- Perak registered declines in total
transactions and total value in property market by 12.1% and 18.1%
respectively. The total value of property transacted was RM1,593.43
million.
- The residential sector maintained the most active sector in both
total transactions and total value, followed by agricultural, commercial,
industrial and development land sectors.
- The residential property decreased both in total transactions
and total value by 8.1% and 0.2%. There was an improvement on low
medium-cost units priced below RM100,000.
- Although several large office buildings completed such as Bangunan
Perak Darul Ridzuan, LUTH Building, M & A Securities Building,
Greentown Business Centre, Metro Ipoh Building, the occupancy rate
improved 11% to 82.5% from 71.5 previous year.
- Retail sector dropped both in total transactions and total
value by 10% and 21.2%. Kinta District accounted 55.5% share of
State's total retail transactions, mainly of shophouses.
- The transactions of industrial properties declined further by
23.3% in total number transacted, but total value transacted went
up by 18.6%.
- The agricultural property transactions decreased 20.1% for first
nine months of 1999 compared to the corresponding period last year.
The total value transacted also dropped by 16.8% from 289.30 million
to RM240.65 million.
- The development land sector registered drops in total transactions
and total value by 19% and 45% respectively.
Perak
(Number of Property Transactions)
|
Year
|
Residential |
Commercial |
Industrial |
Agricultural |
Development |
Others
|
Total |
| 1998 |
19,907
|
1,986
|
791
|
8,721
|
597
|
7
|
32,009
|
| 1999 |
19,777
|
2,053
|
740
|
7,255
|
525
|
27
|
30,377
|

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