Discussions are ongoing to reduce the initial 30-percent requirement to 20pc for low-cost housing instalments, said U Win Zaw, managing director of the Construction and Housing Development Bank. “We started discussing the amount for down payments which a buyer has to pay. We are trying to reduce it to 20pc and to get finance for long-term loans. If lenders can give […]
Timber export volumes may fall when new regulation introduced
January 30, 2017 by
Export volumes may fall when new regulation introduced The MyanmarTimes has reported that a spokesperson from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, U Win Zaw, has said the volume of timber that can be exported is likely to decline beginning May this year. The news item says “Only timber cut from logs sold […]
Condominium by-Laws Delayed With Govt Targeting Completion by Year’s End
October 26, 2016 by
A shortage of technical expertise has delayed the issuance of by-laws that would allow sales under the Condominium Law passed last January, industry sources say. Expectations that the law, which was finally passed after considerable debate and delay, would usher in a spate of foreign purchases of Myanmar real estate have so far proved unfounded. U […]
Low-cost housing winners out of luck
May 8, 2015 by
Over 100 people may be out of luck after winning rights to purchase low-cost housing from Shwe Lin Ban project in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar township, according to Daw Thida Than, a staff officer at the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development. A total of 768 different units at Shwe Lin Ban were meted out […]
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