15 September 2011 11:45   KUALA LUMPUR: In its first Asia Wealth Report released this year, private banking group Bank Julius Baer expects the number of high net worth individuals...
   
• Gloom in global economy puts a damper on Malaysia’s growth reading - Sep 25, 2011
  WITH the European and US economies looking fragile, there is a great deal of uncertainty over how global economies will fare for the second half of this year. With that, pundits wonder if Malaysia's forecast 5% to 6% growth for the year is...
   
• Malaysia Special: Malaysian property sector ripe for Chinese investment - Sep 25, 2011
  Malaysia is wooing Chinese investment in its thriving realestate sector, with the government agency MalaysiaProperty Incorporated (MPI) leading the campaign. MPI facilitates investment in Malaysian real estate andmanages relevant...
   
• GROWING RETIREMENT SAVINGS THROUGH PROPERTY - Sep 6, 2011
  Asian pension funds are becoming increasingly enamoured of real estate as a long term investment option. by Hazrul Izwan & A.Lalitha A pension fund is generally the biggest player in the investment world, ahead of mutual funds,...
   
• IT'S ALL A QUESTION OF INTENTION - Sep 6, 2011
  S. Saravana Kumar discusses the distinction between income tax and real property gains tax. In property transactions, profits derived upon disposal of a property by a taxpayer are subject to income tax or real property gains tax. This...
   
• THE CHINA REPORT - Sep 6, 2011
  Malaysia-China diplomatic and trade relations are on a strengthening momentum with a timely visit from Premier Wen Jiabao to Kuala Lumpur, April this year. by Chan Tze Wee In terms of bilateral transactions, China is...
   
• POISED FOR GROWTH - Sep 6, 2011
  The Malaysian hospitality industry is growing on the back of increasing tourism and MICE activities by S.Sulocana Malaysia’s Hospitality Industry is flourishing thanks to the ‘Malaysia Truly Asia’ campaigns carried...
   
• SOUTHERN PROSPERITY - Sep 6, 2011
  by S.Sulocana   Professor Joe Choo is not what you expect of a feng shui expert. The first thing that startles you upon making Prof Choo’s acquaintance is the fact that this feng shui master is in fact a feng shui mistress. And a...
   
• A Vertical City - Sep 6, 2011
  The transformation of what was once plantation land into one of Kuala Lumpur’s premier high-rise residential enclaves offers a development model worthy of emulation. by Afiq Syarifuddin Who would have thought that what was...