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Malaysia’s Budget 2026, tabled on 10 October 2025, takes a measured but strategic approach to real estate. Instead of driving a property boom, it focuses on home affordability, responsible ownership, and urban revitalisation.

Malaysia’s Budget 2026, tabled on 10 October 2025, signals a maturing property policy environment. While Budget 2025 was focused on affordability, fiscal balance, and tax reform, Budget 2026 aligns those moves with sharper targeting, encouraging homeownership, tightening foreign acquisition, revitalising underused assets, and embedding sustainability.

It’s important to carefully assess the pros and cons before committing to a personal loan for property-related expenses.

Mah Sing is optimistic about the outlook of the property sector for the year as stable OPR will bring confidence to the real estate market and investing in properties is a good hedge against inflation.

The Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims, aka Housing Tribunal (Tribunal), was supposed to be ‘fast’, ‘cheap’ and simple’. How does it benefit house buyers if the Housing Tribunal’s monetary jurisdiction is increased to RM250,000 from the current limit of RM50,000?

Individuals who dispose of their properties in the sixth year onwards will no longer be charged the 5% RPGT too, beginning 1 January 2022.

Costs like stamp duty fees, legal fees for SPA and loan agreements are some other things homebuyers need to consider when owning a house in Malaysia.

With an allocation of RM393.8 billion, Budget 2024 is Malaysia's largest-ever budget. There's a further shift from blanket subsidies to a more targeted approach to benefit the lower-income groups.

The bills will be delivered via email, and can be accessed on the e-Tanah system, where all data of land-related transactions will be stored for future reference.