Industry urges Malaysia to retain first-home incentives amid affordability pressures

Nanyang Property reports broad industry consensus that first-home buyer incentives should be sustained or expanded in the 2026 Budget to protect affordability and market confidence. Interviewed leaders propose widening stamp-duty exemptions to the secondary market, recalibrating price caps for major cities, reviving the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC), and accelerating infrastructure and green investment to support sustainable demand. The piece also emphasises the value of clearer policy communication and more transparent, digital oversight to lower compliance costs and reduce market anxiety.

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Key takeaways

• Affordability first: Calls to preserve (or broaden) incentives for first-time buyers to stabilise sentiment and access.
• Practical policy ideas: Extend relief to subsale transactions, raise first-home price caps, and revive HOC to catalyse activity.
• Infrastructure & ESG as catalysts: Public transport, logistics and renewable-energy investment can unlock corridor growth; green certification is fast becoming baseline for competitiveness.
• Transparency matters: Industry voices highlight digital regulation and transparent data release to reduce uncertainty and compliance burden.

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Why this matters to ValuationXchange: The article’s emphasis on transparency and digital oversight aligns with ValuationXchange’s mission to enable clearer, traceable valuation workflows that support sustainable, trust-based decision-making across Malaysia’s property market.

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