Iskandar Malaysia needs 1.2m residential units by 2025
Published on: Wednesday, August 08, 2018
Johor: Iskandar Malaysia requires about 1.2 million residential properties by 2025 to cater to the economic region's rapidly growing population, says Iskandar Regional Development Authority (Irda) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Datuk Ismail Ibrahim.He said there was demand for both strata or landed properties but stressed that prices must be affordable."When we launched Iskandar Malaysia in 2006, the population was about 1.49 million.
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Today, the population has grown to 1.95 million and by 2025, it is forecast to reach three million."This growth resulted from migration, many are coming here to seek employment. Based on this, we anticipate for residential properties to climb to about 1.2 million units by 2025," he said after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with four new data sharing partners, namely Valuation and Property Services Department, iProperty.com.my, Nextdor Property Communications and REI Group here on Tuesday.Ismail said there were only about 700,000 residential units currently available in Iskandar Malaysia and there was an urgent need to ensure sufficient housing to meet demand.
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