IN FOCUS: Rise in JB property prices due to foreign buyers - are locals priced out of their ‘dream homes’?

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Demand from Singapore and China buyers has driven up home prices in Johor Bahru, forcing some locals to look for options far from the city centre. JOHOR BAHRU: Housewife Nana Razali and her family of six have never had their own home. The 32-year-old, her husband and their children have been living in a rental flat for the last 13 years in the suburb town of Pasir Gudang, around 20km from Johor Bahru (JB) city centre by road. Nana has long dreamed of owning a landed property where her children