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Mixed Messages About Investment Property in Malaysia

Mixed Messages About Investment Property in Malaysia

Malaysia is a hard one to call – on the one hand you have undeniable evidence that the mid-high end in the residential sector is doing very well, and on the other hand you have inflationary pressures impacting local affordability and demand.  On top of this, analysts and experts on the real estate market in this Asian nation are all delivering mixed messages about investment property in Malaysia.

We thought we’d try and bring you a bit of clarity – although we’re quite confused too!  We’re certain of Malaysia’s immediate appeal, we are certain of Malaysia’s strong tourism sector and we’re also certain that the nation’s government is committed to keeping the foreign investment environment as healthy as possible.  But is this enough to ensure a healthy landscape for property investors in Malaysia over the medium to longer term?

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Malaysian Property Market Not Immune to Global Situation

Despite the continued strength of the Malaysian economy which is predicted to enjoy growth in the region of 5.8% this year, and the popularity of the nation as a business hub in the still affluent Asian region, the recent ‘United Nations Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific’ report highlights the fact that the Malaysian property market is not immune to the global financial situation.

Whilst Malaysia is relatively well positioned to survive any pending global economic slowdown in many sectors of its economy thanks to the fact that it is an oil exporter and has managed to diversify its export base to include emerging markets, real estate is one area of the economy that could well be hit hard.

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Property Investment in Malaysia and South East Asia

There has been limited attention paid to the property markets of South East Asia on Amberlamb of late – but with a mixed bag of data coming from the region at the moment and an increasing number of investors looking further afield for property investment potential abroad, we decided to focus on real estate economies in the likes of Singapore, Shanghai, Vietnam and Malaysia today.

According to the Global Property Guide, Singapore was the best performing property market in the world last year in real terms but there are certainly other locations in the region that are at least as interesting going into 2008 and looking to the longer term so read on for the latest information about property investment in Malaysia and South East Asia.

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Low Risk Investment Property in Malaysia

The stock markets of the world are crashing around us as we write this, so the team at Amberlamb are pleased to announce that there is a way to acquire a low risk entry into investment property in Malaysia for all those who have become risk averse overnight!

The REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) industry in Malaysia may be in its infancy, but as we will demonstrate, it offers property investors a way to buy-in to a sustainably expanding property market where high yields and low risks over the medium to long term are the name of the game.

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Issues Affecting the Malaysia Property Market

Regular readers of Amberlamb will be well aware that we’ve been particularly won over by the Malaysian government’s concerted efforts to bring sustainable investment into the nation’s property market. 

In 2007 we reported on the changes the government had brought in to ownership laws, the greater transparency it had sought to promote in the property registration process in Malaysia, and we even speculated about the positive aspects likely to come to benefit the real estate market in the country’s 2008 budget.  But in spite of all the positive efforts being made by the government and indeed by the property sector locally in Malaysia, there are those in the civil service who are conspiring against the greater development and expansion, promotion and enhancement of Malaysia’s property market it seems.

In this article we’ll be taking a look at the issues affecting the Malaysia property market so that those considering entry can have a well-rounded idea of the problems and issues they may well encounter along the way.

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Malaysian Property Sector and Malaysia’s Budget 2008

Malaysian 2008 pre-budget information is being analyzed and theorized over in local and international press at the moment, and because the budget’s theme is ‘Enhancing Competitiveness and Sharing Economic Prosperity’, you can quite clearly see that this could bode exceptionally well for the international property investor climate in Malaysia going forward throughout 2008 and beyond...and you would be perfectly correct in your assumption!

Word has it that the government is wholly committed to its positive investment encouraging strategies and is even contemplating actively enhancing Malaysia’s competitive edge – not just in the region but globally; so, in terms of the Malaysian property sector and Malaysia’s budget 2008, there is plenty to be positive about for at least the medium term.

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Malaysian Property Market Boosted

The Malaysian property market got off to a flying start in 2007 and all expectations were for a dramatically bumper year – however, as is often the case with markets that are so open and therefore vulnerable to international exposure, the negative economic situation in the US has had a somewhat broad effect on the Malaysian economy this year and this has translated into the real estate sector in the form of lower than expected sales volumes.

But investors need not concern themselves – the fundamentals remain the same and they remain exceptionally positive in our view and what’s more, the Malaysian property market has been boosted this week by reports of significant Middle Eastern investment commitment and going forward, the property sector is expected to be one of the main areas of the economy to benefit from the forthcoming 2008 budget according to Forbes.com.

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Malaysia Property Investment News

Now that The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research has upped its GDP growth forecasts for Malaysia for 2007 and everything economically speaking in the nation is on track for an extremely successful year, everyone apparently wants a slice of the Malaysia property investment pie.

And it’s not just private individual investors looking at the potential in the Malaysian property marketplace - some of the bigger institutional players are getting in on the game having done their due diligence and found that there is exceptional room for price, yield and profit expansion in this exciting emerging market.

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Everything in Malaysia’s Investment Property Garden is Rosy

Here’s the question of the day - how much positive news about a nation and its real estate market does one property investor need?  The reason we’re asking is because everything in Malaysia’s investment property garden is rosy right now - therefore how much positive news do you need before you’re ready to make a commitment to it? 

No matter how much positive data you normally need before you make a move you should now find sufficient evidence to suggest that Malaysia is very ripe and ready for your investment.  But if you don’t believe us perhaps you’ll believe those who contributed to the record levels of foreign direct investment that the nation enjoyed in the first five months of 2007 - or those who are heralding Malaysia as one of the world’s leading shopping capitals - or those who believe that the property sector is helping to underpin an incredibly successful economy?

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Investment Property Sectors in Malaysia Particularly Strong

According to a recent statement from Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop of the Malaysian ministry of finance, the already strong Malaysian economy has been enjoying a prolonged period of advancement this year so far, with residential and commercial investment property sectors in Malaysia particularly strong and contributing substantially to the ongoing economic success of the nation.

In his statement the finance minister revealed that the Malaysian economy has expanded by 5.3% in the first quarter of 2007 alone – the strong expansion was largely boosted by the government’s decisive and positive regulation and taxation changes which have certainly benefited the nation’s real estate sectors.  2007 is lining up to be a very positive and powerful year for property investment in Malaysia, but in our opinion we are only just starting to see the beginning of long term positive developments.

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