Malaysia real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend
- Average price: $2,628 / m²
- Gross rental yield: 5.27%
- 12-month price change (USD): 5.2%
- Transaction cost: 5.7%
- Price basis: capital, prime district
Residential property in Malaysia averages $2,628 per square metre, +5.2% in dollar terms over the last twelve months. That makes it the 47th most expensive of the 70 markets in the set.
What a buyer pays in Malaysia
The $2,628 figure is an average for the prime districts of the capital only: it describes the capital's market, not the country as a whole — most of the country trades well below it. Buying costs — transfer tax or stamp duty, notary, registration and agency — come to about 5.7% of the price here. On a 100 m² apartment at the average price that is roughly $14,980 on top of the $262,800 purchase price. That is below the 9.5% median across the set, which shortens the time it takes for a purchase to break even.
What it earns
Long-term letting returns about 5.3% gross on the purchase price, 40th of 69 markets by gross yield. Measured against local earnings, the price-to-income ratio is 8.8 — that is how many years of an average local income one average home costs, and it says more about who can buy here than any price figure does.
How this figure is built
The price figure for Malaysia comes from the source we judge most reliable for this market. It was last refreshed on 2026-07-23. We rate our confidence in this market’s data high: the underlying series is official and current. We recompute every market the same way; a figure that fails our checks is suppressed, not guessed.
Sources: GPG Malaysia · globalpropertyguide.com · rummah.my · iqiglobal.com. Snapshot: 2026-07-23.
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