Agency leaders define Malaysia's real estate future
The StarProperty Awards 2025: Realtor Edition (SREA 2025) spotlights the most influential minds steering Malaysia’s property trajectory. These agency leaders—chairmen, managing directors, founders and chief executive officers—are not merely observers of the market, they are the strategic forces that quantify potential, manage risk and guide investment across the country's most dynamic growth corridors.
This exclusive collective, representing firms from IQI Realty to Maxxan Realty and Oriental Real Estate, shares a unified optimism for 2025 and 2026, projecting stable price growth supported by resilient economic fundamentals and sustained urbanisation. Yet, their deep market insights reveal a nuanced, two-speed recovery defined by powerful sectoral and demographic shifts:
The industrial revolution: Leaders like Andy Teoh of GAP Estate and Jeff Ong from Dreamvest Realty predict an industrial sector poised for a massive boom, fueled by the global semiconductor, AI (artificial intelligence) and ESG industries and a structural shift where rising commercial rents force businesses into industrial spaces.
The southern surge: Catalytic projects like the RTS Link and the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) are transforming Johor into Malaysia’s strongest growth engine, as analysed by Daniel Ho of IQI Realty and reinforced by Caroll Tai from Power Home Realty’s advice on seizing this Shenzhen moment.
The generational divide: A central theme shared by Sam Jee Yik Seng of Maxxan Realty and Kelly Ang from RMX Realty is the growing chasm between generations. While the over-40 demographic remains committed to property ownership for long-term wealth, the younger generation increasingly prefers renting for financial flexibility and lifestyle freedom.
These leaders encapsulate the agility and vision necessary to thrive. Whether it is Eddie Lee from Oriental Real Estate forecasting steady residential demand or Alex Lee of Tech Realtors Properties focusing on turning market challenges into momentum, their collective wisdom offers an unparalleled look into the strategies, hotspots and mindset required to lead the real estate industry into a profitable and sustainable future.
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