Guides

Five things a buyer meets on the way to an offer, explained from the record this site is built on rather than from a listing. Short, sourced, and tied to the numbers on the scheme pages.

• What psf means, and which square feet it countsPrice per square foot is price divided by an area — but which area? Built-up, land, or the strata parcel the land office records. Why the same home has three psf figures, and which one this site uses.Reviewed 26 August 2026
• Asking price vs transacted price: why the listing is not the priceAn asking price is a number a seller typed. A transacted price is the stamped sale the land office recorded. What each one is, where each comes from, and what the gap between them looks like when it is measured properly.Reviewed 26 August 2026
• Stamp duty on a home in Malaysia: the transfer scale, the loan, the first-home exemptionThe ad valorem scale on the Memorandum of Transfer (1% to 4%), the 0.5% on the loan agreement, the flat 8% for non-citizens from 2026, and the 100% first-home exemption to end-2027 — each with its statutory source and a worked example.Reviewed 26 August 2026
• Strata title vs individual title: what you actually ownAn individual title is the land and everything on it. A strata title is your parcel plus a share of everything common — and a management body, charges and by-laws come with it. How each is issued, how to check yours, and why it matters when you sell or borrow.Reviewed 26 August 2026
• Maintenance fee and sinking fund: what the monthly charge buysThe maintenance charge runs the building; the sinking fund is the reserve for big works. What each covers, how share units set your bill, the 10% rule in the Strata Management Act, and what happens when an owner stops paying.Reviewed 26 August 2026