Housing affordability among Generation Y in Malaysia a conceptual analysis / Amira Aishah Mohd Shoed and Geetha Subramaniam

Over the past few years, the house prices in Malaysia have experienced a huge value development and turned into a stress pattern for those who want to own a house, especially first time home buyers. This conceptual paper will examine issues of housing affordability among young Malaysians who have in...

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Main Authors: Mohd Shoed, Amira Aishah, Subramaniam, Geetha
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia 2015
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29384/
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description Over the past few years, the house prices in Malaysia have experienced a huge value development and turned into a stress pattern for those who want to own a house, especially first time home buyers. This conceptual paper will examine issues of housing affordability among young Malaysians who have intentions of buying a house. The persistent increment of house prices have influenced the capability and ability of individuals to buy houses. The issue is extremely serious among the first time home purchaser, particularly the Generation Y. Thus, this paper will discuss some of the reasons behind this issue and also examine the current government housing policies which are in place to help home buyers. This conceptual study would form a theoretical framework for further empirical work to be done by future researchers and which can be used by policy makers and stakeholders in designing affordable housing for Generation Y in Malaysia.
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spelling uitm-293842022-07-04T05:43:04Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29384/ Housing affordability among Generation Y in Malaysia a conceptual analysis / Amira Aishah Mohd Shoed and Geetha Subramaniam abrij Mohd Shoed, Amira Aishah Subramaniam, Geetha Real estate business. Real property Rental property. Rental housing. Real estate management Over the past few years, the house prices in Malaysia have experienced a huge value development and turned into a stress pattern for those who want to own a house, especially first time home buyers. This conceptual paper will examine issues of housing affordability among young Malaysians who have intentions of buying a house. The persistent increment of house prices have influenced the capability and ability of individuals to buy houses. The issue is extremely serious among the first time home purchaser, particularly the Generation Y. Thus, this paper will discuss some of the reasons behind this issue and also examine the current government housing policies which are in place to help home buyers. This conceptual study would form a theoretical framework for further empirical work to be done by future researchers and which can be used by policy makers and stakeholders in designing affordable housing for Generation Y in Malaysia. Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia 2015-12 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29384/1/AJ_AMIRA%20AISHAH%20MOHD%20SHOED%20ABRIJ%20B%2015.pdf Mohd Shoed, Amira Aishah and Subramaniam, Geetha (2015) Housing affordability among Generation Y in Malaysia a conceptual analysis / Amira Aishah Mohd Shoed and Geetha Subramaniam. (2015) Advances in Business Research International Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Advances_in_Business_Research_International_Journal.html>, 1 (2). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2462-1838 https://abrij.uitm.edu.my
spellingShingle Real estate business. Real property
Rental property. Rental housing. Real estate management
Mohd Shoed, Amira Aishah
Subramaniam, Geetha
Housing affordability among Generation Y in Malaysia a conceptual analysis / Amira Aishah Mohd Shoed and Geetha Subramaniam
title Housing affordability among Generation Y in Malaysia a conceptual analysis / Amira Aishah Mohd Shoed and Geetha Subramaniam
title_full Housing affordability among Generation Y in Malaysia a conceptual analysis / Amira Aishah Mohd Shoed and Geetha Subramaniam
title_fullStr Housing affordability among Generation Y in Malaysia a conceptual analysis / Amira Aishah Mohd Shoed and Geetha Subramaniam
title_full_unstemmed Housing affordability among Generation Y in Malaysia a conceptual analysis / Amira Aishah Mohd Shoed and Geetha Subramaniam
title_short Housing affordability among Generation Y in Malaysia a conceptual analysis / Amira Aishah Mohd Shoed and Geetha Subramaniam
title_sort housing affordability among generation y in malaysia a conceptual analysis / amira aishah mohd shoed and geetha subramaniam
topic Real estate business. Real property
Rental property. Rental housing. Real estate management
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29384/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29384/