royal green showflat

However, the Central Bank held onto intentions to introduce new mortgage regulations in the later half of 2013.

Malaysia

Despite Malaysia's liberal foreign homeowners-ship policy, it has a floor price of RM250,00 imposed on royal green showflat residential properties bought by foreigners. In 2010, in a bid to dampen escalating real estate prices, the Federal Government increased the minimum price to RM500,00.

However, State and Federal policies may differ.

In July 2012, the Penang state government raised the bar to RM1 million for apartments, RM2 million for landed properties on the island, and RM1 million for landed properties in Seberang Perai. Further, buyers under the Malaysia My Second Home scheme have a purchase cap of 2 units, with their minimum increased from RM250,000 to RM500,000.