Praveena Nathesan

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In 2022, the Malaysian property industry, particularly the residential market showed a healthy and steady recovery after significant downtrends during the COVID pandemic. As we anticipate continued, gradual improvements for the housing market in 2023 – let's take a look at what sold well during the past year.

As we look forward to 2023, with an expected trend of continued, gradual improvements – let's check out what sold well during the past year. 

The latest subsale transaction data from JPPH shows that a housing development in Iskandar Puteri recorded the highest residential sales in Johor in 2022. The article intends to explore hidden gems in Iskandar Puteri which might suit prospecting homebuyers and property investors.

As the country moves towards endemicity, the property market demonstrated a healthy rebound in the first half of 2022, in tandem with the normalisation of economic activities. Recent iProperty.com.my data also reflected similar growth patterns as we examined subsale property market activity to identify high-rise projects that performed well and demonstrated sound capital gain post-pandemic.