This is a country deep-dive in the Sovereign Canadian foreign real estate series. Like everything here, it’s personal documentation of how I’m working through my own portfolio decisions, not financial, tax, or legal advice. I verify the numbers before I write them down, and I flag the ones that move so you check them again before you transact.

Malaysia almost never shows up on a Canadian’s shortlist. When I mapped out where Canadians actually buy abroad, the country didn’t crack the list – Mexico, Portugal, and the usual Mediterranean names soaked up all the attention. That’s precisely why it’s worth a serious look. The places everyone buys are efficiently priced. The places nobody thinks about are where the odd bit of value still hides.