Application can be sent to the land office, but in general it is difficult to succeed.

Foreigners can purchase a property in Malaysia after they get the approval from Malaysia state government.

There is no time limit for freehold.

For leasehold, there is a time restriction, mostly 99 years of duration.   

For land, there is Title;

For housing, there is Sales and Purchase Agreement.

When the leasehold expiries, government may expropriate the related land by paying the owner compensation if they need the land. Otherwise leasehold can be renewed by the heir.

When one purchases a condominium in Malaysia, the public facilities and car parking space are excluded from the agreement floor plan, but the balcony is included.  According to Taiwan 30% ratio, if purchase a 50ping condominium, Taiwan's indoor space available is only 35 ping but in Malaysia there is 50 ping available. If property purchased at the same price, Malaysia property worths more. The difference is: 500,000*50ping= 25 million; 25 million/35ping= 710,000.

Malaysia determinse the property size by using British Standards of Weights and Measures. The common use is Square meters (SQM) and square feet (SQFT). 1 ping =3.30579 square meter ; 1 square meter = 0.3025 ping.

1. Overview　
You only own a leasehold property for a fixed period of time.

You’ll have a legal agreement with the landlord (sometimes known as the ‘freeholder’) called a ‘lease’.

This tells you how many years you’ll own the property.

Ownership of the property returns to the landlord when the lease comes to an end.

Most flats are leasehold.

Houses can be leasehold too and usually are if they’re bought through a shared ownership scheme.

For more details, please visit：https://www.gov.uk/leasehold-property

2. Leaseholder rights and responsibilities　

* Your responsibilities-
 
Your lease will tell you what conditions you’ve agreed to. For example:

1. There are different regulations in each province. According to the law, it is deemed to have taken place after the title deed is received.

2. In Nanning and Shanghai, a presale property is purchased when deed tax is paid and deed tax receipt is obtained. The time of paying deed tax is when the first progress payment is made.