{"id":105434,"date":"2026-08-13T09:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T01:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/?post_type=frequently-asked-que&#038;p=105434"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T01:15:50","slug":"is-it-compulsory-to-buy-a-residential-property-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"frequently-asked-que","link":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/frequently-asked-que\/is-it-compulsory-to-buy-a-residential-property-in-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it compulsory to buy a residential property in Malaysia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, it is mandatory to purchase and own a residential property after obtaining MM2H approval, subject to the minimum value of each category:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platinum Category: RM 2 million or above.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold Category: RM 1 million or above.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Category: RM 600,000 or above.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Economic Zone: Floor price is subject to Johor state property acquisition policies, and the property must be purchased directly from the developer (not through agents or secondary markets).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"faq_bahagian":[1637],"faq_sistem":[1732],"class_list":["post-105434","frequently-asked-que","type-frequently-asked-que","status-publish","hentry","faq_bahagian-one-stop-center-malaysia-my-second-home-osc-mm2h","faq_sistem-2-eligibility-and-core-requirements"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/frequently-asked-que\/105434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/frequently-asked-que"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/frequently-asked-que"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/frequently-asked-que\/105434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105435,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/frequently-asked-que\/105434\/revisions\/105435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_bahagian","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_bahagian?post=105434"},{"taxonomy":"faq_sistem","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_sistem?post=105434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}