Determinants of house prices rising in Malaysia / Nur Hazimah Mohd Shah@Susah

This study investigates the factors influencing house prices rising in Malaysia. The issues of this study is to know and get the clear picture of the volatility of Malaysian house prices with the latest data of information. Besides that, the purpose of this study is to have a clear view on the relationship between the dependent variable of house prices in Malaysia and independent variables which are Malaysian population,
Malaysian gross domestic product, Malaysian inflation rate and interest rate. The data observation data are collected for 25 observations of annual data of each observation found in World Data Bank and Valuation and Property Services Department (JPHH). The data has been analysed by using Eviews 7.0 to do descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and test on assumptions. The findings indicate that Malaysian gross domestic product, population, inflation rate and interest rate are significant relationship with house prices in Malaysia.