Three questions decide whether anything else matters: can you own it, does the register hold, and is your deposit protected. Here are the answers for Malaysia, each with the law or source it rests on. The answers are written for EU and EEA citizens; where rules differ for other nationals, the ownership answer says so. As of September 2026.
The core answers
Can you buy property here as an EU citizen?
Full ownership possible, with state approval and a minimum price threshold that differs by state.
Legal basis: National Land Code, Sec. 433B; Guideline EPU
Is your deposit protected by law?
Housing Development Act 118: a separate HDA account per project is mandatory, licence/APDL and instalments under Schedule G/H
Source: iproperty.com.my · 2025
Residence
MM2H in three tiers since June 2024: property purchase mandatory from MYR 600,000 (Silver) to 2 million (Platinum) plus fixed deposit
Source: aseanbriefing.com
First thing to check
- Whether the price is above the threshold of the respective state and whether payments run through the HDA project account.
All 24 dimensions
Scale 0 to 100, higher is better. Each value shows where it comes from: tied to a published index, own research with a source on file, or approximated from comparable countries.
Law and register
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Property rights | 57 | Index |
| Register | 78 | Research |
| Deposit protection | 80 | Research |
| Rule of law | 49 | Index |
| Freedom from corruption | 52 | Index |
| Political stability | 70 | Index |
Money and market
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase costs | 82 | Index |
| Tax burden | 67 | Index |
| Entry price | 67 | Index |
| Rental yield | 44 | Research |
| Price development | 43 | Index |
| Demand pipeline | 61 | Index |
Residence and access
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Residence | 75 | Research |
| Exit | 43 | Index |
| Currency | 76 | Index |
| Accessibility | 24 | Research |
Place and building stock
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Climate | 70 | Index |
| Natural hazards | 31 | Index |
| Utilities | 83 | Index |
| Build quality | 75 | Research |
| Construction cost | 79 | Research |
| Quality of life | 50 | Index |
| Healthcare | 68 | Index |
Researched individually
These entries do not come from an index but from research for this country. The source is given with each.
Residence
MM2H (Malaysia My Second Home) has had three tiers since June 2024: property purchase is mandatory, from MYR 600,000 (Silver) up to 2 million (Platinum), plus a fixed deposit
Source: aseanbriefing.com · 2024
Deposit protection
Housing Development Act 118: a separate HDA account per project is mandatory, together with a licence/APDL (advertising and sale permit) and instalment payments under Schedule G/H
Source: iproperty.com.my · 2025
Accessibility
9,756 km great-circle distance from Munich
Source: Grosskreisentfernung Muenchen-Hauptstadt · 2026
Build quality
BQCI 13/15 (WB Doing Business 2020) + WGI Government Effectiveness 69,13 (2024), Gewicht 35/65
Source: archive.doingbusiness.org · 2019
Place and building materials
What to check in Malaysia
Derived from the four weakest dimensions of this country - statistically, that is where buyers lose money.
- Accessibility. How often you can realistically get there - and whether a site inspection is possible in one day.
- Natural hazards. Exposure to earthquake, storm, flood and wildfire at the specific site, not the national average.
- Exit. Whether there is a working resale market and whether you can get the sale proceeds out of the country.
- Price development. Whether price growth was real or only nominal - with inflation taken out.
Developers and projects in Malaysia
The developer index records 39 projects and 14 developers in Malaysia without rating them, each entry with source and retrieval date. An excerpt:
| Project | Place | Developer | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 7 Valderrama Series Double Storey Semi-Detached | Ayer Keroh | Country Villas Resort Sdn Bhd | under construction |
| Caladia Serviced Apartment | Bandar Puteri Bangi | IOI Properties Group | planned |
| Marvela 2 & 3 | Bandar Putra Kulai | IOI Properties Group | under construction |
| Duduk Irama (Eco Sun) | Batu Kawan | Eco Horizon Sdn Bhd (EcoWorld) | on sale |
| M Amaya | Batu Maung | Mah Sing Group | planned |
| M Zenni | Batu Maung | Mah Sing Group | planned |
| Sunway Flora 2 | Bukit Jalil | Sunway Integrated Properties Sdn. Bhd. | on sale |
| Quintet Serviced Apartment @ Cameron | Cameron Highlands | Fern Valley Development Sdn. Bhd. | completed |
| Mori Pines (Gamuda Cove) | Gamuda Cove | Gamuda Land | on sale |
| Valeria Garden Homes | Gamuda Gardens | Gamuda Land | on sale |
| Astor (Gardens Park) | Gardens Park | Gamuda Land | on sale |
| Intrika 4 | Greater Kuala Lumpur | UEM Sunrise | planned |
Individual project pages are currently in German; they contain the recorded data, the source and the retrieval date.
All 39 projects and 14 developers in Malaysia
What the guide cannot do
A country can look good in all three columns and the specific property can still be a total loss. The reverse is also true: in a country with a weak register, a cleanly titled plot can be entirely unproblematic. The guide tells you what the environment looks like. Whether this one property holds up is decided by the review.