Sources & Methodology
Every figure, cited by source and period.
GetCommercialProperty is an intelligence platform, not a classifieds site, so our numbers have to hold up. Every quantitative figure we publish carries the source it came from and the period it covers. Figures are compiled from official NAPIC publications and named commercial research houses, each cited with its reporting period. Where a verified figure is not yet available we mark the datapoint as compiling rather than estimate it. Indicative yields are derived from prevailing rents and capital values and are guidance only, not valuation advice.
This page lists every external source we cite, grouped by type, with a verified link to its official site. Each link below was checked against the live official page. Where a research house blocks automated checks or publishes through a landing page, we link its verified Malaysian research or publications page and note it.
Commercial research houses
Named property consultancies whose published market research we cite for rents, occupancy, capital values and stock. Each figure carries the report and reporting period it came from.
Knight Frank Malaysia — Real Estate Highlights (bi-annual)
ResearchKnight Frank Malaysia’s research library. Real Estate Highlights is a bi-annual review of commercial and residential performance across Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor, Sabah and Sarawak, and the source of our Klang Valley office rent and occupancy figures.
knightfrank.com.my ↗JLL Malaysia — Market Reports
ResearchJLL’s Southeast Asia insights hub, which carries the Kuala Lumpur office, retail, residential and industrial-and-logistics Market Dynamics reports we cite for Greater KL Grade A warehouse stock, occupancy and capital values.
jll.com ↗Savills Malaysia — Research
ResearchSavills Malaysia’s research and news hub, publishing market reports and commentary across the commercial and industrial sectors.
savills.com.my ↗Rahim & Co — Research
ResearchRahim & Co International’s publications page, where its annual Property Market Review and research reports are released.
rahim-co.com ↗CBRE | WTW — Research
ResearchCBRE | WTW Malaysia’s Research & Reports section, covering Klang Valley and national property market reviews and sector insights.
cbre-wtw.com.my ↗Official property data
The authoritative public sources for Malaysian property statistics: NAPIC and its parent, JPPH. These are the benchmark we treat as definitive for stock and occupancy.
NAPIC — Commercial Property Stock Report
Official dataNAPIC, the National Property Information Centre under JPPH, is the authoritative public source for commercial property stock. Its Property Market Report and commercial stock tables underpin our existing-stock figures.
napic.jpph.gov.my ↗NAPIC — Industrial Property Stock Report
Official dataNAPIC’s industrial stock tables track factory, warehouse and industrial-land supply nationwide. Published through the National Property Information Centre under JPPH.
napic.jpph.gov.my ↗NAPIC — Commercial Building Occupancy & Space Availability tables
Official dataNAPIC’s occupancy and space-availability tables report purpose-built office and retail occupancy by location. The authoritative public benchmark for commercial occupancy.
napic.jpph.gov.my ↗JPPH (Valuation and Property Services Department)
Official dataThe federal valuation authority under the Ministry of Finance and the parent of NAPIC. Provides official property valuation and advisory services and publishes national property market data.
jpph.gov.my ↗Regulators and authorities
The federal bodies whose rules, licences and incentives shape a commercial decision: tax, investment approvals, valuation regulation, customs facilities, halal certification and digital-economy status.
LHDN (Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia)
AuthorityThe Inland Revenue Board, the authority for direct taxes relevant to property: Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT), stamp duty guidance and income tax on rental and disposal.
hasil.gov.my ↗MIDA (Malaysian Investment Development Authority)
AuthorityThe principal agency for manufacturing and services investment. MIDA approves the Manufacturing Licence under the Industrial Co-ordination Act and is the reference for industrial incentives.
mida.gov.my ↗BOVAEA / LPEPH (Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers)
AuthorityThe statutory board under the Ministry of Finance that regulates valuers, appraisers, estate agents and property managers under the Act 1981, and sets the professional scale of fees.
lpeph.gov.my ↗Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM)
AuthorityThe indirect-tax and trade authority, and the reference for Licensed Manufacturing Warehouse (LMW) and bonded-warehouse status under the Customs Act, with duty and sales-tax treatment for export industries.
customs.gov.my ↗JAKIM (Department of Islamic Development Malaysia)
AuthorityThe federal authority for halal certification. Its halal standards govern food-manufacturing and warehousing facilities seeking halal status, a material factor for many industrial occupiers.
islam.gov.my ↗Ministry of Economy (Kementerian Ekonomi)
AuthorityThe ministry responsible for national economic planning, statistics and major corridor and investment policy that shapes commercial and industrial demand.
ekonomi.gov.my ↗MDEC / Malaysia Digital (Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation)
AuthorityThe agency leading Malaysia’s digital economy and the Malaysia Digital (formerly MSC) status programme, the incentive framework behind technology, shared-services and data-centre occupiers in hubs like Cyberjaya.
mdec.my ↗Looking for the government and local-council (PBT) portals for land, planning, permits, licensing and utilities? Those live in our full directory: Government resources.
We are not affiliated with the organisations listed here, and their reports, portals and methodologies change. Where we do not yet have a verified figure, we mark the datapoint as compiling rather than estimate it. Found a broken or moved link? Tell us.