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Guide for Foreign Property Investor in Malaysia
Property Terminology of Malaysia
Properties in Malaysia can be:
1. Freehold Properties - land ownership
held in perpetuity
2. Leasehold Properties – land owned by
State Government for a term of usually
of 99 years. Renewal of leases is usually
accepted with payment of premium to
the State Government.
Property Titles:
Property ‘title’ usually refers to property
ownership rights. Malaysia operates
under the ‘ Torrens Titl e System" of land
registration, which is common amongst
most Commonwealth Nations.
In Malaysia, one typically needs to be
aware of three types of titles: Master
Title, Strata Title, and Individual Title.
A Master Title usually refers to the
‘top-level’ title held by a property
developer, which a ords the
developer full control and rights
over the land they own. Typically
you’ll nd references to the Master
Title when new properties are being
constructed before Individual or
Strata Titles are granted.
A Strata Title is usually granted to a
property owner who buys a
property in a shared building or
non-landed property. So, for
example, owners of Condominiums
usually have Strata Titles.
An Individual Title is similar to a
Strata Title, but it typically refers to
landed properties like houses,
bungalows, semi-detached houses
and so forth - where the property
owner has a discrete piece of land,
usually below the property.
As a rule of thumb,
typically landed properties have an
Individual Title, and nonlanded
properties tend to have Strata
Title. Although, some landed properties
(speci cally in gated and guarded
developments) may have Strata Titles.
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