The Straits View DUO

On the evidence available, no — not a single unit. Johor requires non-citizens to pay at least RM1,000,000 for a strata unit. The highest asking price in circulation for DUO is around RM733,000, and even the largest layout, C1 at 1,377 sq ft, computes to roughly RM920,000 at the top psf figure agents quote.

I have to be precise about the basis: the developer publishes no price list at all — its own page says “please contact us for a quotation”. So this conclusion rests on aggregated agent and portal pricing, not on a developer document. If BRDB releases a price sheet with units above RM1 million, that changes and I will change this page.

Everything about the sales narrative points the same way: Bumiputera and non-Bumiputera quota language, first-time buyers, Johoreans working in Singapore. This is a Malaysian product.

The developer’s own published figure is 10 km to both the CIQ and the Bukit Chagar RTS station. Measured straight-line from the project’s map pin, it is about 6.3 km to the CIQ and 6.4 km to the station.

There is an agent microsite on a similar domain claiming 8 km and an eight-minute drive. That contradicts the developer and I am not repeating it. In practice you are crossing the Permas Jaya bridge and joining traffic into the city — the peak-hour number is not eight minutes.

The RTS Link itself is not open yet. Civil and systems works are targeted for completion by end-December 2026, with passenger service targeted for January 2027. The developer’s own answer to this is a free shuttle bus to the CIQ and the RTS, which is a sensible response to a 10 km gap.

Tenure and land use category are two separate things, and DUO is freehold on commercial-category land. The Edge confirmed this in September 2024, quoting the developer: “a 3.37-acre freehold and commercial-titled tract”.

What it costs you: assessment is charged at the commercial rate rather than the residential rate; electricity and water are billed on commercial tariffs, which matters a lot in an air-conditioned unit; and banks typically approve a lower margin of finance on commercial title, so your cash down payment is larger than the 10% headline.

One agent page claims the units are “commercial title under HDA”. I could not confirm that from BRDB or any level 1 to 4 source. Do not assume Housing Development Act protection — ask your lawyer to check the sale and purchase agreement schedule before you sign.

Use the developer’s own floor plan module: A 645, A1 731, A2 688, B 882, B1 882, B2 936, C 1,291, C1 1,377 sq ft. That is what is on this page.

An agent review site publishes a different table entirely — A1 847, A2 789, C1 1,529 sq ft. Those larger figures may include accessory parcels or balconies, but nobody has said so and I will not assume it. Where a developer figure and an agent figure disagree, the developer figure wins.

Also note the developer’s own marketing headline says “645 – 1,291 sq ft”, which quietly leaves out its largest layout, C1 at 1,377 sq ft.

No. What the developer announced on 9 December 2025 is that Tower A’s non-Bumiputera units were fully taken up within about two months. The Edge and The Star reported that accurately; some agents have since compressed it into “the project is sold out”.

Tower B opened for booking on the back of that announcement and is the current release. Bumiputera-quota units in Tower A are a separate pool with their own release mechanics.

If someone tells you there is nothing left, ask them to show you the developer’s stock list with a date on it.

Permas Jaya Sdn Bhd (14161-T) is a wholly owned subsidiary of BRDB Developments Sdn Bhd (5521-A), formerly the Bursa-listed Bandar Raya Developments Berhad. It built Bangsar Shopping Centre, The Troika and One Menerung in Kuala Lumpur, and it has been delivering Bandar Baru Permas Jaya in phases since 1981.

The honest caveat is transparency, not capability. BRDB was taken private at RM2.90 a share and delisted on 29 October 2012. Since then there are no public accounts — no audited balance sheet, no gearing, no borrowings, no unbilled sales. I found no abandoned project and no restructuring, but that is an absence of findable evidence rather than a verified clean bill of health.

The 2011–12 privatisation itself was contested: four investment assets were sold to the controlling shareholder for RM430 million and the independent adviser called the subsequent general offer “not fair but reasonable”. That is corporate governance history, not construction history, but it is on the record.

Neither is officially published, so neither is stated as fact on this page.

Property portals show 2029, some agents say Q4 2029 or “48 months”, and PropertyGuru’s own project page shows completion year N/A. The developer publishes no date on either of its two official sites, and it has published no construction progress statement, photograph or percentage.

One agent site quotes a maintenance fee of RM0.37 psf including sinking fund. Single source, level 5, not confirmed by BRDB — treat it as a working assumption, not a number to budget on.

Message me and I will ask the sales gallery for the current answer to both, and tell you the date I was told it.

The oversupply is real and it is worse in exactly this product category. NAPIC’s Q1 2026 figures put Johor at 9,972 unsold completed serviced apartments — roughly 52% of the national total of 19,263 units worth RM16.52 billion, and the highest of any state. Nationally, 58.5% of that unsold stock is priced between RM500,001 and RM1 million.

Two things make DUO’s position different from the JB city-centre towers that dominate those statistics. First, Permas Jaya has historically been a landed township — DUO is its first serviced apartment, so there is no competing local high-rise inventory. Second, with no foreign bid available, the buyer pool is the domestic one that actually lives and works here.

The flip side of the same coin: no local high-rise precedent also means no established rental yield benchmark for this address. Anyone quoting you a yield for Permas Jaya high-rise is extrapolating.

The developer does not publish prices — its own page says to contact it for a quotation, and the portal figures in circulation contradict each other. PropertyGuru’s aggregated range starts at RM311,000; agents quote from RM398,000. That is a 22% gap on the entry price alone, which tells you those numbers are individual listings rather than a developer sheet.

I get the actual price list, the Tower B stock position and the Bumiputera release position direct from the sales gallery. Tell me your budget and which layout size you need, and I will send back what genuinely exists this week.