Sr. Khuzaimah Abdullah started her career as Valuation Officer with the Department of Valuation and Property Services (JPPH), Ministry of Finance in June 1982. She assumed the present position as Director of National Property Information Centre (NAPIC) in April 2013. Prior to this appointment, she was the Deputy Director (Research & Development) in National Institute of Valuation (INSPEN). Graduated with Bachelor of Survey (Property Management) from UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia and obtained Master of Science (Property Asset Management) from Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
The main objective of this presentation is to provide an overview of residential property market in Malaysia pre and post Global Financial Crisis (2007-2013). Prices of houses escalated since 2010. Malaysian House Price Index reported 6.7%, 9.9% and 11.8% annual growth in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. In an open trading economy, such as Malaysia, price is determined by demand and supply. Using transaction and housing inventory data collected by Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH), the residential property market performance is analysed in relation to price, demand and supply of houses.