{"id":62373,"date":"2024-03-26T13:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T05:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=62373"},"modified":"2024-03-26T13:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T05:55:16","slug":"houses-unsold-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/houses-unsold-q3","title":{"rendered":"More Than 25,000 Houses Left Unsold, Worth RM17.4 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Housing and Local Government Ministry revealed to the Dewan Rakyat today that the third quarter of 2023 saw a total of 25,311 houses worth RM17.4bil that were left unsold.<\/span><\/p>\n The figure was revealed from data released by the National Property Information Centre (Napic), which showed that 19.4% of 130,753 newly launched units across the country are left unsold.<\/span><\/p>\n According to a local news daily<\/a>, Kuala Lumpur recorded over 19% of the total unsold properties which translates to over 3,100 unsold new properties.<\/p>\n However, the ministry did concur that the 2024 figures are still not around as Napic is still in the process of updating and reviewing the data.<\/span><\/p>\n Answering a question from P. Prabakaran (PH-Batu), who asked for figures of unsold houses in the country and Kuala Lumpur, the ministry also added that the housing industry is a very dynamic and competitive industry with many stakeholders from all walks of life.<\/span><\/p>\n However, this does not mean that the industry is free from issues, such as the problem of unsold units.<\/span><\/p>\n The ministry concluded that the issue is borne from the mismatch in the housing market which is caused by the gap between demand and supply of houses.<\/span><\/p>\n Unsold or overhang properties have long been a problem in Malaysia, and several solutions have been touted about to solve the issue.<\/span><\/p>\nThe unsold and overhang property problem<\/b><\/h2>\n