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

Balazs Barabas

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