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Base Lending Rate And Housing Prices: Their Impacts On Residential Housing Activities In Malaysia

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  • Tan Teck-Hong

    (Sunway University College)

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The construction sector, which had grown rapidly in the early 1990s, encountered slower grows after the financial crisis. The decline in the construction industry, however, is cushioned by the residential property construction. This paper examines empirically whether the increasing trend in residential property construction is related to changes in base lending rate and house prices. Pooled EGLS model (Cross Section Seemingly Unrelated Regression) is used to analyze the impact of lending rate and housing price upon the trading volume of residential housing activities. The results show base lending rate is the key determinant of residential housing activities. However, changes in housing prices may not necessarily influence residential housing activities in the country when there is a mismatch between current and desired housing for all. In view of the substantial number of housing left unsold, several recommendation and precautionary measures for housing provision should be made before it leads to property glut. This study is crucial to housing developers and policy makers as any housing decisions not always should be made just on the basis of interest rates and house prices, but should pay more attention to the efficiency and effectiveness of housing delivery system in the country

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  • Tan Teck-Hong, 2010. "Base Lending Rate And Housing Prices: Their Impacts On Residential Housing Activities In Malaysia," Journal of Global Business and Economics, Global Research Agency, vol. 1(1), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:grg:01biss:v:1:y:2010:i:1:p:1-14
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    1. Ivan D. Trofimov Nazaria Md. Aris Dickson C. D. Xuan, 2018. "Macroeconomic and Demographic Determinants of Residential Property Prices in Malaysia," Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, vol. 21(2), pages 71-96, November.
    2. Trofimov, Ivan D. & Md. Aris, Nazaria & C. D. Xuan, Dickson, 2018. "Macroeconomic and demographic determinants of residential property prices in Malaysia," MPRA Paper 85819, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Hamid Norfiqiri & Razali Muhammad Najib & Azmi Fatin Afiqah & Daud Siti Zaleha & Yunus Nurhidayah Md., 2022. "Prospecting Housing Bubbles in Malaysia," Real Estate Management and Valuation, Sciendo, vol. 30(4), pages 74-88, December.
    4. Le, Thai-Ha, 2015. "Do soaring global oil prices heat up the housing market? Evidence from Malaysia," Economics Discussion Papers 2015-8, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    5. Dr. Anantha Raj A. Arokiasamy* & Dr. Sam Sarpong, 2019. "Exploring Customer Perceptions on Housing Loan: Evidence from the Malaysian Urban Community," The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 5(8), pages 1193-1203, 08-2019.

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    Keywords

    Residential Housing Activities; Base Lending Rate; Housing Price Index;
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    JEL classification:

    • M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics

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