Malaysia residential construction value rises 2.7% in third quarter 2026

Residential building work in Malaysia was worth RM10.7 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 2.7% - the second slowest of four sub-sectors.

The facts

Residential building work done in Malaysia was worth RM10.7 billion in the third quarter of 2026, +2.7% on a year earlier, and 21.7% of all construction work done.
Total work done reached RM49.5 billion, up 9.0% on the year against 8.8% in the second quarter, and up 3.6% on the quarter against 2.7%.
Non-residential buildings grew fastest at 21.1% and RM15.7 billion, special trade activities 13.2% and RM6.2 billion, civil engineering 2.2% and RM16.9 billion. Residential was the second slowest of the four sub-sectors; only civil engineering grew more slowly.
Private projects made up RM33.3 billion, or 67.2% of the total, and grew 12.7%; public work came to RM16.3 billion and grew 2.2%.
Selangor contributed RM11.2 billion (22.7%), Johor RM10.1 billion (20.5%), Sarawak RM5.7 billion (11.4%) and Wilayah Persekutuan RM5.0 billion (10.1%), together 64.7%.
January to September work done totalled RM143.9 billion, up 8.8%. The Department of Statistics Malaysia publishes no price basis with these figures, so they measure the value of work carried out, not a volume and not a number of homes.

Residential work grew 2.7% and non-residential 21.1%, a gap of 18.4 points. Value spent on new housing is rising slowly.
Glopra data put the Malaysian entry level at 2,085 US dollars per square metre, after a 16.1% rise over five years; this release moves neither figure, because it counts ringgit of work done rather than home prices.
For an owner already holding Malaysian property the channel is the build and renovation budget. Work done in non-residential building rose 21.1% and in special trade activities 13.2%, both well ahead of housing at 2.7%.

The next quarterly release from the Department of Statistics Malaysia, which shows whether residential work keeps growing more slowly than the sector as a whole.
The release states no price basis, so the 2.7% cannot be separated into price and volume, and it cannot be converted into a number of completed homes.

Sources: Department of Statistics Malaysia https://www.dosm.gov.my/portal-main/release-content/construction-statistics-q32026