MAREC 2011 – Malaysian Annual Real Estate Convention

The council of management in MIEA is proud to announce that the year 2011 Malaysian Annual Real Estate Convention (MAREC 2011) is on.  Do lock in your calendar to attend this annual event.

The Theme for MAREC 2011 is “Malaysian Real Estate Profession, Glocal or Global”.  This theme has been selected to address the Malaysian market liberalisation by year 2012.  What, When, Who, Why and How will it affect all Licence Real Estate Agent?  These will be the topics to be presented by Speakers from around the globe that had experienced real estate business in the global market environment.

NAR or National Association of Realtors President-elect 2010 Mr Ronald Phipps had consented to attend the convention to present the Keynote Address.  NAR , The Voice for Real Estate, is America’s largest trade association, representing 1.2 milion members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.  Its annual convention is attended by over 20,000 members with 400 exhibition booths.  Check it out at www.realtors.org.    Another Speaker is Mr Gino Blefari, founder and president of Intero Real Estate Services with more than 40 offices in the USA.  In additional to the said Speakers, we intend to have a forum of foreign panellist from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, China and South Korea to discuss on their respective market experiences.

As for the Negotiator’s programme, we will address key issues that help improve your negotiation skills and become more profitable and successful.  How some of your colleagues managed to earn million dollars commission per annum.  Their secret and success stories will be revealed during the convention.  We also have the million dollar roundtable talk by top performer of the industry to share their experiences and give advice to fellow colleagues in the faculty to emulate their success.

MAREC convention is dubbed the annual event and the meeting place for all colleagues in real estate business to catch up on the latest happening and keep you updated.  Be there.   We will be debating on topics that will affect the way you do business in the future.

Theme :  “Malaysian Real Estate Profession – Glocal or Global”
Date     :    March 5 & 6, 2011
Venue  :    Sime Darby Convention Centre, Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.

This is it ! The market will be liberalised by year 2012, are you ready for it?  What is Glocal ? And what is it different from Global?  Come find out about it and get yourself ready when the market is open up.

Early Bird Discount will be given to the astute few.

Kind Regards,

Erick YT Kho
Organising Chairman
MAREC 2011

* To book your seat contact MIEA.

MIEA Johor Convention

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For the first time in MIEA history, Madam President Julie Wong has decided to hold a real estate convention outside Kuala Lumpur, for the benefit of members from various states as stated in one of her agenda as President 2009/2011.

MIEA Johor Convention 2009 shall be held in Johor Bahru with the followings:-

  • Theme: Iskandar Malaysia – The Rise of A New Metropolis
  • Date: 31st October & 1st November, 2009 (Saturday and Sunday)
  • Venue: The Puteri Pacific Johor Bahru Hotel (Permata Ballroom) Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • CPD Points: 10 points applied – Board of Valuers, Appraisers & Estate Agents Malaysia
  • Fees: RM400 MIEA / IEA ordinary member, affiliate members and CREN, RM500 Non-members, *RM100 (optional) Fellowship Dinner on 31st October, 2009 (Saturday)
  • Organisers: MIEA Johor Branch and Institute of Estate Agents Singapore
  • Main-sponsors: Johor State Government and Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB)

The objectives of this convention are as follows:

  1. To work together with the Federal and Johor State Government in promoting Iskandar malaysia as a strong and sustainable metropolis of international standing.
  2. To provide progress updates on the developments taking place in Iskandar Malaysia especially to the target groups, i.e. individuals companies and organizations related in real estate industry.
  3. To provide information and platform to clear certain negative perceptions pertaining to Iskandar Malaysia.
  4. To provide opportunity for key players/developers from each of the 5 zones to highlight on their current and future developments
  5. To provide great business opportunities for all real estate practitioners/investors to get in touch directly with all the key players in Iskandar Malaysia

In view of the above mentioned objectives, the programmes have been arranged as such: During the first day of Convention, speakers representing all the key players in Iskandar Malaysia according to the 5 highlighted zones from Zone A to E are invited to give talks on the progress updates, current and future plans in their respective fields.

On second day, we shall further examine some of the more important property related issues in the context of Johor. Issues to be discussed shall include investment trend and environment, property investment opportunities, Malaysia My Second Home, foreigner property ownership, Integrated Resort in Singapore, Dare To Sell and marketing Malaysia internationally.

Limited seats available, max 300 participants from both Malaysia and Singapore on a first come first serve basis. For enquiries and registration, please visit MIEA website.