{"id":51945,"date":"2026-05-13T07:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51945"},"modified":"2026-05-13T07:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:03:52","slug":"malaysian-property-could-cost-more-than-singapore-buyers-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51945","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian property could cost more than Singapore buyers think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>A weaker ringgit may boost appeal for foreign buyers, but experts say taxes, financing rules and resale liquidity matter<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body-container\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[KUALA LUMPUR] The ringgit may make Malaysian homes seem cheap to Singapore-linked buyers, but experts warn that relative affordability should not be mistaken for real value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">In Singapore dollar terms, a RM1 million (S$323,711) or RM1.5 million <a class=\"text-verticals-btblue underline hover:text-blue-500\" data-testid=\"article-annotation-link-component\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/international\/asean\/spotlight-1\/undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malaysian home can be attractive<\/a>. But experts say that comparison quickly breaks down once foreign buyer thresholds, state consent requirements, legal charges, financing limits, taxes and exit liquidity are factored in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">The arithmetic has become less forgiving since Jan 1, 2026, when Malaysia doubled the flat stamp duty on residential property transfers involving non-citizens and foreign companies to 8 per cent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/international\/asean\/cheap-malaysia-condo-could-cost-singapore-buyers-far-more-they-think\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weaker ringgit may boost appeal for foreign buyers, but experts say taxes, financing rules and resale liquidity matter [KUALA LUMPUR] The ringgit may make&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}