{"id":106684,"date":"2019-04-29T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/malaysias-southern-state-of-johor-calls-for-property-purchase-restrictions-by-foreigners-to-be-halved-to-bolster-real-estate-sales\/"},"modified":"2019-04-29T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:08:08","slug":"malaysias-southern-state-of-johor-calls-for-property-purchase-restrictions-by-foreigners-to-be-halved-to-bolster-real-estate-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/malaysias-southern-state-of-johor-calls-for-property-purchase-restrictions-by-foreigners-to-be-halved-to-bolster-real-estate-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia\u2019s southern state of Johor calls for property purchase restrictions by foreigners to be halved to bolster real estate sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe Johor Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) is calling on the government to consider reviewing the current threshold of property acquisition by foreigners.According to Johor Rehda chairman Chong Yoon On, the minimum threshold of 1 million ringgit (US$242,000) per unit imposed in 2014 should be reverted to 500,000 ringgit.The measure was introduced by the previous administration to stabilise domestic prices from excessive speculation to enable local interests to acquire\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/property\/international\/article\/3008054\/malaysias-southern-state-johor-calls-property-purchase\" target=\"_blank\">Malaysia\u2019s southern state of Johor calls for property purchase restrictions by foreigners to be halved to bolster real estate sales<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The Johor Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) is calling on the government to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-rKI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43125,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/after-abu-dhabi-saudi-arabia-halts-investment-in-johor\/","url_meta":{"origin":106684,"position":0},"title":"After Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia halts investment in Johor","date":"February 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Potential jobs creators peter out in Malaysia Segget River in Johor Bahru, the most southern city in Malaysia. 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