"Serviced apartment" and "condo" are market labels, not legal categories. The law looks at the land title: what use the land was granted for, and what conditions come with it. So when you compare two projects, look past the name at three things: the land use on the title, the tenure, and the form of the sale and purchase agreement.
Section 52 of the National Land Code sets three categories of land use: agriculture, building and industry. When a state grants land, it can add express conditions to the title (section 120), such as whether building land is for commercial or residential use. The Code has no category called "serviced apartment" or "condo".
Apartments of every label, whether condo, serviced apartment or SOHO, are strata property: the common areas are managed collectively by the owners under the Strata Management Act 2013 (Act 757). Landed property is the other kind. Where a project page on this site reads "individual title, not strata, the land is in your name", that is what it means.
| Title use | Projects |
|---|---|
| Commercial | 31 |
| Residential | 9 |
| Still being verified | 29 |
As at 24 September 2026. A further 7 projects have no title use recorded yet. By type: 50 apartments, 17 landed and 2 mixed developments.
Each project's title use and its source are on the project's own page. See every Johor Bahru project →
If you're not sure what title a project sits on, or whether its agreement follows Schedule H, send me the project name and I'll check it against the documents.
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