nurul razaki
University LINTON, Faculty of Business and Accounting, Department Member
- Lecturer in Linton University College.edit
of project paper presented to the Senate of University Putra Malaysia in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration
Research Interests:
DETERMINANTS ON BUYING DECISION OF FOREIGN INVESTOR TOWARDS REAL PROPERTY IN MALAYSIA The property industry in Malaysia is fragmented and dominated by large players as it is capital intensive. In reality, the high demand for real... more
DETERMINANTS ON BUYING DECISION OF FOREIGN INVESTOR TOWARDS REAL PROPERTY IN MALAYSIA
The property industry in Malaysia is fragmented and dominated by large players as it is capital intensive. In reality, the high demand for real property stated in year 2013 by Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), shows the foreign investors from United State (US) was take placed with the drastically numbers investing in real property market that contributing 22.43% of country’s foreign direct investment. Even though the government had imposed the minimum threshold for foreign investor on property as for now is RM1 Million, however the real property is still dominated in the heart of the investors. Thus, with the significant numbers of the players as a real property investors in Malaysia, to what extent the foreign investors make a decision in order to buy a real property.
Hence, the objective of this study is to explore whether price, interest rate, income and property location plays a pivotal role in the factors affecting buying decision of foreign investor towards real property in Malaysia. A total of 200 respondents from Multinational Companies in Cyberjaya and UPM, Serdang were surveyed to answer questionnaire. The analysis were conducted using Pearson Correlation, Multiple Regression and also Descriptive statistic. This findings show that evidence that price and income are important factors that are cogitated by respondents in their real property buying decisions. However an interest rate and property location are not supported the objective of the research and show the no influence to buying decision of the foreign investors.
The property industry in Malaysia is fragmented and dominated by large players as it is capital intensive. In reality, the high demand for real property stated in year 2013 by Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), shows the foreign investors from United State (US) was take placed with the drastically numbers investing in real property market that contributing 22.43% of country’s foreign direct investment. Even though the government had imposed the minimum threshold for foreign investor on property as for now is RM1 Million, however the real property is still dominated in the heart of the investors. Thus, with the significant numbers of the players as a real property investors in Malaysia, to what extent the foreign investors make a decision in order to buy a real property.
Hence, the objective of this study is to explore whether price, interest rate, income and property location plays a pivotal role in the factors affecting buying decision of foreign investor towards real property in Malaysia. A total of 200 respondents from Multinational Companies in Cyberjaya and UPM, Serdang were surveyed to answer questionnaire. The analysis were conducted using Pearson Correlation, Multiple Regression and also Descriptive statistic. This findings show that evidence that price and income are important factors that are cogitated by respondents in their real property buying decisions. However an interest rate and property location are not supported the objective of the research and show the no influence to buying decision of the foreign investors.