Below 1% of home purchases made by foreign buyers, Dewan Rakyat told


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s residential property market remains overwhelmingly driven by domestic buyers, with transactions involving non-citizens making up less than 1% of total volume in the first half of the year, says Nga Kor Ming.

The Housing and Local Government Minister said non-citizens made 913 transactions worth RM1.904bil, or 0.76% of total transactions and 3.8% of total transaction value, according to the Residential Property Transactions by State and Ethnic Group, Malaysia, H1 2025 report.

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