PP 7767/09/2010(025354)

30 August 2010

Malaysia
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Se ctor News Up dat e 30 August 2010

MARKET DATELINE

Property Recom : Overweight

(Maintained)
Downpayment Ratio To Be Raised?

Table 1 : Property Sector Valuations

EPS EPS growth PER P/NTA P/CF GDY
FYE Price (sen) (%) (x) (x) (x) (%) Rec
(RM/s) FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11 FY10 FY10 FY10
SP Setia Oct 4.33 18.6 21.7 15.7 16.7 23.3 20.0 2.00 18.8 2.1 MP
IJM Land Mar 2.25 12.1 17.3 22.7 43.2 18.6 13.0 1.72 5.9 1.0 OP
Suncity # Dec 3.88 34.8 38.7 9.0 11.1 11.2 10.0 0.78 3.1 9.3 OP
Mah Sing Dec 1.81 14.0 17.2 23.6 22.8 12.9 10.5 1.64 -55.6 3.1 OP
Sunrise Jun 2.00 29.9 33.2 10.6 11.1 6.7 6.0 0.81 9.6 2.1 OP
YNH Dec 1.70 16.1 20.8 25.2 28.8 10.5 8.2 0.92 16.9 2.4 MP
Paramount Dec 4.34 58.3 63.8 10.3 9.4 7.4 6.8 0.95 7.7 6.7 OP
Glomac Apr 1.35 13.9 15.4 22.1 10.4 9.7 8.8 0.71 8.4 6.3 OP
Hunza Jun 1.38 27.6 20.9 3.4 -24.2 5.0 6.6 0.58 4.8 4.1 TB
Sector Avg 11.7 10.0 1.1 2.2 4.1
# Suncity’s EPS growth in FY10 is based on annualised core EPS of 31.98 sen in FY09.
* price at 27 Aug 10

♦ Downpayment ratio to be raised? Last weekend, The Edge Weekly reported that Bank
Negara Malaysia (BNM) may implement new lending rules to cool real-estate industry. Table 2. Fair values
(RM/share)
According to the article, downpayment ratio may be raised to 20% compared to 10% Company Price FV
currently. This is despite the reimposition of 5% real property gain tax (RPGT) announced SP Setia 4.33 4.66
IJM Land 2.25 3.00
during Budget 2010, to curb the speculative buying of properties. A few countries, such as Suncity 3.88 5.20
China, Hong Kong and Singapore, where their properties experienced significant Mah Sing 1.81 2.06
appreciation in prices over the past two years, have already implemented progressively Sunrise 2.00 2.88
YNH 1.70 1.86
higher downpayment ratio for buyers who own more than one property. Paramount 4.34 5.80
Glomac 1.35 1.56
♦ Still a lot of uncertainties. This news is yet to be confirmed, and we believe this is still Hunza 1.38 1.58
subject to a lot of uncertainties: (i) Whether the 10% downpayment is still valid for first
home buyers; and (ii) Whether affordable housing can be exempted from higher
downpayment ratio. Hence, there will be a lot of debates involved until a decision can be
made by BNM. In our opinion, it is reasonable for first home buyers to be exempted from
higher downpayment ratio, as an effort to continue encourage home ownership by the
Government.

♦ High-end properties the hardest hit. Nevertheless, if this materialises, we believe

sentiment on the property sector, in general, will be adversely affected. The hardest hit
segment will be the high-end properties, as affordability level for home purchase will be
reduced significantly. We understand that, even under the current 10% downpayment
structure, the effective downpayment ratio is much lower, as developers offer various
incentives and rebates for buyers. Note that, this segment is also the segment that
attracts higher speculative interests.

♦ Risks. Key risks include: 1) materialisation of higher downpayment ratio; 2) substantial

increase in interest rate - 50 bps or 75 bps at once; and 3) tightening in commercial
banks’ lending policy – lower discount from BLR.

♦ Maintain Overweight. We maintain our Overweight stance on the property sector at this Joshua Ng
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juncture, until an official announcement is made (if any). Our top picks remain unchanged:
joshuang@rhb.com.my
IJM Land (OP, FV = RM3.00), Suncity (OP, FV = RM5.20) and Mah Sing (OP, FV =
RM2.06).

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