i took the liberty to find it out for you. Just look at the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 2007 section 3A and then you will understand why.

SOHOs are properties with commercial titles, but are also afforded legal protection from the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Act 2007 (HDA).

The Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 Section 3A basically states that the minister may “from time to time, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe any type of accommodation to be a housing accommodation. In the event of any doubt as to whether a housing accommodation falls within the meaning of this Act, the Minister’s decision shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court”.

In addition to this, according to Section 3 of the Act ‘housing accommodation,’ “includes any building, tenement or messuage which is wholly or principally constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation, or partly for human habitation and partly for business premises and such other type of accommodation as may be prescribed by the Minister from time to time to be a housing accommodation pursuant to section 3A.”

This means that should the SOHO is used for accommodation then it will indeed fall into HDA, the examples that you mentioned is meant for the SOHO to use as office premises and workplace more than a full fledge residential hence these SOHO are not entitled to be included in HDA.

to invest in SOHO , SOFO, SOVO really depend on location. otherwise difficult to rent out or flip.

to invest in SOHO , SOFO, SOVO really depend on location. otherwise difficult to rent out or flip.

Intro me some good soho,sofo, sovo project to look at. 

Im banker, i'm dealing with many type of SOHO is without HDA wording. There's no link i could provide, but i can specific out one of two soho that's consider as commercial max loan margin 85% and loan tenure max 25-30 depends with bank, one of the example is Cyberjaya The Place their SPA is without HDA wording, and not entitle for 95% loan margin 35 years tenure, Another one is COVA Square SOHO in Kota damansara also without HDA wording,

So there's info in this discussion thread all SOHO is with HDA is mislead info which is not accurate.

Hi,
For soho apartment, how much is loan margin?
Can get 90%? How about loan tenure?

Im banker, i'm dealing with many type of SOHO is without HDA wording. There's no link i could provide, but i can specific out one of two soho that's consider as commercial max loan margin 85% and loan tenure max 25-30 depends with bank, one of the example is Cyberjaya The Place their SPA is without HDA wording, and not entitle for 95% loan margin 35 years tenure, Another one is COVA Square SOHO in Kota damansara also without HDA wording,

So there's info in this discussion thread all SOHO is with HDA is mislead info which is not accurate.

what do u think about sofo nowadays? easy to rent out? there is one in ampang area currently looking at?

http://propcafe.net/ekocheras-cheras-by-ek...-for-vips-live/

but launch quite sometime. location superb. connected to MRT. i can't find any other SOHO that I think great to invest.

How much bro...i currently deal with one of my wife colleague friend...

She doing airbnb business for soho in scott garden...

Very good occupancy... she rent from owner and sublet it as airbnb...she got 3-5 units there....

Make sure its near kl, near etnertainment, attration area and have very good mrt/lrt/highway connectivity

gleneagles hospital, jalan ampang there. what do you think? 350k for 430 sf one car park.

there are 5k of units there either just completed or on-going? still have potential ? probably 800m for site to jelatek nearest lrt station.

try to avoid non hda project?

This project seems like location is good, over high density and non hda product is the main factor to make decision.
Btw, I see more and more ppl are keen to give a try on sovo,sofo, soxo. 

higher utility rate but what if location is good?

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