By-Laws Necessary for Condo Market to Pick up Steam

​​ To improve the lacklustre selling market for condominiums, officials need to enact condominium by-laws soon, said developers such as U Kyaw Kyaw Naing, managing director of iGreen Construction Company Limited. Although the Condominium Law was enacted during the last week of January 2016, by-laws have not come into effect until recently. The condo-selling market […]

Construction and Real Estate Sectors Pin 2017 Hopes on New Legislation

​​ The construction sector will be glad to see the back of 2016 – a year in which a political transition, a high-rise review and a volatile currency conspired to leave many developers battered and bitter. But there were also signs of a fragile recovery in the real estate market, and new laws set to […]

Affordable Housing Projects Affected as Funds Dry Up

​​ In a serious blow to thousands of would-be home-owners, the construction of affordable homes in Yangon’s Ayeyarwon and Yadanar housing projects has been suspended because the money has run out, government officials say. Urban and Housing Development department director general U Min Htein told The Myanmar Times on December 6 that the government lacked the funds to […]