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The country music legend built the 4,500 sq ft home in 1961. He considered it a “quiet place to escape from the rock 'n roll lifestyle” with his wife Vivian and three daughters.

The great composer of unforgettable themes and songs of classic movies, Henry Mancini, has a house in Malibu’s La Costa Beach listed at US$11.6 million (RM52.3 million).

Located on Coronado Island, just off the coast of San Diego, is a “palatial” oceanfront estate known as the “Coronado Castle”.

Four “green real estate players” from Malaysia and Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tuesday to strengthen collaborative efforts for the cross-adoption of green building solutions, innovations and best practices between both countries.

Searches on Airbnb for Marang, Terengganu also almost doubled in 2Q2022, up from pre-pandemic 2Q2019.

"My hope is that the introduction of the new programme is a way to reform MM2H and to make it less stringent."

Noteworthy:

• Leasehold
• Built up: 22,356 sq ft
• 36 bedrooms, 37 bathrooms
• Fully furnished
• Nearby amenities: Restaurants, convenience shops, Kuala Terengganu Specialist Hospital,  Batu Buruk beach, Chinatown, bus stops
• Accessibility: Highway Paloh-Banggol Tuan Muda

When: July 2022

Noteworthy:

• Freehold
• Built up: 5,858 sq ft
• 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms
• Penthouse
• Semi-furnished
• Nearby amenities: Petronas Twin Towers, Suria KLCC and hospitals
• Accessibility: Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (Akleh), Jalan Tun Razak, SMART Tunnel, as well as LRT and MRT stations

When: April 2022

Co-founder of software giant Oracle, Larry Ellison, is selling one of his mansions located in sunny Florida.

Under the collaboration effort, Affin Bank’s Home Step Fast/i programme will be offered to allow buyers to pay lower instalments for the first five years of ownership.