Plain-language guides to buying property in Johor: costs, loans, stamp duty, foreigner rules and MM2H.
What a foreign owner pays and needs to know on exit: RPGT of 30% in years 1 to 5 and 10% after, the 7% retention, who you can sell to, 30% tax on rent and inheritance basics.
Two ways to finance a JB home: an SGD loan from a Singapore bank (OCBC up to 60%, UOB up to 70%) or a ringgit loan from a Malaysian bank, with BNM rules, documents and timing.
Owning a JB home gives you no right to live there. Here are the 30-day visit rule for Singaporeans, the MM2H tiers and Forest City category, other long-term passes and HDB rules if you move.
Four Singapore rules for HDB owners buying in JB: the MOP ban covers overseas homes, CPF can’t be used, owning in JB blocks a new HDB flat or HDB loan, and ABSD doesn’t count it.
A plain decision guide: who a Johor Bahru home suits, who it may not, and the real commute to Singapore by walk and RTS, bus or car, with dated sources.
Dated NAPIC figures on unsold homes, serviced apartments and new launches in Johor, plus what rising supply near the RTS means for buyers and landlords.
How a serviced apartment differs from a condo in Johor: title type, MBJB assessment rates, Ranhill SAJ water and TNB electricity tariffs, and what to ask before booking.
Calm, dated facts on crime and flooding in Johor Bahru: the latest Johor police figures, recent flash-flood reports by area, and how to check a specific address.
A plain step-by-step guide to checking a developer’s licence, APDL, construction progress and sick or abandoned status on KPKT’s TEDUH portal before you buy.
Today’s rental market in Johor Bahru: median asking rents by area and unit size in completed buildings, with listing counts and an asking-vs-achieved caveat.
