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Legal fees & stamp duty
Estimate the legal fees and stamp duty for buying, financing or renting property in Malaysia. Pick a calculator below and enter your figures — results update as you type.
Legal fees
Scale fees for a sale & purchase agreement or a loan agreement under the Solicitors’ Remuneration Order 2023.
How it’s calculated
| First RM500,000 | 1.25% (min. RM500) |
| Next RM7,000,000 | 1% |
| Above RM7,500,000 | Negotiable, up to 1% |
The same scale applies to sale & purchase and loan documents. Purchases directly from a developer under the Housing Development Act use a lower scale. Estimates exclude disbursements such as searches, registration and filing fees.
Stamp duty – property transfer
Stamp duty on the memorandum of transfer (MOT), payable by the buyer.
How it’s calculated
| First RM100,000 | 1% |
| RM100,001 – RM500,000 | 2% |
| RM500,001 – RM1,000,000 | 3% |
| Above RM1,000,000 | 4% |
| Foreign buyer, residential (from 1 Jan 2026) | 8% flat |
| Foreign buyer, non-residential | 4% flat |
Duty is charged per RM100 or part of RM100. First-home exemption: full exemption for Malaysian citizens on a first residential home up to RM500,000, for sale & purchase agreements signed by 31 December 2027. Budget 2027 proposes extending relief to homes up to RM750,000 from 2027 – not yet law.
Stamp duty – loan
Stamp duty on a housing loan or financing agreement.
How it’s calculated
| Loan agreement | 0.5% of loan |
| Charged per | RM5 per RM1,000 or part |
First-home exemption: full exemption on the loan agreement for Malaysian citizens buying a first residential home up to RM500,000, for sale & purchase agreements signed by 31 December 2027.
Stamp duty – tenancy
Stamp duty on a tenancy or lease agreement, at the rates in force since 1 January 2025.
How it’s calculated
| Up to 1 year | RM1 per RM250 |
| More than 1, up to 3 years | RM3 per RM250 |
| More than 3, up to 5 years | RM5 per RM250 |
| More than 5 years | RM7 per RM250 |
| Each extra copy | RM10 |
Charged on the annual rent, per RM250 or part of RM250. The former exemption for annual rent up to RM2,400 no longer applies. Since 1 January 2026, tenancy agreements are stamped by self-assessment through MyTax.
Total stamp duty
RM 0.00Principal duty is usually paid by the tenant.
Home loan
Estimate your monthly instalment for a housing loan.
Based on a standard reducing-balance loan with a fixed rate for the whole tenure. Your bank’s actual instalment may differ.
Need an exact figure for your transaction?
Disbursements, discounts and exemptions vary from case to case. Our conveyancing team can give you a full written quotation.
These calculators give estimates for general information only and do not constitute legal or tax advice. Figures are based on the Solicitors’ Remuneration Order 2023 and the Stamp Act 1949 as amended, including the Finance Act 2025. Actual amounts depend on the facts of each transaction. Last reviewed November 2026.
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